GB: HIDs GROUP BUY $250 SHIPPED, ROUND 2 Options

[celicaboston1983]

so is the kit just bulbs?

[playr158]

COME ON READ THE BLINKIN POST BEFORE TYPING ANYTHING

this kit includes the following as stated by the organizer

[. These kits will come with 2 ballasts, HID bulbs, and wires to connect them up.

on page one.....

[CelicaSTX02]

COME ON READ THE BLINKIN POST BEFORE TYPING ANYTHING

this kit includes the following as stated by the organizer

[. These kits will come with 2 ballasts, HID bulbs, and wires to connect them up.

on page one.....
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thanx dude!!!!

I know some people don't like to read, but it gets frustrating when everybody keep asking questions that have already been answered.

[CelicaSTX02]

JUST UPDATED WITH PICTURES, LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE!!!

[Supersprynt]

A word of advice. The higher the kelvin temperature, the less effective the light gets. It maybe "brighter" however the hue changes (purple/blue etc..) and thus in the water especially it gets harder to see. If you want the maximum visibility in all conditions, try ~5000K if not lower.

[CelicaSTX02]

A word of advice. The higher the kelvin temperature, the less effective the light gets. It maybe "brighter" however the hue changes (purple/blue etc..) and thus in the water especially it gets harder to see. If you want the maximum visibility in all conditions, try ~5000K if not lower.
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^very well said. At 4500K, thats when you get the most amount of visible light, and the most lighting possible. The reason you go up kelvins is because it looks better (in my opinion). I have 8500K on my car right now, although its not as bright as I want it to be, its still so much brighter than stock.

[SSJChar]

do you have any pictures of your beam pattern with HIDs installed? i heard that without specific lenses, HID beam patterns in non HID housings look odd and aren't proper. also, does anyone know how many kalvins companies like bmw and lexus use for their bulbs?

[CelicaSTX02]

do you have any pictures of your beam pattern with HIDs installed?  i heard that without specific lenses, HID beam patterns in non HID housings look odd and aren't proper.  also, does anyone know how many kalvins companies like bmw and lexus use for their bulbs?
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Well, in our headlight housing, the beam is scattered. But its scattered the same way our stock bulbs did, except much brighter and more lighting. I can get pictures of my 8500K, but that wouldn't speak much since 8500K doesn't have as much visible light as lower kelvin kits.

BMWs and Lexus normally have somewhere around 4500K, theirs look good because they have projectors. I had 6000K before, and it didn't look as good as 8500K. I like 8500K just for the looks of it. 6000K starts off blue and then it turns all white, so it just looks like I got some REALLY REALLY bright eurolite bulbs or something. I don't know, its all about preference.

If you're into looks, then definately go with higher kelvin kits. If you want more light power, then go with the lower kelvin kits. Overall, you CAN'T go wrong with any kind of HID kits.........THEY'RE a well worth-it investment.

I can promise you, after you have HIDs.....its hard to go back to regular, you'll never want to.

[CelicaSTX02]

1) bonzaisushi
2) playr158
3) d3monc3lica
4) BBoYRuGGeD
5) pimped6gen
6) Initialdrift55
7) Djspike
8)ethnykceli

So far, I have 8 people in on this from this forum, and on another (smaller) forum, I have 2 more people. 3 people I know just backed out....So, I need to get more ppl's involvement.

Well, here's the update, we have 10 people so far. If we can tell more ppl about this deal, it'll be really awesome. So everybody can get theirs asap.

On the newcelica.org forum, they have the same group buy and it went really really well. A lot of ppl were happy, I can say that this will go really well too if we can let more ppl know about this deal.

[creis]

$250 shipped.

8000k please (9006)

I'm in....

