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quicksilver, i've had that style of HID kit before and wasnt very impressed. firstly, you totally get what you pay for. the wiring is put together so loosey goosey that i had to pull every connection apart and tighten up all the pins as they are very lose from the assembly line. go over a bump, they lose connection and one light goes out. hit anotehr bump, you are back on.
Also, i've had issues with cars that use the headlamps for the DRLs (like my civic does). you get a flickering effect from the HID when your headlights are off, which i cant imagine is good for anything. also, it looks stupid.
Lastly, the highbeam system on these cheap HID kits is terrible and i would porbably end up with worse lighting in the country and better lighting in the city. this is not what im looking for. Plus, the pattern gets all screwed up with HIDs in a halogen reflector housing. So the cheap aftermarket HIDs mounted in stock non projector headlamps are totally out of the question. At least with the experiences i've had with them.
I have to agree with knaztech on the wiring thing. I mean, its not like wire is expensive, i dont really even know why i asked that question. with wiring, if in doubt, bigger is better right? I guess my real question would be if the relays that come in the kit are able to handle the extra draw on the heavy load side. i dont want to be melting things and having a relay stick on and blind everyone. haha.
and yes, i'd definitly be running them so they can not be used without highbeams. I like the way dtompsett described his wiring/switching for multiple aux light setups.
As for HID into the hella halogen lamps...well that goes back to what i was saying above. one of the negatives that I found with aftermarket HIDs in my lancer years ago, the HIDs in my stock halogen headlamps caused a really terrible pattern. The light was bright, no doubt about that. but it was all over the place. I think it has soemthing to do with the HID bulbs protruding into the housings so far. I had even read something about the light being emitted from the bulb is different as well....but that sort of sounds like balogna to me. however the position of the bulb is a very obvious difference/issue.
I dont think i'll be going that route. I would rather spend the extra coin and get the hella HIDs if i needed lighting that serious, but i dont see myself driving fast enough to need to see that far ahead and that clearly.
As for alternator life, it is a concern of mine. so I definitly wont be doing 4 100w bulbs. I think im going to tackle this in steps from here on out. get the hella 500s, make a light bar with extra mounts. If the light doesnt quite meet my needs i'll have to try the 100w bulbs (if they are fog beams) or if its just a matter of lack of distance, then maybe ill look more into adding the bosch 225s you suggested.
I would feel comfortable with 300w total i think, but definitly not 400w... its a low output alternator and as knaztech said, it wont be getting an upgrade until it fails. and i'd rather it not fail anytime soon. espeically not out in the middle of nowhere, where i'd be using all this forward lighting.
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