praedet Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Anybody get a 3000K H3 HID kit yet? I am contemplating this in the future and just waondering how much greater the output is compared to PIAA Ion Crystals/Narva golds? I know this kit can be specially ordered in 3000K... Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I have them in my headlights.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praedet Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 pics... When I get home, though the pictures don't really capture the output right.. Definately more of a yellow than the amber/yellow the narva golds/piaa ion crystals give out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limeade Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Would haveing HIDs in the fogs as well as the low beams be to bright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckzul Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I have 4600K in my headlights, they have a significant output over their halogen counterparts. I don't think they would work as well in the foglights as the pattern is too low. I have yet to see how the headlights react to fog but I am geussing that they will be worse because they are whiter than halogens and will reflect a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praedet Posted October 20, 2005 Author Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hence doing 3K HIDs, not 4K and up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/2880/img00331cl.jpg http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/6741/img00344nr.jpg http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/8623/img00364xw.jpg(With fogs on) Really hard to capture the right color with my camera, but this is decent I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckzul Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Please re-read my post, I made no mention of using 3k vs 4k in the fog lights, I merely said that I think HIDs would not work as well in the foglight location because of their placement and I think the resulting beam pattern would be much too low. Hell, they don't even work well now. Plus there is a huge amount of wiring involved. I originally though HID's in the foglights would look really nice but after wiring just my headlights, I said "screw it" too much hassle to wire the fogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Please re-read my post, I made no mention of using 3k vs 4k in the fog lights, I merely said that I think HIDs would not work as well in the foglight location because of their placement and I think the resulting beam pattern would be much too low. Hell, they don't even work well now. Plus there is a huge amount of wiring involved. I originally though HID's in the foglights would look really nice but after wiring just my headlights, I said "screw it" too much hassle to wire the fogs. It would work, and if they're not working for you now, you need to re-aim them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimbeaver Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 how are they in the fog? btw can't help but notice the cat lying there in the last pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 how are they in the fog? btw can't help but notice the cat lying there in the last pic Haven't caught any fog or rain, it's been dry here in Houston lately. Yeah, that's my cat, Mr. Fluffy. He insisted he had to be part of the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team23jordan Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 how do you re-aim the foglight? Perrin BIG maf intake Perrin Turbo Inlet HKS SSQV BOV Megan Racing header with UP (ceramic coated) HKS DP (WRX) DMH E-cutout Custom 3" catback UTEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 ^ - Take off the trim surrounds. - Look inside the "hole" now exposed. You should see a long Phillips-head bolt, gold in color. This is the adjustment screw. - Clockwise raises the aim. Tips: - Be careful, this is a rather hard-to-turn screw, because of its length, it wobbles quite a bit. You don't want to strip its head. - Our fogs are true "fog pattern," designed so that the main hotspot dives into the ground some bare 3 ft. in front of our bumper. This is so as to minimize and virtually eliminate any refractive/reflective glare in true inclimate weather (particularly dense fog) conditions. Yes, this is piss-poor for getting good throw out of the lights so as to light up the road in front of you, but is *essential* for minimizing such harmful refractive/reflective glare in bad-weather conditions. As such, if you raise the aim, you're now going to be compromising the true inclimate-weather illumination pattern of our factory fogs - just keep this in-mind as you play with your adjustments. - Due to the above factor, I would HIGHLY recommend that you mark, on level ground, both your vehicle position (front tire contact lines, using "duct-tape" or chalk, works well) as well as beam hot-spot (again, chalk or tape this) and beam cut-off, in STOCK/OEM form. This will then allow you to return the aim to-stock, and will also allow you better control in aiming/adjustments. <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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