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Upgrading Headlamp Question
I am considering upgrading my headlamps, and am wondering about the various options available to me.
Here is the Hella H4 option from Pelican ($47.50 x 2 = $95/set): http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopcart/944M/POR_944M_lenses_pg1.htm#item1 Here is the Xenon HID option ($49.99/set bid starting price): Here is a difference between the Xenon and H4 versions? I would appreciate any advice from my wise Pelican gurus  THANKS! |
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The "Xenon" upgrade is not a true xenon upgrade, they will look blue, but not provide the high visibility of real xenon lights, a real xenon upgrade would cost a fortune. The Hella's are good lenses, I had some until one took a rock and cracked, now I have Cibie e-code lenses and they are my favorite so far, they are not street legal but who's gonna know? If you upgrade go with the Hella's or something of equal quality, and don't go for blue bulbs if oyu want to upgrade to improve your lights, if you are going for looks alone go ahead with the blue ones.
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Thanks for the info 85944na! It was very useful!
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Hope this will be useful....I found an interesting thread about eveything possible that you would ever want to know about headlamp and foglamp conversions:
http://members.rennlist.org/dan10101/docs/LIGHTS.doc |
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If I were you I would buy icesharks headlight update kit........ AWESOME!!!!
They are so nice... I bought 2 sets
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yep, I've got ice shark lenses, haven't done the harness have you Alex? I want to do the harness sometime, maybe this summer.
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I am just finishing putting my engine back in.....
After pricing out new OEM grounds....ICe sharks battery setup is a huge deal..........and he really does a nice job I am installing everything as we speak. You can really see how under engineered our grounding and electrical system are in the 944 series. I can't wait to start the car and flip those lights on!
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Where do you get the icesharks?
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Rennlist, a guy named Dan Wray makes the kits, his screename is IceShark, he's a great guy and I had hte pleasure of meeting him when I picked up my lenses. There have been nothing but excellent reviews from those who have purchased his kit.
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What kind of pricing is involved with this kit?
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saw ad for sylvania bulbs for $50 direct. anyone tried these?
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the sylvanias I had were sealed beams and really sucked.
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Thanks, looks like it would really be worth the upgrade.
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