ciera w/ HID?

TXaviator · October 17th, 2007, 03:34

hey isnt it one of yousguys with them thar SPECIAL FANCY LIGHTS on that real nice lookin oldsmobile?

/saw you behind me today.

AngelFuree · October 17th, 2007, 09:28

hahaha, the famous granny car. Tom, where are you?

JaceTheAce · October 17th, 2007, 17:56

You mean it's not one of dem Lufstad kids from deeat Hatton town with the Buick Cutlass Supreme? Oh fer xenon!

TXaviator · October 17th, 2007, 20:30

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Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

You mean it's not one of dem Lufstad kids from deeat Hatton town with the Buick Cutlass Supreme? Oh fer xenon!

no its not no dumb xenu stuff, pretty sure its dem hyper indiglo driving lights or something

BuickCFI · October 19th, 2007, 11:22

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Originally Posted by TXaviator

no its not no dumb xenu stuff, pretty sure its dem hyper indiglo driving lights or something

High Intensity Discharge

AngelFuree · October 19th, 2007, 13:49

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Originally Posted by BuickCFI

High Intensity Discharge

lol.....I think he was being sarcastic, or at least I'd like to hope so.

JaceTheAce · October 19th, 2007, 15:39

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Originally Posted by AngelFuree

lol.....I think he was being sarcastic, or at least I'd like to hope so.

Yes, he was being sarcastic.

On a side note, I've heard of someone who painted their square headlights (the kind that go on the 1st-generation Jeep Wranglers) with transparent blue paint to give their lights the "HID look" LOL

Sprint100 · October 19th, 2007, 16:22

I normally don't come in here, but was going down the page and I saw (or thought I saw) Ciera in HD. You know, the singer Ciera

That's all, I'm out.

UAL747400 · October 19th, 2007, 19:25

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Originally Posted by TXaviator

hey isnt it one of yousguys with them thar SPECIAL FANCY LIGHTS on that real nice lookin oldsmobile?

/saw you behind me today.

Hell yeah! You have the celica with scion wheels right?

UAL747400 · October 19th, 2007, 19:26

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Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

You mean it's not one of dem Lufstad kids from deeat Hatton town with the Buick Cutlass Supreme? Oh fer xenon!

Shut up honda boy!

TXaviator · October 20th, 2007, 04:38

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Hell yeah! You have the celica with scion wheels right?

yep yep and the "support your local disc jockey" sticker!

i need to find some toyota logo center caps for those rims.

UAL747400 · October 22nd, 2007, 02:56

Yeah, I saw you then. I really need to re-aim those damn lights, as you probably noticed.

TXaviator · October 23rd, 2007, 03:57

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Originally Posted by UAL747400

Yeah, I saw you then. I really need to re-aim those damn lights, as you probably noticed.

theyre perfectly obnoxious as-is. :-D

UAL747400 · October 23rd, 2007, 16:16

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Originally Posted by TXaviator

theyre perfectly obnoxious as-is. :-D

That's pretty much what I was going for.

Hey, it keeps the left lane hogging morons out of your way on the interstate.

AngelFuree · October 23rd, 2007, 16:53

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Originally Posted by UAL747400

Hey, it keeps the left lane hogging morons out of your way on the interstate.

Yeah, I hear you, I hate those people. So many of them in Grand Forks. The right lane is the passing lane in GFK with so many idiot drivers.

darrenf · October 23rd, 2007, 17:23

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Originally Posted by UAL747400

That's pretty much what I was going for.

Hey, it keeps the left lane hogging morons out of your way on the interstate.

What about the people in the right lane who you are also blinding?? Or on 2 lane roads?

UAL747400 · October 23rd, 2007, 19:37

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Originally Posted by darrenf

What about the people in the right lane who you are also blinding?? Or on 2 lane roads?

Yeah, I hear ya. I have them aimed pretty far down so they aren't any brighter than a good set of halogens to look at. Probably easier to look at since they are bluish.

darrenf · October 23rd, 2007, 19:40

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Originally Posted by UAL747400

Yeah, I hear ya. I have them aimed pretty far down so they aren't any brighter than a good set of halogens to look at. Probably easier to look at since they are bluish.

