Hid's
 

I'm looking to get a set of HID's for my 97 SC 300. what brands are you guys using? where did you buy them? I'm looking at sets on ebay but not sure what i should stay away from. any info would help. Thanks

dont buy off ebay..............:egads:

I second that ... and if the "hid kit" retails for 9.99, it is probebly NOT an hid kit :rolleyes:

please use the search function. Manaray did a great write up on HID kits for our SC's a while back

AFter much research from searching on this site and HIDforums.com

Which kit for the SC?
Philips 6000 K kit.

How much?
$500

Where?
www.kmimports.com
Ken will fix you up.
30mins installing and you are ready to go!

BIGd

Email Ken @ sales@kwimports.com. When you say"Bryan" referred you, he will only charge you 475.00. Hope that helped.


-Bryan

For that much, you can retrofit...

Time + money will be over 500. Plug and play is more complete and takes less than 20 min to install. Also retrofitting means de-linging your headlights.:eek1:

if i get plug and play, will i hafta worry about glare or the cut off? i drive an rx300 and was considering a plug and play kit but after reading about some drawbacks, i'm starting to wonder...

yes

I have a RX300 with aftermarket HID's from autolamps and all I had to do was aim the lights a little lower. I'm very satisfied with them. I will admit that sometimes I think about it and wonder if I should have gone for a projector retrofit. Due to the time involved in having to send them out to be retrofitted, I decided to go with aftermarket HID's.

J

you got any pics?

actually a retrofit will cost about 300-400 dollars for all the parts. and if you don't mind it will take about 5-10 hours.. also if you retrofit you don't have to de-line anything. de-lining is optional. you can de-line your lens if you have a kit or retro. all de-linding does is increase light output by about 20 or so %.

also a retrofit will be 50% brighters than kits usually because the projectors are made for the HID bulb, and you will also have perfect cutoff line and perfect light ditrubution with no glare/blackspots.