You are right in that, I'm not gonna disagree. But glass will decrease the quality of the light and it's a hell of a lot harder to work with. I now challenge you to find me any car with stock projectors and a glass lens. There is a reason they use plastic themselves. I'm not saying one is better than the other, I would just prefer plastic. Will make the retrofit easier to work with and you can clean plastic lenses or you can buy like a 3M product to prevent that.

 

Can't wait to see the final product. His could of been double the price if he would of used better electronic. I'm planing on replacing them anyway. I just did not want to attempt the retro fit nor do I need drl.

What ballast and bulbs are you looking at? I have my eye on the Morimoto 3Five series.

 

Are morimoto 3fives waterproof, what is so good about them? Where can I find the kit with everything included? Also what's the difference between the D2S kit and the AMP kit?

 

How does it decrease the quality of light? I would think that plastic would do that moreso than glass! And the reason car manufacturers use plastic is because everything is plastic now. It's cheap.

 

Because plastic is cheaper to manufacture than glass... A clear glass lens will not affect the light output. Search for diamond cut clear lens.

 

Yeah the 3fives are waterproof. Watch this.

I believe DS2 are for vehicles that originally had HIDs and AMP are for non HID vehicles. The retrofit source has everything pertaining to HIDs that you will ever need and it good quality stuff not cheap junk.

 

So us with Cherokees would get the AMP? Could I just buy the housing from Lead foot and install the 3fives in them, would they fit.

 

Look, I'm not here to debate which is better. I asked for help on locating some plastic lens housings and thats what I'd like. It's what I want. It's what I prefer. You can use glass on your truck.

 

You can find everything u need right here except new headlight housings.
http://www.theretrofitsource.com

 

That's what I got. Haven't heard any bad things about them

 

OK I'll probably order the HID kit in a few weeks once I find out if they will fit in the housings from Lead Foot.

 

I'm not sure where you have looked but these are plastic.

 

Thanks XJmike

 

No problem and I also saw that someone else was saying plastic makes for a cleaner cutoff line.

Edit: Was looking back on the first page looks like DieselD posted the same light first.

 

Serenity-I am also a forum member of hidplant.com

Plastic is preferred for two reasons.

1. The plastic technology allows a more clear curt-off line for those doing proper projector HID conversions.

2. The only way you can take apart the glass housing is soaking it in gasoline to dissolve the glue. Yikes. I had a set, and tried to heat and pry them, glass breaks at the edge. I chucked them and bought the Pilots. Cooked them at 250 for a few minutes, came apart perfectly. I am retrofitting Maxima OEM projectors in my XJ Pilot housings. Almost done.

I wish glass was better for it, because they don't yellow. Just buy a good brand, use a UV resistant wax (a few coats) and you'll be fine...