Tired of the candle lit headlights

[Freebeer187]

Does anyone have some suggestions for hood HID/headlight combos? Id like to switch the stock headlights for a entirely new assembly. Ive seem some nice halos on these cars with HIDs. There is one question I have though. How are HIDs in the winter? Ive hear that sometimes they do not come on or they need to "warm up". Is that always the case?

Ive checked eBay but im not sure which ones to get. Any suggestions are much appreciated!

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[Yaj Yak]

gtp headlights will never = good output. they just suck i am in the same boat as you as my gtp is about to become my dd again and i want to be able to see shit.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Pontiac headlights will never = good output.

Fixed. The GTO's were pieces of shit, too.

 

[10sec]

The ebay halo's have even worse light output than the stock ones. If you want better light output, fork over the $ and get some retrofits, or do it yourself.

 

[Yaj Yak]

retrofit = take some projectors out of someone other headlights?

like an rx 8 gigggityX

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

TSX ones are probably the most popular ones to use.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i have a set from an rx8 i wonder if they could work. i don't own a set from a tsx

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Oh I didn't know you had some already. Mod up some headlights and pop those bitches in

 

[Yaj Yak]

Yeah when I was at the body shop- a lot of anything that got replaced by us, I just grabbed out of the "garbage" pile if they had projectors, in anticipation of something like this.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

 

[1998gpgt]

HIDs definitely make the stock gp headlights manageable. Both of mine of have them. One has had the same set for 4+ years, the other has had them for 4 months. I've never had any issues. My most recent set was purchased from www.ddmtuning.com along with a relay harness.

And for whatever it's worth, I have a set of 6000k and a set of 4300k. I prefer the 4300k.

 

[Angus]

The HID's in the Daytona are decent but just aimed a bit low to not blind other drivers.

I'm probably going to aim them up a bit now that I live in a deer infested area...

 

[hellraiser319]

The 2 sets I got from DDMTuning, usually took about a minute-minute30 to warm up in the winter. Summer, 30 seconds to a minute usually, to answer that question.

 

[Freebeer187]

I didnt see the headlight assemly for a prix on ddmtuning. Should i just get orgional headlights or the halo ones? Then ultimetly get the hids from ddmtuning.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

You don't order the assembly, you order the correct type bulbs.

 

[SMRTSS1]

Is it something to do with the beam pattern of the housing that makes them bad? I was stuck across an intersection from a GTP with HIDs in the lows and fogs and all I could think was "What a douchebag!" but I think they had higher K bulbs, shit was TOO bright, light was scattered everywhere and really friggin blue.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

HIDs in reflectors = scattered light and doesn't help you to see, just makes you a giant asshole because you blind everyone. HIDs in projectors are a little better but you have to make sure you get the right kind of bulb. IE, the filament is vertical as opposed to horizontal when it's in the housing. Retrofit is the hardest to do but they're the best because they're projectors so you get the best illumination and they have a cutoff so you don't blind everyone.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

ya people who put them in reflectors are fucktards

 

[Angus]

Fucktard here then...

 

[1998gpgt]

35 watt HIDs in stock housings that are aimed properly really are not that bad. It's the 55 watt HIDs that are obnoxiously bright.

 

[SMRTSS1]

Fucktard here too then.
In my defense I do have tinted headlights which cuts down on the light scatter and intensity, they're a 5K bulb which is white, they're only 35 watt and they're not pointed at opposite traffic or even up that high. I can safely say that I have HIDs but I'm not that douchewagon that thinks its cool to have blindingly bright headlights, that actually pisses me off so there's no way I'd do it to my vehicle.

 

[rocket69GTP]

You can drill out the rear of the stock housing and disassemble everything and stick in the morimoto minis.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I said asshole, not fucktard. I mean if you actually know what you're doing and aim them properly, reflectors work fine. It's the 99% who are assfucks and think it's the coolest shit to not do anything but stick the bulbs in.

 

[Yaj Yak]

fucktard here as well.

 

[RICH17]

I liked my HID's except I bought the cheap ones and the ballasts blew up, twice, literally. I had them in the stock housings and the lighting output was way better than stock 9006's. Now Im running 100watt streetglow junk and I see no difference in light output but definately notice that they draw alot more power. Im planing on ordering a set of DDMs soon but right now my money is focused on getting her ready for the track