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Old 11-11-2006, 08:44 PM
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Okay thanks for that the Australian SVX have glass lenses standard so I guess I only need to buy the HID kit.
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Old 11-12-2006, 12:14 AM
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Your lights look great I just completed a similar mod using lexan,only I installed the lexan inside if the housing close to the lights, look real agressive.
I think I got what you're saying. Let me know when you have pics!
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Old 11-12-2006, 12:15 AM
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Okay thanks for that the Australian SVX have glass lenses standard so I guess I only need to buy the HID kit.
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I wish I had those glass lenses!
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Thanks Subaryu for the info on where you bought them and sorry for the late, thanks. I couldn't find where I had read the topic.
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Old 11-13-2006, 08:15 PM
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Thanks Subaryu for the info on where you bought them and sorry for the late, thanks. I couldn't find where I had read the topic.
Yeah I noticed that this thread was moved to the MOD mania section too!
No problem, let me know if you have more questions of what I have done!
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Those pics look really nice! I'm always interested in HID as well, but the strict California laws and following threads kinda have me worried:

http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=31215
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=30290

What's your take on them? Also, what brand and how much were your yellow foglights? They look great!
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Old 11-14-2006, 12:05 AM
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Those pics look really nice! I'm always interested in HID as well, but the strict California laws and following threads kinda have me worried:

http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=31215
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=30290

What's your take on them? Also, what brand and how much were your yellow foglights? They look great!
Wow I've never heard of any restriction on the headlights in CA. I was worried about headlight aiming bit high on mine now. I guess I should adjust bit lower. Not in this thread but I was talking about adjusting the headlight leveling. When I put everything back to the car, The lo beam was aiming really low so I had to adjusted. I guess that was designed that way. I will adjust it later back to lower. I installed the HID for my safety as well. I can't see it without it. The original is too dim and not working for me with my bad vision. If I get caught for the headlights, I have to adimit that'd be my unlucky day. As far as I know the beam isn't that high now since I didn't want get flashed by oncoming traffic.
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Old 11-14-2006, 12:08 AM
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Those pics look really nice! I'm always interested in HID as well, but the strict California laws and following threads kinda have me worried:

http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=31215
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=30290

What's your take on them? Also, what brand and how much were your yellow foglights? They look great!

Oh I forgot the brand since I threw away the package... and yellow fog is just stock but thanks!
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Old 11-15-2006, 01:05 AM
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Out of interest, do you guys fit HID's to all lights, or just low/high beam etc?

Also, with the clear lens kit, what do the fog lights end up like? Are they like another set of spot lights?

Could you in theory get HID kits in all 3 lights? What would that be like on high beam?

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Old 11-15-2006, 01:13 AM
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OK...and now I've read the two linked threads. Seems that Ebay HID kits aren't technically what they say they are.

Out of interest, if I want more light out of the front, will the HID do that? Mohrds is probably technically correct, but physics tells me more light has to come out if more light is put in?

Or maybe not?

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Old 11-15-2006, 10:36 AM
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Out of interest, if I want more light out of the front, will the HID do that? Mohrds is probably technically correct, but physics tells me more light has to come out if more light is put in?

Or maybe not?

Matt
More light in does more light out. It just doesn't mean it is in the right place

Look at the image of the garage wall at the top of this thread. See how blurry the cutoff is and how the cutoff line curves up in the middle? These particular capsules are aligned well in the base, but not perfect. The cutoff line should be sharp and horizontally straight, then go up at about 30 degrees to the left. The lights in the image have a very small rise to the left and are overall aimed too high when compared to the car in the next stall. They will blind an oncoming driver if they are more than about 50' away.

The HID mount provides a small 'notch' cutout in the base where the HID capsule conveniently places the "return wire". This is the wire that extends from the tip of the bulb back to the base, alongside the bulb itself. It is insulated by a thin tube of ceramic to prohibit a premature arc of electricity outside the bulb.

As this wire is not transparent or thin, it casts a shadow on the light projecting from the bulb. In a normal mount, this wire is on the "top" side of the bulb, creating a pie-wedge shaped shadow of light upward. The projector housing uses a shutter to cut off the bottom half of the light from the reflector, and a single lens to focus it. A halogen designed projector does not compensate for the return wire and does not have a properly designed shutter. On top of that, the retrofit capsuls don't always have the return wire on the top. Some times it just ends up where it ends up.

Here are some pitures of an HID designed car next to a halogen designed car. See how the patterns match except that the HID is cutoff lower? Now look up to the image at the top of the post and see how blurry and undefined the pattern is.




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I have a friend who had some McCullough HID's in his Subaru and he is selling them for 200$. They are 9007's though. Can I still make them work?
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I have a friend who had some McCullough HID's in his Subaru and he is selling them for 200$. They are 9007's though. Can I still make them work?
I've heard the ballasts McCullough uses are lower quality and have a shorter life. But for the price, it would be hard to pass up if it was a 9006 kit.

As for the 9007, you will have to modify the hell out of it to fit in a 9006 holder. I'd avoid that.
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I've heard the ballasts McCullough uses are lower quality and have a shorter life. But for the price, it would be hard to pass up if it was a 9006 kit.

As for the 9007, you will have to modify the hell out of it to fit in a 9006 holder. I'd avoid that.
Thanks for the tip... Any brands that are known for quality?
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Thanks for the tip... Any brands that are known for quality?
Bosch ballasts are excellent as are Phillips/Osram. Other than that, I don't know.

I'd reccomend doing it all out and getting a used BMW Z3 HID kit with projectors from Ebay and following Green1995SVX's How to on replacing the stock SVX projectors with the BMW units.

This the package I got from Ebay and it works great!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=8056668786

I just noticed there is an identical set on Ebay right now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...50621588QQrdZ1
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