what size are the headlights?

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  1. bLaH_hA

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    they look 7 around but i am not sure i found some cheap hid 8000w ones if they are 7 around
     
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    they are... be careful on the conversion kits you buy though, I.E. - safety of oncoming traffic, plastic vs glass, wattage overages...
     
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    Do us all a favor and dont buy HID. They dont have the reflector cut off for the beam that factory HID lamps have. The key to HID lamps is the housing and reflector. The kits are just a crappy ballast and bulb. Not legal here and the Canadian kits state off road use only. The aftermarket ones will blind on coming drivers and it might be your car the veer into. Buy a good quality glass lens that takes a standard Halogen bulb.
    My suggestion though is to buy the sealed beam halogen beams like the Sylvania silver star or equivalent. They are plenty bright enough without endangering other cars.
    This is a pic of a factory HID light beam. Notice the cut off point for the light beam its very definite.
    http://www.bikes-n-spikes.org/sti/hla/beam.jpg

    This is what the aftermarket crap looks like.
    http://www.speedstersource.com/2004MOMO/HID_BEAM_8000K_A.jpg

    I've removed a few of these kits to pass a safety inspection. Also done my fare share of melted switches from aftermarket lights. Gets expensive when the switch and connectors melt.:thumbs2:
     
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    those look like a decent kit. most dont have a brighs feature. if you get them please give some feed back on how well they worked and some pics of them and the light patterns they cast.
     
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    i sure will but idk if it will be too much watts for my car....
     
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    Just run them on a relay.
     
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    Couldnt find the usa inspection thing. The kits I have seen say off road use only in tiny little letters. Thats awfully cheap for a hid set up with housings. I still say go with the sylvania sealed beams.
     
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    If your looking for a legal head light for your mav go the jeep or hummer dealer and get there head light jeep would be 07 and up and hummer would be 07 and up you will need to get the plugs that for the back of the light and rewire into your stock light plug...
     
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    Have you tried this ???
     
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    yeah i know that site is cheap on everything thats why i love it. but the kit on there i want does have high/low also its 6000k so it shouldnt be as bad. there is this douche in my neighborhood that has 6 10000k on his truck for his trail lights but one night he was driving with them on.
     
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    I changed mine to halogens a long time ago. Big improvement over stock.

    I plan on doing a headlight relay too. Hoping that will get rid of the dimming at idle that always seem to plague these cars. Probably do the bigger alternator swap too because the Taurus fan swap sounds good.
     
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    have any pics of them turned on?
     
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    No pics of them, and the car is pretty well blown apart right now.

    They look like most modern stock headlamps from the 90s. Halogens became the norm around then, and that is when I switched. Not like they are an extraordinary color or anything like some of the new stuff out now.
     
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    No but there a standard 7'' size and there is not any reason they should not fit ..

    Jay
     

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