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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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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
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 06:14 PM
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dont buy off ebay..............
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 08:58 PM
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I second that ... and if the "hid kit" retails for 9.99, it is probebly NOT an hid kit
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 09:21 PM
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please use the search function. Manaray did a great write up on HID kits for our SC's a while back

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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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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
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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 12:39 AM
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Originally posted by BigD026
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!

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


-Bryan

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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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Originally posted by LexAristo
Email Ken @ sales@kwimports.com. When you "Bryan" referred you, he will only charge you 475.00. Hope that helped.


-Bryan
For that much, you can retrofit...
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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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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.
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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 10:58 AM
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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...

Originally posted by LexAristo
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.
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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 04:15 PM
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Originally posted by StrmRdr23
if i get plug and play, will i hafta worry about glare or the cut off?
yes
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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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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.

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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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you got any pics?

Originally posted by jeremyp111
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.

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Old Feb 3, 2004 | 07:44 PM
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Originally posted by LexAristo
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.
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.
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