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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG9IE443FGY



8000k. its very bright the video makes it look kind of green but thats just low quality. i just put this in a couple of hours ago i have not seen it at night yet.

you can see the before pics, and the video shows the results.

and before that yellow bulb in the pics, i had the sylvania silverstar ultra the brightest bulb you can get, until it blew out, and i can tell you this hid kit is alot brighter then the sylvania.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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Cool. Where'd you get the kit? Or did you cobble it together?
 
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Old Dec 8, 2009 | 05:52 PM
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i bought it off ebay from sportbikelites.com (thats how they spelled it) sixty dollars, free shipping.

but, it took me almost an hour to finally figure out the reason the metal clip to secure the bulb down wasnt fitting, was because the design of the bulb makes it impossible because there is a little piece of plastic that prevents it from clipping. so the bulb is basically staying in place by the rubber boot.

also, they said the ballast was a slim motorcycle ballast. it is not its big.

i gave them negative feed back even though im happy with how much light it puts out

i just went outside to see how bright it is at night, and its amazing the light travels so far, its definately at least three-five times brighter then the sylvania i used to have and probably twenty times brighter than the yellow bulb.

another thing, once spring comes, i plan on always carrying that extra yellow bulb. because the hid bulb flickers a little bit once it gets warmed up, and i have a feeling its not going to last long.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 04:11 AM
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I installed a Xenon globe on my F3, the H4 type i was hoping for the blue colour, but its not very blue more white, but it does give quite a big difference in intensity, it reflects off the signs like a highbeam does but at lowbeam.
 
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