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wannabeH3

10-18-2005, 07:38 PM

after seein the other guys post about the ebay mcculloch HID's i had to get me some as well! 299 with free shipping of the 8000k HID setup. Its pretty sweet. installation is pretty easy too! you just unplug your lights and plug the new ones in with the new wires that plug into your factory lightbulb plug.
heres my pics

this is of the standard lights at 1130 at night, ill take a new one tonight with the hid's

http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20002.jpg
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20003.jpg
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20004.jpg
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20005.jpg
here is the only thing i dont like about the kit, and its the power cables that interface directly to your old plug.. they should make a harness that comes with the kit, notice this is the proper wiring for the low beam, notice the colored cables and thei positions.
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20006.jpg
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20007.jpg

this is of the standard lights at night
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20001.jpg

and here are the new HID's
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20009.jpg
inside the cab
http://migmon.com/HID/HID%20008.jpg

wannabeH3

10-18-2005, 07:38 PM

BuzzH3

10-18-2005, 07:54 PM

So the whole thing is just plug in? There is no additional wiring?

wannabeH3

10-18-2005, 08:23 PM

CORRECT you do not need to cut wires or anything, and you can revert to stock by simply replacing the bulbs and plugging them back into the original plugs! it makes this kit very attractive! a second one for the foglights may be an idea http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

wannabeH3

10-19-2005, 04:28 AM

wow, just had to drive into work since i work graveyard, and what a difference.. i might wanna check the 5000k bulbs next time cuz these 8000k are pretty ricey, but bright as $hit compared to stock.. i dont even need the foglights anymore to see very nice!

Aubs

10-19-2005, 11:28 AM

Are these bulbs like the SILVERSTARS? I have those in my H2 and they were a significant improvement over the stock bulbs. However, I'd still like true Xenon lights, though the install and replacement costs are insane. I had them on a BMW X3 and they did that swivel with the steering wheel thing, and they were very helpful at night. Would be nice to see that on the stock Hummers.

I have to ask too, are you blinding anyone with these? I find that I get flashed high beams much more often with my Silverstars in. I've passed my car head on too while like my mom was driving it, and I have to say that the lights were uncomfortably bright. (Why I also like factory Xenons: they adjust their broadcast angle depending on the angle of the road to help keep them out of oncoming cars eyes.)

wannabeH3

10-19-2005, 07:52 PM

yeah these are full on HID's not standard bulbs, they require special hardware to make them turn on... i dont know if im blinding anyone yet.. ill keep you all posted.. no ones flashed yet http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

H3 Hummer

10-19-2005, 08:02 PM

Nice, these ligts are so nice especially around here where it is real gray and hard to see the wet roads. I has some of these on my old BMW Z3 and was pulled over by the Issaquah police. I never replaced them but it gives the cops here a reason to bother you. (Not that you would ever do anything wrong Wannabe) http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

H3 Hummer

10-24-2005, 01:56 AM

Nice. Miguel, turned them on for me this weekend and I didn't even see them in the day time. They were so bright they are white.

Very nice.

Albie

10-24-2005, 02:01 AM

wow they look good. Can you give us the link on where you get them?

wannabeH3

10-24-2005, 04:38 AM

yeah i bought them off ebay for 299 shipped:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte...ame=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=8005175854&sspa gename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT)
i think that link will work.. the sellers name is supervtec

bender

10-25-2005, 12:25 AM

HIDs are xenons or xe- gas with an applied charge. moreover, they auto level. your lights are basically much brighter halogens with a new wiring harness so it doesn't melt. sorry. they seem bright though. but not true HIDs.

wannabeH3

10-25-2005, 12:39 AM

they are HID's end of discussion. they look nothing like halogens, the only thing these dont have are the auto levelers. but they are the same lights you would find in any bmw nissan or mini.

Aubs

10-25-2005, 09:40 AM

I'd say it's safe to call them HID's. They are, after all, High Intensity Discharge headlamps regardless. (However, if there's a filament in there, they techincally are supercharged halogens, buring at a high temperature and color.) If WannabeH3 called them Xenons, then I'd have a problem too. Xenons are as mentioned an arc of electricity through xenon gas, of which the arc is what actually produces the light. Pretty cool, but extremely expensive to buy and replace. I cringe when I see a car with a burned out Xenon. It's usually around $700-$1,000 for a new one, since the entire head unit must be replaced, or so I've been told. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

wannabeH3

10-25-2005, 09:55 AM

these are what the bulbs look like, pretty sure these are xenon... if these arent then i better go back to first grade electronics

http://www.autodirectsave.com/images/HIDd2S.jpg

Albie

10-25-2005, 10:37 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wannabeH3:
they are HID's end of discussion. they look nothing like halogens, the only thing these dont have are the auto levelers. but they are the same lights you would find in any bmw nissan or mini. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

those are slick. How much time did it take to hook them up???

wannabeH3

10-25-2005, 11:35 AM

20 minutes. they replace your stock bulbs then you plug them in, attatch the ballasts to the inside of the engine bay with 2 sided tape and hook them up the way i did in my pictures, then finish with electrical tap to insulate and prevent the plugs from falling out of the stock harness

wannabeH3

10-25-2005, 11:36 AM

let me just say that these things are hella bright and i got the 8000k bulbs which are really purple.. if i could do it over again i would try the 5000k. you also lose high beam capabilities, so if you flash someone with high beams your lights just turn off, as these bulbs dont have dual filaments (or any filament)

DRTYFN

10-25-2005, 01:39 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wannabeH3:
they are HID's end of discussion. they look nothing like halogens, the only thing these dont have are the auto levelers. but they are the same lights you would find in any bmw nissan or mini. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

They look great. Do they have hi & low?
More importantly, how does you g/f look in a bikini in that light?http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Aubs

10-25-2005, 03:55 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wannabeH3:
these are what the bulbs look like, pretty sure these are xenon... if these arent then i better go back to first grade electronics

http://www.autodirectsave.com/images/HIDd2S.jpg </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If there's not filament (I can't really tell in the pic), then you have true Xenons. An arc of electricity should travel through the center buldge creating light. Otherwise, you have a halogen bulb, much like what you might put in a flood light outside.

