Im kinda a newb with this I am wanting to get HIDs and am wondering when the HIDs are wired in does the automatic lights still work and will my running lights still work. Im leaning towards 3rd gen projectors and am wondering what bulbs are used for running lights and turn signals.

Also where is the best place to buy projectors and HIDs (leaning towards 3b spec)

 

The drls will mess with the hids. You need to take the drl fuse out. What year is your car? Buy the projectors on eBay. The gods you can get from either 3bspec for buyhids.com for best quality.

 

i installed mine in stock houseing from b3, hids are good, highbeams suck so bad im actually selling them and getting true philips bixenon hids, which are high and low beam hids that are motorized and the bulb points up when u turn on highbeams. so no worry about charge time when i wanna highbeam someone. but ur getting projectors so that wont apply to u. auto lights still work fine. my drl didnt work at all after i put in my hids with or without a fuse, but i took the fuse out to be safe. there is stuff u can buy like a capasitor module to make them work i do believe. and my hids didnt flicker either or anything either. i dont need drls anyway, dont think u do either.

 

its an 06.

Where do you plan on buying the phillis bi xenon hids.

 

just curois but why do the hids make the dtrl stop working? and if i put my hids in and dont pull the fuse is that bad?

 

are the 3b hids bright enough not to need high beams.

 

i dont know if you saw this, but i think they might not be doing this anymore you cann check it out if you want.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/supp...ds-com-232276/

 

oh they are bright, but since u are getting projectors u can put a decent highbeam bulb in there, since u have high and low beam as 2 seperate bulbs. the stock light u cant cause its all in one bulb, and the one they got on those is worse than low beam haligon. i dont know why they made mine stop working, usually they just flicker, or the hids dont work, but the reason is ur drls run on i think ur low beams but on reduced power, the power pulses to cause reduced power so then ur low beams are dimmer during the day and thus become ur drls. with hids, hids need to be a full 12v all the time to work, when drls come on the hids flicker and burn out alot sooner cause they are not getting the full power they need.

ill pm u the site since im sure ill get a warning if i post it here.

 

the reason for this is that when the DRLs are one in most vehicles it runs the highbeams at a lower voltage. HID bulbs dont really like low voltage and at any rate the beam pattern would be dangerous if they were on

 

dont the relays take car of that becaust the ballast is being ran directly to the battery right? or am i thinking of something different?

 

the bulbs dont move in a retrofit. the shutters just open and let a hellllll of a lot more light out lol

 

i failed to mention i have 3rd gen halos so i dont have to worry about this do i?

 

most people half ass it and use plug and play lol. i do believe relays help tho. i pulled my DRL fuse during install so im not sure if my retros flicker. and im sure as **** not going to put the fuse back in to find out theres really no need. DRLs are useless anyways.

 

yeah i dont like them at all. i usually drive around with the parking lights and the fogs on... yeah im that guy haha. but i think imma pull my fuse to. screw it lol

 

so if i buy these on ebay I use the hids as low beams then what other bulbs go in the housings?

2005-2007 CHEVY COBALT PROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS CCFL HALO: eBay Motors (item 300446302217 end time Nov-10-10 19:46:56 PST)

 

are thos 1st gen? upgrade man! lol j.k do what u want. for those they come with the stock bulb except the blinker bulb and you allready have that. the stock one. the low beams are H1's idk bout the high beams in those.

 

alright what do you recommend i want hids with new housings because one of mine has condensation in it and its annoying. budget is about $300

 

look more on ebay you can find nice halo housings with hids allready in them for deff under 300. i personally like the 8k hids cuz of the tint of blue. dont get the 3rd gen halos. they blow. something about the light cut off sucks. trust me i want to smash them out with a hammer everytime i drive at night.

 

Retrofit Headlights

budget 99 bucks more lol... these are 100% better than other headlights if u want to go HID. by far the best headlight for the value

 

05-09 CHEVY COBALT HALO ROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS+8000K HID: eBay Motors (item 350411872159 end time Nov-15-10 09:24:09 PST)

found these. but they are 3rd gen. idk how the light cutoff is with the hid. my hids are in the mail as we speak, cant wait to see if they are better at night.

 

400 for the whole headlight housing and **** or just for the projector? holy **** lol

 

i think thats the whole headlight. cus u can ship them ur own headlights and they retrofit them for u for about 228. lol and if u think thats expensive u dont want to know much ive spent on my headlights

 

i dont even want to know. thats crazy. but they do look so sexy haha.

 

not sure, my relay harness didnt work. lol

 

im not getting a retrofit, and with these they move, there is no shutter.