Are they HID bulbs, are they behind a projector lens??

AngelFuree · October 23rd, 2007, 20:09

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Originally Posted by UAL747400

Yeah, I hear ya. I have them aimed pretty far down so they aren't any brighter than a good set of halogens to look at. Probably easier to look at since they are bluish.

Yeah, I didn't think they were too strong. They're strong enough to let me know it's your car though.

JaceTheAce · October 23rd, 2007, 23:11

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Originally Posted by darrenf

Are they HID bulbs, are they behind a projector lens??

Yes, ballast, real HID bulbs, etc, the whole 9 yards. Not 99.99999994548934857% of all rice rockets with the $5 fake eBay "HIDs" from China that are really just halogens with blue/purble transparent paint LOL.

UAL747400 · October 24th, 2007, 13:02

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Originally Posted by darrenf

Are they HID bulbs, are they behind a projector lens??

They are the whole system with out projector lens. I've read enough into it enough to know that if you have a small halogen housing(which mine does) and adjustable bulb mounting brackets(which I have), the glare is similar to a halogen bulb.

It's not perfect and god knows I was kinda being a jerk while I got the mounting and aiming figured out. The glare was never any worse than someone driving a truck at you from the other way, or up behind you. At a lot less than some of these new chevy trucks with the bumper fog lights aimed in god knows what direction.

UAL747400 · October 24th, 2007, 13:04

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Originally Posted by JaceTheAce

Yes, ballast, real HID bulbs, etc, the whole 9 yards. Not 99.99999994548934857% of all rice rockets with the $5 fake eBay "HIDs" from China that are really just halogens with blue/purble transparent paint LOL.

Yeah, funny thing about those is is that they have to up the wattage to make the light brighter to shine through that filter. We all know about higher wattage bulbs. They don't last as long. So these guys are paying more for bulbs that don't last as long or have near the light output.

One Thing I wish my kit had was the igniter. My lights take FOREVER to light up sometimes. Alright, it's only like 10 seconds, but still.

darrenf · October 24th, 2007, 13:21

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Originally Posted by UAL747400

They are the whole system with out projector lens. I've read enough into it enough to know that if you have a small halogen housing(which mine does) and adjustable bulb mounting brackets(which I have), the glare is similar to a halogen bulb.

It's not perfect and god knows I was kinda being a jerk while I got the mounting and aiming figured out. The glare was never any worse than someone driving a truck at you from the other way, or up behind you. At a lot less than some of these new chevy trucks with the bumper fog lights aimed in god knows what direction.

Are your bulbs brighter then the halogens you replaced??

UAL747400 · October 24th, 2007, 15:18

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Originally Posted by darrenf

Are your bulbs brighter then the halogens you replaced??

Oh yeah. I think halogens are around 900 lumens if I remember right. My bulbs are 2100 lumens. They're aimed really low though. The part of the lens that normally illuminates overhead signs is what is now pointing down the road.

BuickCFI · October 24th, 2007, 20:34

the halogens i currently have are something like 2000 lumens. they are HIR bulbs
http://hirheadlights.com/

October 17th, 2007, 03:34	#1
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October 17th, 2007, 09:28	#2
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October 17th, 2007, 17:56	#3
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October 19th, 2007, 16:22	#8
Sprint100 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Santa Clarita, CA Posts: 5,939	Re: ciera w/ HID? I normally don't come in here, but was going down the page and I saw (or thought I saw) Ciera in HD. You know, the singer Ciera That's all, I'm out. __________________ "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, that diminshes fear" - Rosa Parks

October 22nd, 2007, 02:56	#12
UAL747400 Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Grand Forks, ND (UND)/ Davenport, IA Posts: 2,204	Re: ciera w/ HID? Yeah, I saw you then. I really need to re-aim those damn lights, as you probably noticed. __________________

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BuickCFI Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South of the Border Posts: 1,765	Re: ciera w/ HID? the halogens i currently have are something like 2000 lumens. they are HIR bulbs http://hirheadlights.com/ __________________ CFI, CFII, MEI -Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a near miss? Shouldn't it be called a near hit?

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