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CCFL Halo Headlights

Old Feb 4, 2010 | 10:59 PM
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CCFL Halo Headlights

Does anyone know much about these type of halo's? It stands for Cold cathode fluorescent lamps, there suppose to be 3 times brighter. But does anyone have these type of lights? Are these better than just the regular halo's? Or are these going to burn out faster than normal halo's or cause any other problems. Here is the link to them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...Q5fAccessories
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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They're brighter, but the inverters for the halos are problematic.
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 10:51 AM
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i have them and they are brighter but are still ricey i took mine out

the "standard" halos are just led's inside of a acrylic ring where as ccfl are actuall lamps.

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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 03:05 PM
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So you think i would be better off just getting the regular halo's and not the CCFL ones?
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 03:29 PM
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I bought them but didn't even wire up the halos, because halos = rice unless you own a BMW.
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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get what ever you want i call it rice and 08 calls it rice but hey if you want halos then go for it
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 04:57 PM
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just get em
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 11:32 PM
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I like the CCFL's better...just dont want them to burn out before i know it
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 01:06 AM
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They're not too bad. If you don't want the halos or LED's you could get the new 4th gen lights that have neither halo rings or LED's in them.
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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here hope this helpd shed some light on the subject HAHA pulled some pictures up from last year for ya here are my buddies gen 1 LED halos:

not the best pic of the halos.

Here are my ccfl gen 2


and i shot of (left to right) gen 1 stock and ccfl
please note. all these are just parking lights. picture just come out little blurry


night shot of just my halos


ive since disconnected them cause ive grown out of that stage
halo-less FTW

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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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@ beamer how long did you have those on ur car? no problems with the halo's? and btw those are bad ass, big difference when u compare them side by side with the regular halo's. thanks for all the help.
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Old Feb 6, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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I have the same thing only in chrome. The halos are not that bright but I still like them
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by 08silver_SS
@ beamer how long did you have those on ur car? no problems with the halo's? and btw those are bad ass, big difference when u compare them side by side with the regular halo's. thanks for all the help.
about a year. the biggest problem i think people have is the "brow" above the lamps. I bought mine used and they never worked for me. but the halos always worked for me
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by beamer1341
about a year. the biggest problem i think people have is the "brow" above the lamps. I bought mine used and they never worked for me. but the halos always worked for me
i think the brows look terrible. i got mine used as well and thank god the previous owner decided to disconnect them himself, otherwise i wouldnt know what the hell to disconnect myself. lmao
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Old Feb 8, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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yeah im kinda glad taht they didnt work
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 02:01 PM
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so halos in ccfl burn out fast also?
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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so halos in ccfl burn out fast also?
umm what????

if i can make any sense of this yes ccfl halos burn out just like the LED ones. cheap **** dont last plain and simple
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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 05:14 PM
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Does anyone know what the bet type of hid kit to buy on eBay would be for the halo headlights.
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