Same here, and I'm debating what to do with them. I have my stockers with the eyelids on them, maybe I'll just swap out the lens'??? I need to do something cause it looks like crap.

 

Yup best way to fix it. That is what im going to do. im a noob so I'm going have a body shop do it. I would have anther member do it if I did not need my car the next day.

 

I have had mine for a good 6 to 7 months with LOTS of highway driving, and not one single problem with them at all.

 

wait till it been over a year that is when the fun happens (leds/bar/halos burning out and scratches cracks and clear coating coming off,heat stress/weather stress) I read like 100 post by now on this **** :/

 

Hmm, those eyelids look familiar. :P

This is a good thread. I'm rather HID ignorant, so this is really informative.

Anyone with the 2nd gen CCFL projectors have the link to their exact kit they bought? What sizes should be bought to put in the second gen healdights, and what size should be put in the fog lights as well?

 

Well from what I have been reading a lot of the other members have been seeing issues a lot earlier, such as LED issues or the lens peeling. I have easily put over a years worth of driving on the car in the 7 months I have had them on the car. So it looks like so far I have a good set going!

And not trying to sound like an ass..........but we have to remember these are probably mass produced for a very low price somewhere. They are nowhere near top of the line quality.....but for the price they are very good quality.

 

yup you get what you pay for

I give my $100 hid kit 2years max

 

This is a good thread. I'm rather HID ignorant, so this is really informative.

Anyone with the 2nd gen CCFL projectors have the link to their exact kit they bought? What sizes should be bought to put in the second gen healdights, and what size should be put in the fog lights as well?

 

By sizes I am assuming you mean what type of bulbs. This is for the 2nd Gens:

Lows - H7
Highs - H1
Fogs - H11

If I had the link I would send it to you, but I don't....sorry. I did get them off ebay though.

 

Ah so you have to get 3 HID kits for the 3 sets. Makes sense. All 8K's right?

What company did you buy your HIDs from?

Thanks a whole **** load bro.

 

I dont have HID's in mine, but you are correct in that you would have to buy three different sets of HID's.

And I would highly recommend going with an HID kit that is 6500K or lower. Higher then that and you start to lose how much light you have out in front of the car at night.

 

6000k (Crystal Blue)

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/3b-spec-163/hid-kits-%24130-shipped-112154/

Seems like the best deal plus there pretty good quality. Don't buy off eBay!!!

 

Here's a link to the HID system that I bought:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Xenon...spagenameZWDVW

I got the 8000k color. If you want the HID look for all three sets, then yes, you would have to but 3 separate HID systems. If you want the link to the 2 gen. projector/halos that we're talking about, let me know and I'll post that too.

 

that was the plan. thanks

i didnt quite trust ebay with HID kits so i ordered mine off vvme.com. It is a company in china but the shipping takes litterally three days. and they are ~75$ for color ranges up to 10000 ,(single beam kits).

 

Thanks man. So you wouldn't suggest 8Ks then? 6.5K's eh...hmm.

 

You can get 8000k and be safe....anything above that is going to be pointless....just don't go past that.

I got 8000k and they were $70 on the button...from eBay haha. What made you go with 10000k?

Bump.

 

[QUOTE=jar05g;2808497]You can get 8000k and be safe....anything above that is going to be pointless....just don't go past that.



what you mean pointless? like not bright at all?

 

By that I mean you won't be able to see very much in the road ahead of you. The higher you go up the Kelvin scale, the more purple the light becomes and the smaller the output level becomes. Think of it this way...a regular stock bulb at 4300k...you can see a whole bunch. Then you move up a little more to 8000k and the light is more blue...more along the lines of the new Corvettes and Acuras. You can still see with them, your light just looks better. Now think of a black light...they look cool and everything...but would you ever want to use one as a headlight? Black lights are probably over 30000k. Some HID systems go to 10000k and even 12000k...but I don't know how safe they would be because you wouldn't be able to see much on the road. Make sense?

 

also scythe snake....i wouldnt get an HID kit for highs....its pretty much a waste and if you were to flash high beams it would burn the HID's out very quickly

 

yup you hit it dead on

 

I was thinking to myself early, "Who would ever want purple headlights?" Sure, it would be ok for a show car or whatever, but to drive at night? Well, tonight...I actually saw someone with purple headlights...and guess what?!?!?! It was a Honda...hahahaha...go figure!

 

I've had my first gen projectors for over a year now, about 1.5 years and the lenses are peeling like a ****. The inside chrome housing is cracking and looking charred from the turn signals. I'm currently running a 10000k HID kit from 3b, and that makes up for most of the short comings of the projectors. Luckily all my halos and leds still work.

 

That is not 100% correct... 5000K is the color of the factory BMW lamps and it is the brightest, 4300 and down are actually not as bright as the lower wavelengths starts to turn the light yellow...

 

I believe that because BMW lights are super bright, and have a very white light with a hint of blue to them.