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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 12:49 AM
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projector questions

what gen is the best? whats a cheap reliable site to get them off of? can you put leds in all gens? and also were do u get the leds at. thanks!!!
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:26 AM
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I can answer one. lol

www.superbrightleds.com
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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i want some but know NOTHING about them so idk were to even start haha
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:33 AM
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you dont know what? leds or projectors?
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:36 AM
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idk which generation to buy, what site to get them off of, or y you have to aim them when all they are is a headlight
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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you can check out the supporting vendors on here, many of them carry projector headlights. If anything, you can go on ebay, guaranteed to find a set for cheap on there. Picking out a generation is mostly for looks (led vs ccfl halos for one). All of them do the same job, but the looks is the reason there are different styles. Two of them take H1 bulbs (first gen and third gen?) and one takes H7.
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:43 AM
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why and what do you have to aim when all they are is a headlight....
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:44 AM
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ebay lol
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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why and what do you have to aim when all they are is a headlight....
Cuz profectors, PROJECT the light beam/pattern. Instead of having the light all over the place, like in a reflector housing. Projectors aim them towards the ground.
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so you take out your stock headlight......and put those in, u would think they would already be aimed
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:50 AM
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so you take out your stock headlight......and put those in, u would think they would already be aimed
Well my projectors were already aimed. But depending on where you get them, they may not all be plug in a play. lol

Here goes the beam pattern on a projector compared to reflective housings.
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:51 AM
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they may be aimed, they may not be. if you're sticking with halogen bulbs, then you may be better off sticking with your stockers, unless you're going for the looks of the projectors.
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:52 AM
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i just want the looks...with red leds......i thought you just installed them...
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:54 AM
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well then you can buy any gen projectors and swap out the leds to red. good luck driving at night with red led's tho
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i just want the looks...with red leds......i thought you just installed them...
Projectors are where you take out the factory housings and replace them with new projector housings. And with the red led halos? Wouldnt that be illegal?
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whys that
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:55 AM
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well then you can buy any gen projectors and swap out the leds to red. good luck driving at night with red led's tho
Why would he? He would have to get either halogen or H.I.D.
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:56 AM
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http://www.everythingcobalt.com/cata...k-p-13905.html


like those
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 01:57 AM
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whys that
Because cars are supposed to have designated colors to specific parts of the lights.

Blinker bulbs have to have some kind of amber to them, and headlight bulbs have to have some kind of white/yellow. (I think on the headlights.)

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Yes, those are the "new" housings.

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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 02:00 AM
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ohhhh....c i thought that was a headlight...now that i look closely i dont c any glass around them....can i just get halos or what are my options now

http://www.everythingcobalt.com/cata...k-p-13910.html


is this the same thing

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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by EceSSiveMod
ohhhh....c i thought that was a headlight...now that i look closely i dont c any glass around them....can i just get halos or what are my options now
Lol, if you look at the back view on the top right corner you can see "glass".
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 02:01 AM
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ok man....what the **** haha....is their any just direct swap out?
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 02:03 AM
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I got these PROJECTORS:



Originally Posted by EceSSiveMod
ok man....what the **** haha....is their any just direct swap out?
It depends. If you want to do what I did and have my L.e.d.'s on ONLY when I turn on my parking lights rather then run them with my daytimes, then your going to have to do some re-wiring.

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thats what i want...so id have to just swap out my old ones and then put them in and then what

is their anyway to have the red leds always showing?

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thats what i want...so id have to just swap out my old ones and then put them in and then what

is their anyway to have the red leds always showing?
Yup, just old with the old in with the new. Hook up the wires and let her rip.

The red leds you would actually have to take out the stock "white" leds and replace them your self. But I dont know if that would look so good.
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