this is my first car that i have ever done anything to. so keep in mind i know pretty much nothing lol.

my friend has a 99 z28 and he just got halo headlights on it and DAYUM!! i LOVE the way they look!! i really wanna put them in my cobalt.

im just wandering if they are worth it?
do they fit good?
anything else i would need to buy with it?
are there different brands/styles?
do they come with bulbs?
if not..can i use my stock bulbs? or is there something designed for it?

sorry for teh n00bz0rz kwezti0nz lawlz.

 

just so you know, everyone is about to yell OMG NOOB SEARCH,

but lets see answers to your questions

depends on your preference/if you like looks over functionality
probably
no, but i always suggest getting diff bulbs than the ones they send with them. they usually suck/melt things. make sure you get stock watt (55/60 w/e) unless you like melted plastic.
as of right now, theres only really one style, its on ebay.
yes.
no, i believe they use diff size bulbs, h1's? something small.

 

i actually did do a search. i was proud of myself! but i couldnt really find all the answers.

 

i have the projectors and love them. They really work well.

 

are projectors the same thing? or are they just bulbs?

 

So, in terms of light projection, are they MUCH better than the stocks?
I'm focused on getting either this, or the Injen CAI

 

go for cai first, you'll be happier:P

and what do you mean by "are projectors the same thing? or are they just bulbs?"

 

like when people say projectors, do they mean the halo headlights? or is there such a thing as a projector bulb?

lol i told you i know absolutely nothing about this.

 

Halo's refer to the ring of lighting around the projectors. Projectors are the convex lensed areas. So really when your saying the halo headlights, you are referring to the projector headlights.

Just so you know, I have them on my black SS and they are the hotness, get a lot of looks from people, most people have never seen anything like them. LoL

 

yeah, like he said, the halos are the blue rings around the lenses, the projectors are the weird magnifying glass looking lens in there, because it projects the light, just like projectors in school. has the little bulb behind the picture, and the lens makes the picture huge

 

My question is how do you go from a single headlight to a split headlight? From the pics of a stock headlight, I only see one bulb behind the shield. But the projector-style housings on ebay are all separate bulbs for highs and lows.

 

^^^ haha so well put

 

our car has one plug for the bulb, and so the projector has 1 plug , but its wired to the 2 bulbs

 

So it splits after the plug to the separate bulbs on the aftermarket headlight?

 

Yes

Our stock bulb has three pins

One Ground pin
One HI beam pin
One LO beam pin

the projectors split the ground in two and use the HI beam for the high beams and the Lo for the lows

It comes with its own harness

 

Sweet. Do HID bulbs fit? Is there enough clearence in the projector?

 

Some poeple have put HIDs in their projectors, I am planning on it in the future, im not sure if they had to modify the housing or not

 

From what I am hearing you do have to modify the housing. In all honesty, if your asking this many questions about the "halo lights" then you should probobly just get them first then after some time with em, look into the HIDs

 

I need a cobalt to put them on first. I'll have one in a 2 weeks. I've already sold my cavy, in less than 12 hours too lol. I have projectors and HIDs in my cavy now, and have had no probs with them.

 

well whether or not you get hid's , i HIGHLY suggest buying different bulbs as soon as you get them. either phillips bluevision(not really blue, but are good) or silverstars. will increase your vision a lot better and like i said the bulbs that usually come with ebay projectors suck ***** and can either melt your housings/fall apart, or like mine, do both. they were for my focus though, but most ebay projectors are built the same.