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Old 02-21-2013, 03:56 PM
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Xtune HID kit w/ Sonar Headlights?

So when I bought my car, it already had this setup. I had to remove the lights anyway so I could do the body work on the front bumper. When I removed the head lights, I also had to snip many of the splices since they had no connecters. It was a real shoemaker job on the wiring anyway so I didn't mind.

What I need to know is, is the Xtune HID controller a decent setup or should I just throw in something from one of our vendors? Or for the time being, should I just throw a halogen bulb back in? I noticed that one of the bulbs was intermittent which I hear is a common problem with them.

Next for the lights, they are Sonar Headlights with projector low beams and reflector highs. They have halo rings built in with three LEDs at the bottom of the light. I noticed that two of the LEDs did not work. I like the idea of having projector lenses but does anyone know if the headlight assembly itself is a quality piece? I'm going to try to get pictures up later.

Thanks in advance, I just know very little about aftermarket HID lighting and I'm trying to sort this mess out.
Old 02-22-2013, 07:48 AM
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Make some retros only way to go Then you can make them look however you would like. That's just my OPINION if they workfine I would assume just wiring them back up to save you money or buy an hid kit from ddmtuning since they are very affordable and also a lifetime warranty
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So I finally got around to uploading them.

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Any suggestions?
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I've never been a fan of projector aftermarket headlights. I have retros from buyhids

I'm building my gf's headlights right now too
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We have a sale on HID Kits now! and we also sell replacment LEDs for those headlights.

Http://HIDWerks.com/Groupbuy.html

LEDs just PM me
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Originally Posted by BoostedBeaner
I've never been a fan of projector aftermarket headlights. I have retros from buyhids

I'm building my gf's headlights right now too
Why is that? What's the difference between the retros and projo aftermarkets?
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Originally Posted by mkulrey13
We have a sale on HID Kits now! and we also sell replacment LEDs for those headlights.

Http://HIDWerks.com/Groupbuy.html

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I'm interested. PM sent.
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Originally Posted by Pinky Demon
Why is that? What's the difference between the retros and projo aftermarkets?
Retros use the factory housing. Buyhids offers a great projector with their retros. Aftermarket projectors have crappy projectors in them from what I've heard
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Interesting. I'll have to look into this. Thanks guys.
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