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Old 11-03-2011, 09:45 PM
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Has anyone put them on their xj or seen one with them? Thinking of getting a conversion kit
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Ya my buddy recently put them in his 96 they look pretty damn good
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I bought the ebay ones with the projector headlights. They are bright but the projectors are crap. But hey for $80 bucks shipped housing and hids I couldn't pass up it up.
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this guy seems to have what you want.

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Originally Posted by nyzj2k
I bought the ebay ones with the projector headlights. They are bright but the projectors are crap. But hey for $80 bucks shipped housing and hids I couldn't pass up it up.
What don't you like about them? My lights I have now are fairly bright but I just like the way hids look better
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Originally Posted by nyzj2k
I bought the ebay ones with the projector headlights. They are bright but the projectors are crap. But hey for $80 bucks shipped housing and hids I couldn't pass up it up.
link please.

are they just plug in play?
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If they are I'm probably gonna get some after I get my Jeep running right again. I would just like some input before I shell out the cash on lights
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Originally Posted by IZAREBL

link please.

are they just plug in play?
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...d=130594675615

Yes plug and play let me know if that link works cause im on my phone. I decided to bid instead of buy it now and won the auction for like 81 bucks I think.
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I got the german ones off ebay for like $120...love them



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Originally Posted by Kyle 4x4 4life
I got the german ones off ebay for like $120...love them
Pretty sure those are the same as mine the ecodes
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I had HIDs for a while. I had them removed. Unless you have real projectors (not the fake EBAY junk), you are going to blind people.

I got a heavy-duty headlight harness from LMC Truck and Autopal headlight housings. I can see just as well with this headlight setup as I could with the HIDs.

With the HIDs, I blinded everybody with the regular low-beam. Now with the heavy-duty harness and new housings, I don't blind anybody with the low-beams, and with the high-beam, I light up the world.
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Originally Posted by GreenClassic
I had HIDs for a while. I had them removed. Unless you have real projectors (not the fake EBAY junk), you are going to blind people.

I got a heavy-duty headlight harness from LMC Truck and Autopal headlight housings. I can see just as well with this headlight setup as I could with the HIDs.

With the HIDs, I blinded everybody with the regular low-beam. Now with the heavy-duty harness and new housings, I don't blind anybody with the low-beams, and with the high-beam, I light up the world.
X2 Our housings are not made for hids, therefore the light does not spread evenly in return blinding people. The only way to properly use them is to retrofit real projectors in the housings which a few have done with great results. I also have the autopals and upgraded wire harness and the light output is great. That's the way to go IMO.
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Originally Posted by nyzj2k
Pretty sure those are the same as mine the ecodes
No mine are the geraman ones with the slim ballasts...These ones http://www.ebay.com/itm/7X6-DIAMOND-...item27b455a05b...even came with a harness so they shut off as should.
Originally Posted by GreenClassic
I had HIDs for a while. I had them removed. Unless you have real projectors (not the fake EBAY junk), you are going to blind people.

I got a heavy-duty headlight harness from LMC Truck and Autopal headlight housings. I can see just as well with this headlight setup as I could with the HIDs.

With the HIDs, I blinded everybody with the regular low-beam. Now with the heavy-duty harness and new housings, I don't blind anybody with the low-beams, and with the high-beam, I light up the world.
I dont blind anyone...i have never been brighted, and i have personally been on the other side of my headlights and they do not blind at all...i do agree i have been blinded by cheap hid's...but mine do not blind at all.
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It's not the hids that blind, it's the housing that don't properly distribute the light.
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Originally Posted by imthehink
It's not the hids that blind, it's the housing that don't properly distribute the light.
Obviously.


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