See here for an explanation (http://auto.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=question387.htm&url=http://www.mvlc.info/tech/xenon_faq.html)

I don't really care if they are or aren't Xenons, though I don't like to see people duped by the HID/Xenon false claims.

bender

10-27-2005, 09:13 PM

don't get all defensive but true HIDs are required by law (DOT) to be auto-leveled. they are, as i said before, a charge applied to Xe- gas within a closed system. if it took you 20 minutes and less than $1000 to put these bulbs in then all you're running is a higher wattage halogen bulb or faux-xenon-ish bulb marketed really well. true HID xenons are very expensive. i had them in my bimmers and they're not like a regular bulb. moreover, they last a lot longer and seldom need to be replaced. there is also this myth that all xenons are blue-ish...wrong. a good xenon system is more pure white and they need to warm up. when you turn them on is the light yellow-ish and dim and then gets a lot brighter and whiter over a minute or so?

true xenons are a different breed of light.

h3\'er

10-27-2005, 09:41 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bender:
don't get all defensive but true HIDs are required by law (DOT) to be auto-leveled. they are, as i said before, a charge applied to Xe- gas within a closed system. if it took you 20 minutes and less than $1000 to put these bulbs in then all you're running is a higher wattage halogen bulb or faux-xenon-ish bulb marketed really well. true HID xenons are very expensive. i had them in my bimmers and they're not like a regular bulb. moreover, they last a lot longer and seldom need to be replaced. there is also this myth that all xenons are blue-ish...wrong. a good xenon system is more pure white and they need to warm up. when you turn them on is the light yellow-ish and dim and then gets a lot brighter and whiter over a minute or so?

true xenons are a different breed of light. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Me thinks you don't know what your talking about.

These are true xenons as evidenced by the ballast reqiure to convert the 12volt to 20,000 volts, color has to do with the colr temp of the bulb your order from 3500k for the more yellow to the 8000k for more blue.

These are not DOT approved and most sites selling them will tell you that when you order them.

You take the risk of being stopped and ticketed. But honestly how many cops are going to know the difference? You have to know the DOT codes on the headlight housing.

DDWH

10-27-2005, 09:48 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h3'er:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by bender:
don't get all defensive but true HIDs are required by law (DOT) to be auto-leveled. they are, as i said before, a charge applied to Xe- gas within a closed system. if it took you 20 minutes and less than $1000 to put these bulbs in then all you're running is a higher wattage halogen bulb or faux-xenon-ish bulb marketed really well. true HID xenons are very expensive. i had them in my bimmers and they're not like a regular bulb. moreover, they last a lot longer and seldom need to be replaced. there is also this myth that all xenons are blue-ish...wrong. a good xenon system is more pure white and they need to warm up. when you turn them on is the light yellow-ish and dim and then gets a lot brighter and whiter over a minute or so?

true xenons are a different breed of light. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Me thinks you don't know what your talking about.

These are true xenons as evidenced by the ballast reqiure to convert the 12volt to 20,000 volts, color has to do with the colr temp of the bulb your order from 3500k for the more yellow to the 8000k for more blue.

These are not DOT approved and most sites selling them will tell you that when you order them.

You take the risk of being stopped and ticketed. But honestly how many cops are going to know the difference? You have to know the DOT codes on the headlight housing. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

x2 http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

ODAMO

10-28-2005, 12:04 AM

Hey wannabeH3 just curious: What grill ya got under the cover there?

bender

10-28-2005, 01:45 AM

hey, if i am wrong then i apologize...but i still think they're "psuedo-xenons"

that said, true HID/xenons should auto-level for safety reasons. blinding other drivers is immature. there is a reason why the DOT does not approve of these lights regardless if they're really Xe- gas charged or not.

wannabeH3

10-28-2005, 04:46 AM

bender: yeah man they arenet an HID full system, that would be very expensive, these are just xenon bulbs with ballast and igniters minus the auto leveling and high beam. just a cheap way to get the look and better performance than halogen. You can tell they are true Xenon HID's by the little pole that comes up the side and into the top of the bulb. since these dont auto level, i do immaturely blind people left and right, im tryin to figure out a solution to that, otherwise ill just leave it :P

as for the grill its a kenmore elite i believe and its huge, its got like 6 burners inside the hood, and a bun toaster thing, and then the outside burner.. its great for parties!

ODAMO

10-29-2005, 12:32 AM

I thought it was cause I have the same cover over mine. I've had mine for almost a year and it gets used quite a bit. I have the natural gas version & love it. A lot of stainless to keep clean but it looks awesome. When I get my new H3 it will look just as good as yours sittin next to the grill.

swissH3

11-22-2005, 04:42 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DRTYFN:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wannabeH3:
they are HID's end of discussion. they look nothing like halogens, the only thing these dont have are the auto levelers. but they are the same lights you would find in any bmw nissan or mini. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

They look great. Do they have hi & low?
More importantly, how does you g/f look in a bikini in that light?http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

...you have to take "bi-xenon", then you have hi&low...
Greetings from Switzerland