HIDs versus OEM headlights

[Big Blue]

If you guys want I can put a h13 HID in a stock reflector and compare it to my retro's, not like I have the time to do it but I find it so comical that guys actually defend PnP kits that I will.

If you own up to the fact that it... LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR BRIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME... thats cool but if you actually try and say it doesn't your delusional.

I think I get it now...

I was confused at your attacks on these HID kits. You keep sayin this BS about how its like driving with your Brights on and you'll bother other drivers, etc....

Dude, thats BS! I have them. They are significantly better than OEM, Its a better light, the OEMs are very yellow compared to these which are pure white. You make it sound like having more light is a bad thing..WTF?!

It wasnt until I was checking out the classified section and saw you are selling some $750 kit.....Makes more sense now....

 

[Squatting Dog]

I think I get it now...

I was confused at your attacks on these HID kits. You keep sayin this BS about how its like driving with your Brights on and you'll bother other drivers, etc....

Dude, thats BS! I have them. They are significantly better than OEM, Its a better light, the OEMs are very yellow compared to these which are pure white. You make it sound like having more light is a bad thing..WTF?!

It wasnt until I was checking out the classified section and saw you are selling some $750 kit.....Makes more sense now....

I might be baised because I own a set of Ducati's retrofit headlights. In my defense I had 2011 scab that I put PnP "hid" kit. Yes, there is more light, and it is brighter. While I was driving it, it was great. Until I was driving my work car (ford taurus) in front of my wife in my Scab. The glare was horrible, I thought she was driving with the highbeam on. When I got home, I asked her why she was driving with highbeams on, she said she wasn't.
I changed the bulbs to silverstar bulbs, and sold the 2011.
When I recieved my 2012 SCrew I put silverstars in stock headlights. I wasn't happy so I bought Recon headlights and those were worse than stock. So I sent my oem headlights to Ducati for retrofit. I couldn't be happier with the retrofits and Ducati's work.

He is in no way trying to pursude ANYONE into buying his retrofit. He is saying slapping an Autozone PnP "hid" kit is dangerous to other drivers. He is correct and I agree and stand behind him on this.

-Greg

 

[Humvee21]

Greg, did you adjust yours at all?

Here's my video of the lights in action
http://youtu.be/zSZ7SvtgeQ4

 

[Squatting Dog]

Greg, did you adjust yours at all?

Which headlights? Lol

Pnp hid (yes)
2011 Oem w/silverstar (yes)
2012 Oem w/silverstar (no)
Recon (repeatly)
Recon with hid kit (unfourtantely, yes)
Ducati (yes)


-Greg

 

[BlueSVT]

I posted my cut off with the HIDs... It's pretty damn clean. I never get flashed, EVER. If I was annoying people, surely I would be flashed once and a while... But NEVER!

Sure the projectors are better (not the cheap Chinese headlights but a proper retrofit) but the extra cost, to me, isn't really worth it when the performance is so good with the stock housing.

I too have put them in other cars with reflector housing and had Terrible results and got flashed all the time... But the F-150 reflector is really well designed, as you can see in the output and cutoff pics I posted.

 

[Humvee21]

Which headlights? Lol

Pnp hid (yes)
2011 Oem w/silverstar (yes)
2012 Oem w/silverstar (no)
Recon (repeatly)
Recon with hid kit (unfourtantely, yes)
Ducati (yes)


-Greg

lol, thanks

 

[DynoDynge]

If you guys want I can put a h13 HID in a stock reflector and compare it to my retro's, not like I have the time to do it but I find it so comical that guys actually defend PnP kits that I will.

If you own up to the fact that it... LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR BRIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME... thats cool but if you actually try and say it doesn't your delusional.

People with a product to sell do not represent the whole story & not being delusional about what I have, just letting people know they don't have to shell out a ton of money to get a decent set of lights.
Adjust your headlights & DO NOT remove the stock deflectors....It'll work just fine. I have yet to be flashed or noticed by anyone as having "blinding" lights........Sounds like a sales pitch to me.

 

[6.2]

maybe the F150's arent bad, but some vehicles are freaking terrible.

it will ALWAYS be better with projectors. No matter how "ok" it is in stock housings.

Just like an F150 is Better in Raptor trim vs FX4 trim.

why settle for second best when you can have the best for barely any more $$

Its not a sales pitch, I dont sell em, so whats you excuse now?

 

[BlueSVT]

Of course projectors are better... But not ALL of them! Cheap projectors will actually be worse than your OEM housing...

What's your definition of "barely" more money? A lifetime 55-watt HID kit cost $140 from Retro Solutions... A retrofit is what, $750+ with a 35-watt setup... That's over 5x the cost...

 

[6.2]

$750? Maybe if you buy a complete headlight already retrofitted.
Buy the kit an do it yourself.

Http://www.theretrofitsource.com has full kits ready to go if you wanna save money and do it yourself.