Subject	The difference was worth it to me.
Posted by	Ashman2k2 on March 18, 2010 at 2:31 PM
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In Reply To	Step one: Clean your projectors. Step two: get 4300K HIDs posted by BigTDogg (MA) on March 17, 2010 at 07:52 PM
Message	I spent something close to 400 for the ballasts, bulbs, & tsx projectors and put it in my jdm headlights. After doing the retrofit, I would say it could fit in the USDM the same or better. Even though the headlamp glass messes up the crispy cut-off line that would exist without it, this should not be the main reason to switch in the first place...the intensity and area covered with light on the road is just sooooooo much better than the blot the stockers put out, and this is just with a 35w ballast, with the "55"w the intensity would noticeably increase although shortening the bulb life.
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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