Subject	but are the retrofit worth the extra time and money?
Posted by	SuparexTT on March 16, 2010 at 10:37 PM
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In Reply To	comparing aftermarket HIDs to OEM HIDs on a BMW posted by Ahmed (Chicago) on March 16, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Message	$150 will buy a decent HID drop in kit. GotCarolina Z?
Follow Ups	The brightest lights possible for the Z? - Graphx007 21:09:40 03/16/10 Aych eye Dee'zzz (n/m) - Drk93TT 21:13:11 03/16/10 jdm hids would be a start (n/m) - gt300zxtt 21:26:25 03/16/10 Best solution - retrofit - bartz32tt 21:50:40 03/16/10 Re: Best solution - retrofit - quadratique 09:46:57 03/17/10 Have you not heard of HID's? (n/m) - 550HPTT 22:06:49 03/16/10 Yes. But his setup was more than just HIDS. - Graphx007 22:16:34 03/16/10 comparing aftermarket HIDs to OEM HIDs on a BMW - Ahmed (Chicago) 22:24:23 03/16/10 but are the retrofit worth the extra time and money? - SuparexTT 22:37:11 03/16/10 Yeh... - MegamanMk2 22:53:55 03/16/10 sure they cost a little much - gt300zxtt 23:14:47 03/16/10 1700 is pretty significant - bartz32tt 23:51:46 03/16/10 Why doesn't his opinion matter? - SimaYi 01:45:14 03/17/10 retrofit kits are a waste of $ if you think you are going to - LJZTT 11:26:24 03/17/10 lol. Oh dear. - ZiNnYc 14:46:12 03/17/10 again, semantics, the post read like he was referring to the - LJZTT 16:51:42 03/17/10 The difference is exponential. Totally worth it. (n/m) - ZiNnYc 09:50:43 03/17/10 you need to revisit a math book - LJZTT 11:34:43 03/17/10 You have no idea what is being talked about here. - ZiNnYc 14:49:58 03/17/10 my bad, when Suparex said "retrofit" I thought he was - LJZTT 15:36:01 03/17/10 Calm down, sport. - Z_Cherub 08:17:38 03/17/10 hidplanet.com. Tsx/tfx retrofit. Get to searching! (n/m) - ZiNnYc 09:51:46 03/17/10 buy the '99 jspec headlights, end of story - LJZTT 11:23:39 03/17/10 That's all well and good but with the '99 headlights, you - Dave N 14:16:20 03/17/10 agreed (n/m) - Guapo 14:33:19 03/17/10 Hater (n/m) - dogpile 14:43:13 03/17/10 HID is not the only benefit though. - ZiNnYc 14:59:58 03/17/10 you are absolutely right, plug and play was an incorrect - LJZTT 15:29:36 03/17/10 Some owners of 99spec lights have had no problems aiming the - PiotrC70 19:21:11 03/17/10 Lol - bartz32tt 15:37:37 03/17/10 good luck with what some 240 guys (or kids) fab up for - LJZTT 16:39:45 03/17/10 $1700 for JDM's or $600 for retrofit foolish either way. - Guapo 18:48:57 03/17/10 agreed but if there is a smart way to be foolish, I vote oem (n/m) - LJZTT 18:54:02 03/17/10 I'd rather spend it on track time. (n/m) - Guapo 19:01:31 03/17/10 Id rather do both. (n/m) - ZiNnYc 19:08:11 03/17/10 Foolish is foolish (n/m) - Guapo 19:21:10 03/17/10 The fool is the twin of the wise! (n/m) - tsefreeflow 20:39:18 03/17/10 Bah. It started with owning a 20 year old car. (n/m) - ZiNnYc 03:41:32 03/18/10 One, twice, three times a DONK - bartz32tt 20:08:49 03/17/10 I can perhaps see spending $600 on a well-done retrofit. - Guapo 20:19:35 03/17/10 This^ - bartz32tt 21:08:05 03/17/10 Step one: Clean your projectors. Step two: get 4300K HIDs - BigTDogg (MA) 19:52:27 03/17/10 assuming there is a 500 dollar budget overall, sure. - ZiNnYc 03:43:24 03/18/10 Fair enough. But I was looking at it from a value added - BigTDogg (MA) 05:51:45 03/18/10 If cost is the main concern, - bartz32tt 07:37:43 03/18/10 The difference was worth it to me. - Ashman2k2 14:31:47 03/18/10
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