Thread: HID info

Yup.

But those have have bought the ones off ebay and only have low beam only are not complaining too much. Thinking about going that route...or fabbing something of my own up that was suggested.

~F~

I just got the ZZP kit and harness from ebay. Did I just buy a fubar kit?

Like the high beams in our cars were ever worth a damn from the get go? Not like HIDs were ever gonna improve on that mistake!! I purchased just the low beam HIDs and that was good enough for me.

Of course when I get my state inspections, I just pop in the orginal 9007 bulbs for the day the then remove them once I have passed. Simple

I had enough with my poor headlights. I think i would be better off with a flashlight. I don't have state inspections but want something has a high incase i get pulled over, I have seen them reach in and flick the brights on. What should i i get?

Take a look at my lengthy HID thread where I purchased the VVME kit, but had to modify the piss out of it to get the best results:

Brian's Ultimate HID thread.

The trick is that you need 2-piece HID assemblies, so you can make your own adapter ring. I have both low and high functions. The lows are very good, but not perfect (yet). The highs still need a little work. JCPrix and I have put a LOT of time and effort working on this particular kit. VVME has ceased responding to my inquiries and had provided overall POOR support for their kit. The quality of the kit is decent enough for Chinese manufactured, just designed poorly for 9007/9004 applications.

In conclusion, the ONLY way to emulate a tungsten 9007 bulb with an HID burner is to tilt the arc tube into the correct position. No two ways about it. Unless someone develops an arc tube with 4 electrodes, and they are able to "jump" the spark from one pair to the other, only .075" apart. (I just copyrighted that idea by the way... )

So what's the word on the WBS and ZZP kits? I read that thread and there's no answer to that question.

Originally Posted by VinnieGTP

So what's the word on the WBS and ZZP kits? I read that thread and there's no answer to that question.

I don't know exactly which kits they sell. Any of the HID+Halogen kits will have no usable high beam pattern, and no way to fix it. Any of the twin-tube HID burners will not have good high beams either, also with no way to fix it. The retracting types are usable, but you'll probably need to modify the retraction length to work almost "well".

Really, the only GOOD way to go about this, is to engineer a reliable tilting kit. Period.

So no point hooking up the highbeam wires? I never use them anyway so it doesnt really hurt my feelings any.