This post has been edited by creis: Oct 17, 2005 - 8:53 PM

[CelicaSTX02]

1) bonzaisushi
2) playr158
3) d3monc3lica
4) BBoYRuGGeD
5) pimped6gen
6) Initialdrift55
7) Djspike
8) ethnykceli
9) creis

Thats 9 from this forum, and I have 2 on the www.importsnc.com forum.
10)xxbowiexx: 6000K, 9006 bulb
11) ImpulseRS: 10000K, H4 bulb

We need 14 more, or if we can get real close.....like 22 or 23, I can try to talk them into giving us that same price anyways. We'll see......I am excited, its gonna be awesome seeing all these 6th gen celicas w/ HIDs.

[JoKeRkId613]

sounds good. i ran across this site a while back and they charge 245. dont know much about the brand or how good it is or anything. heck, they may even turn out to be bright ass halogen hid wannabes. but you might wanna check it out. maybe if you talk to this company about a group buy, they might go lower. http://www.hid-light.com/usbuy.html

[Shigexile]

don't you have 43?

[CelicaSTX02]

sounds good. i ran across this site a while back and they charge 245. dont know much about the brand or how good it is or anything. heck, they may even turn out to be bright ass halogen hid wannabes. but you might wanna check it out. maybe if you talk to this company about a group buy, they might go lower. http://www.hid-light.com/usbuy.html
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Wow, thats pretty cool. I Just don't have any knowledge of their kits though. They're located in Taiwan, so I don't know about asking them for a group buy. If you want to, you should try contacting these guys to see if you could get a cheap price.....but I just don't want to bail out on the people who are already trying to hook us up.

The thing I like about the kits that you guys will be getting in this group buy is that its a brand name. It has the same technology as the hella ballasts, which big name car companies like BMWs and Mercedes uses.

These kits that I am helping you guys get has a good warranty and if anything goes wrong, you have me to help you out with. I've been on this forum since the day it was created, so I wouldn't leave you guys hanging.

Thats a good find though dude, I don't know about the company, but they are selling real HID kits. Not sure how reliable they are, but its just only $4 cheaper. Unless you could ask them to reduce the price by like $30-$40, I can say my kits are worth paying a little extra for.

This post has been edited by CelicaSTX02: Oct 16, 2005 - 10:02 AM

[CelicaSTX02]

don't you have 43?
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oh no, the closest one is 4500K. Phillips carry 4300K though, but their kits are mad expensive.

[Drocay]

Dude, if u read there site carefully there ballasts aren't made by hella or the same company they are just copy's of hella's design and are put through wut they call the same tests.

[creis]

FYI, kits like this one are not hard to install if you guys where wondering, I have installed HID kits before and its really just a plug and play job, just gata find a good spot to mount the box and be sure not to touch the bulb (the oil off your hands will burn on the bulb and cause it to burst) but its not hard ot avoid that with the included sheild.

[CelicaSTX02]

Dude, if u read there site carefully there ballasts aren't made by hella or the same company they are just copy's of hella's design and are put through wut they call the same tests.
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hmmm, you're right dude. I just now caught that. Its hard to tell since they sell Hella ballasts with their kits too, but they never stated it in a way that was meant to trick you. And I notice that they only sell kits with Hella ballasts on their site. Let me contact these guys and see what they have to say. I know the guy have had this same HID kit on his car and he's been driving around with it for over 2 years now, so I am sure these kits are crappy. Sorry for the misinformation guys, lemme go correct myself.

[CelicaSTX02]

Dude, if u read there site carefully there ballasts aren't made by hella or the same company they are just copy's of hella's design and are put through wut they call the same tests.
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Okay, I got an answer for you. Companies like Hella and such do not actually make their own ballast. They just outsource the work and get certain places to make them. The company that makes the Hella ballast for Hella themselves is this company, and these are their own kits. This is why their kits are cheaper. They cannot put "hella" on their ballast for the same reason omni power does not put Skunk 2 on their products.

Its exactly the same way how Skunk 2 outsource their product to omni power to make. Or how TRD springs aren't made by TRD, but in fact made by intrax. So basically you're getting the exact same product, just a different name.

[CelicaSTX02]

Check out the video the company made for the HID kits, its pretty sweet.

THE MECCATUNE FILM