Let's talk HID lights for trucks

They work great, go with white. Other cars will hate you, but you can see.

Best brand names to look for??

I looked into these alot before I bought my set.

What I found out on a chevy forum. Is that most all ballast are made by the same company.

I bought threw VVME, kit cost around 40 or 50 bucks.

I intalled them, had them in for about 2-3 weeks. Took them out.

THe problems with most is sometimes when you start the car, one ballast will not ignite, you have to resart. The biggest problem with mine was switching form stock high beams to the HID kit low beams, it would take about 1-2 seconds for the HID kit to lite the bulbs to full power....come on really dim and take the 1-2 seconds to go to full power...scared the chit out of me a few times.

And it blinds oncomming drives, unless you adjust the headlights not to. THen the lights are not any better than the aftermarket replacement bulbs (which is what I put back into it)


now my HID kit is sitting on my bench...

Thats the problem with just tossing HID's into your factory headlight assembly, the light doesnt focus the same way the original bulbs do, and it ends up as much more of a all over wash as opposed to a focus beam, and half the time time doesnt give you any more distance, and is horrible in the snow cause the light reaches so high, not to mention blinding everyone else out there. Need a HID projection lense to really make em work. Check out the headlight assemblies on anything that comes factory with HIDs...

vanislerev said:

Thats the problem with just tossing HID's into your factory headlight assembly, the light doesnt focus the same way the original bulbs do, and it ends up as much more of a all over wash as opposed to a focus beam, and half the time time doesnt give you any more distance, and is horrible in the snow cause the light reaches so high, not to mention blinding everyone else out there. Need a HID projection lense to really make em work. Check out the headlight assemblies on anything that comes factory with HIDs...

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Yep, my Syvania (sp) from Wal Mart are alot better than the HID for vision...

What better than stock then for a 06 superduty?