HID Lights Installed!

[Marauder2005]

Well I ordered the 8000k (blue Tint) HID light kit from
Ultrabrightlights.com And I must say the diffrence is un-belivable!
Its like driving with the sun in your grill. They were properly aimed at
my body shop to help other drivers. They were mostly "plug-n-play"
just had to "butt-connect" 4 wires. Thumbs up !

[Donny Carlson]

Well I ordered the 8000k (blue Tint) HID light kit from
Ultrabrightlights.com And I must say the diffrence is un-belivable!
Its like driving with the sun in your grill. They were properly aimed at
my body shop to help other drivers. They were mostly "plug-n-play"
just had to "butt-connect" 4 wires. Thumbs up !
Keep a close eye on the headlamp wiring harnesses.

[Ryans PI]

Sounds pretty cool. We need pics. :D

[twolow]

Is this the true HID bulbs that come with the power supply and all?

[Big House]

I just installed a set of sylvania 9007ST's and the difference was immediate. Decent investment.

[DEFYANT]

Keep a close eye on the headlamp wiring harnesses.
I'm afraid to ask... Why?:confused:

[twolow]

I'm afraid to ask... Why?:confused:
Lights drawing more current than the factory bulbs lead to smoked wiring. In a Honda that added some aftermarket HIDs that I saw, it didn't just smoke and burn soon as they were installed, what happened was the current was just a little above average so the wiring was always warm to hot when the lights were on so over time the wires slowely broke down and discolored the insulation till eventually one day the wire was so weak and brittle it broke and shorted out on the body of the car. Fuse got warm to hot at times but never blew.

May not be the case here. I would be interested to see the current draw of a factory bulb compared to the power supply ballast of a HID bulb and see if they are near the same.

[MarauderMark]

Dasa for me.Yeah please keep us updated since your the first with em .I would surely like to put em in mine but wanna make sure first.Hope everything werks out.If you can please post some daytime and nighttime pics...

[Blackened300a]

Generally HID's Run cooler then regular Bulbs, Also the Ballast included with HID kit will prevent any overheating of your harness. Not To mention that your stock headlights have relays and fuses to also prevent a meltdown if the Ballast dont stop it first. My Friend has the HID kit in his Lincoln LS for over a year without any issues. I also had the HID kit in my Chevy Avalanche for over a year and never had a problem with them, so Dont lose Sleep over a Meltdown!!!

[Sully008]

Generally HID's Run cooler then regular Bulbs, Also the Ballast included with HID kit will prevent any overheating of your harness. Not To mention that your stock headlights have relays and fuses to also prevent a meltdown if the Ballast dont stop it first. My Friend has the HID kit in his Lincoln LS for over a year without any issues. I also had the HID kit in my Chevy Avalanche for over a year and never had a problem with them, so Dont lose Sleep over a Meltdown!!!

Did you lose the high beam function? How does the HID kit compare to traditional high beams on the highway? This is the major reason why I haven't switched, because with the MM you lose the high beam function with a single beam HID kit.

Marauder2005: How do you find the HIDs on the highway?

[Marauder2005]

Did you lose the high beam function? How does the HID kit compare to traditional high beams on the highway? This is the major reason why I haven't switched, because with the MM you lose the high beam function with a single beam HID kit.

Marauder2005: How do you find the HIDs on the highway?

Yes I do lose the high beam function, BUT they have a kit avalible with
the high beem option. I think they run $500 though---- The night
time driving is un-discribable (sp) I have an eye disese that limites my vision
and from me to you guys its the greatest thing since an egg white omlet. Sorry
no pics though, here are some pics of the 8000K kit on other cars-----

http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/brightlightz/8000k.html

[Lawrider]

The harness will be fine. The vast majority of HID ballasts are 35w, and some high output are 50w (you will know if you are buying the high output ones since they will cost more). So the harness is getting less current through it than with a 100w incadencent (sic) bulb.

Aiming the bulbs will assure you won't blind oncoming traffic.

I figure down the road i will swap in HIDs into the driving and head lights. I did go and pick up some ricer 100w bulbs and they have made a decent improvement, enough to keep the car acceptable till next year or until one of them burns out. I picked up a set of the H1/9007s from Best Buy, i believe they are branded Redline bulbs.

Cheers,
Sameer

[Kramer]

I thought these bulbs were not allows in headlights?

I find them quite annoying...probably because there are installed with a proper alignment.

[metroplex]

HIDs run at a much higher voltage than regular bulbs.

Using simple Ohm's Law: V=IR and P=VI

You can figure out that with constant power ad higher voltage, the current demand decreases.

[shakes_26]

HIDs run at a much higher voltage than regular bulbs.

Using simple Ohm's Law: V=IR and P=VI

You can figure out that with constant power ad higher voltage, the current demand decreases.
This would hold true if both were resistive loads and the duty cycle was the same. Light bulb filaments, are basically resistors, so we can measure their power consumption by the rating, for example 100w bulb, divided by 12V, about 8.3 amps. A typical high beam at 55 Watts (I believe), uses about 4.6amps.

HID as the name implies is a high intensity discharge, a bulb full of gas is excited by a high voltage arc, created by a ballast/transformer. Additionally the duty cycle will be less than 100% (bulb always has power on when its shinning), where the HID gets pulsed at some rate, so its not 'on' continuously when the bulb is emitting light.

Simple explentation there isn't, suffice to say incandescent bulbs are resistive (like heater coil), HID are inductive (like floursecent lights).

No http://mercurymarauder.net/forums/images/smilies/flamethrowingsmiley.gifintende d. Just trying to bring the right facts to the table.

[shakes_26]

besides, if I could afford the HID I would get them, or a good FLIR setup would be nice too :)

[TheGuardian]

I posted a while back about ordering a set of 6000K HIDs. I've had them installed for a while now I've just been busy with classes and whatnot. They look VERY nice and I have recieved a ton of compliments on them as well as the car in general. Everybody loves the marauder :) I'll post more pics if yall want.

http://www.auburn.edu/~shallcj/pic.jpg

[rocknrod]

:D
I posted a while back about ordering a set of 6000K HIDs. I've had them installed for a while now I've just been busy with classes and whatnot. They look VERY nice and I have recieved a ton of compliments on them as well as the car in general. Everybody loves the marauder :) I'll post more pics if yall want.How about some part Numbers Homie?

[MarauderMark]

I posted a while back about ordering a set of 6000K HIDs. I've had them installed for a while now I've just been busy with classes and whatnot. They look VERY nice and I have recieved a ton of compliments on them as well as the car in general. Everybody loves the marauder :) I'll post more pics if yall want.

http://www.auburn.edu/~shallcj/pic.jpg


these look nice!! I really like these.how long have you had them in ? how long(time wise) have you driven with the lights on? Do yours have high beams to and if so can you post a pic as to tell the difference..If you can please answer these questions then i think i am sold lookin at your pics looks great!