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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 04:19 AM
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man nam, we should get our g37 group to meet sometimes...i wanna check out those 6000k myself
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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Beautiful! I will be doing 6000k Bulbs Ultinon Phillips and Kaixen 6000k Fog Kit Whenever I find a shop that can install them, should be beautiful!
I would caution anyone against putting HIDs in their fog light housing. First off, you are going to need to add ballasts as well, and that can cause electrical problems without also adding a harness. Also, adding HIDs to a reflector housing not designed for HIDs is going to blind on-coming traffic in a big way.

Its not legal to put HIDs in any headlight not designed for HIDs, so you may not be able to find a shop willing to do it anyway.


There are a lot a myths around headlights for some reason, so make sure you do your research. HID Planet is a good place to start.
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by smoothieboy
man nam, we should get our g37 group to meet sometimes...i wanna check out those 6000k myself
yea we should...looks like we have quite a few ppl here from around the area...or we can always join the G35 meets
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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careful when purchasing fog kit...i bought an H1 kit and i dont think they fit...hid bulb is too long
I bought the 9006 Kit, I wonder what problems you were having, They should be just plug and play
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Gyoza
I would caution anyone against putting HIDs in their fog light housing. First off, you are going to need to add ballasts as well, and that can cause electrical problems without also adding a harness. Also, adding HIDs to a reflector housing not designed for HIDs is going to blind on-coming traffic in a big way.

Its not legal to put HIDs in any headlight not designed for HIDs, so you may not be able to find a shop willing to do it anyway.


There are a lot a myths around headlights for some reason, so make sure you do your research. HID Planet is a good place to start.
I have put (3) HID Kits in 3 Cars in the headlights and put the same brand and 6000k, it comes with the ballasts and Never needed a Harness, Wonder what could go wrong?
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Raheel
I bought the 9006 Kit, I wonder what problems you were having, They should be just plug and play
the OEM fogs are H1's... did you need to order a H1->9006 adapter ?

Regarding the H1 HID not fitting, my guess is that maybe the HID bulb is longer than standards ones? When you peer into the foglight housing, you'll notice theres an integrated cap over where the bulb would come out.. (not sure if this can be easily removed)..
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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blue led's 4 led

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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Comatose
the OEM fogs are H1's... did you need to order a H1->9006 adapter ?

Regarding the H1 HID not fitting, my guess is that maybe the HID bulb is longer than standards ones? When you peer into the foglight housing, you'll notice theres an integrated cap over where the bulb would come out.. (not sure if this can be easily removed)..
9006 and H1 are the same exact thing
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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blue led's 4 led

Thats hot we need more pictures, I dont think I could pull that off with my Red car, but we need to see more pictures at night and on with the Fogs and on with the Headlights?

How did you get just the City Lights to stay on, are they on 24/7 even if all the lights are off?
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 10:45 PM
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^the parking lights are on too.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Raheel
9006 and H1 are the same exact thing
I'm not sure what you mean -- unless your kit is generic and has different fitting-adaptors?

9006:


H1:
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Raheel
I bought the 9006 Kit, I wonder what problems you were having, They should be just plug and play
i think the bulbs are too long...it hits the lil reflector cap thing
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 01:23 AM
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Who said installing the city light was a piece of cake? It took me about 30min to figuare it out on the driver side. Took me about 10 min on the passenger side once I knew how to do it. My hands are all beat up and my back aches from hunching over trying not to touch the paint of the car. Well it was worth the pain.

I went with the PIAA extreme white

Lets just hope those bulbs to jump off the attachment due to road vibration.

Drive Hard Guys!!!

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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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i think the bulbs are too long...it hits the lil reflector cap thing
Damn I hope NOT!
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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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I am gonna replace my 9006 HID Kit with H1 Kit, Will the H1 Kit work or not..?
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