HID headlights **PICS**

[thunderii]

I took my HID with aftermarket housing off few days ago. The housing was getting faded yellow pretty quick and HID light wasnt bright enough too. I just put on stock housing back after losing one eye. The aftermarket housing isnt worth it after few years i guess. The plastic material must be cheap kinds. Dont buy them...

 

[BlizzardX23]

you lost your eye? or as in headlight?

As for aftermarket housings...we've come to find out the best thing you can do is get Denali stock projectors..the aftermarket ones suck...you'll be very satisfied..my housings are stock...

 

[El Brando]

you lost your eye? or as in headlight?

As for aftermarket housings...we've come to find out the best thing you can do is get Denali stock projectors..the aftermarket ones suck...you'll be very satisfied..my housings are stock...

So the denali projectors bolt right up? B/c I want projectors but 95% of the ones I see have the "halo" around the edge and thats not my thing, so Ive been looking for an alternative. Ive got an 01 hoe.

 

[BlizzardX23]

yours takes the two pins that slide down from the top to hold it in right? yes....I believe they are alllll the same

 

[rigo_jones]

suburban with 5k stock headlights

 

[DenaliAK]

you lost your eye? or as in headlight?

As for aftermarket housings...we've come to find out the best thing you can do is get Denali stock projectors..the aftermarket ones suck...you'll be very satisfied..my housings are stock...

I'm trying to find a used set of stock Denali housings for an HID retrofit project. I am not impressed with the stock projectors, but I want to put some good ones in there that should have a much wider and even spread and good cutoff. Got any ideas on where to look? I am not finding them anywhere and I don't want to pay out the butt for new ones from the manufacturer.

 

[Max]

35W 6000k in stock denali projector. I may do a retrofit at some point to a lexus or s2000 lens. Still have to clear my housings at some point so I might as well mod them while they're apart

 

[Rollin Thunder]

why are maxes and blizzards cut offs different???? their both denalis with stock projectors.

 

[MikeTheApeman]

Could be something as simple as the projectors were made by different mfg's so the shield is slightly different.

 

[diffrnt]

Denali headlights with 6K hids. I have 6K hids waiting to go in my foglights. I had to order new foglights, because the oems lens fell off, lol!

 

[Travieso]

8K Low beams, 3K Fog Lights W/ Amber Lenses / LED Blinkers and RDL

 

[gtbigup01]

Low Beams - 6000k

Fog Lights - 3000k

(6k)Low Beams and (3k)Fog Lights

(6k)Low Beams, (3k)Fog Lights, and (Stock)High Beams
(Incorrect Exposure - Lights are brighter then this picture shows)

(6k) Low Beams on street

(6k) Low Beams and (3k) Fog lights on street

(6k) Low Beams and (3k) Fog Lights

I'm liking the 6000K lows, but not feeling the 3K fogs, they really don't compliment each other. Thanks for starting this thread, I think I will go with 6000K lows and fogs like one of the earliest pics. Now what brand are you' all using???

 

[BlizzardX23]

I got mine from Wes...here's his thread

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2911

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Max

BlizzardX23

 

[Rollin Thunder]

why does max have a more dystintive cutoff???

 

[DenaliAK]

His projectors, for whatever reason, are better. The ones in my Denali suck. Major hot-spots, even with normal bulbs. The lenses themselves are kind of hazy, too. That's why I'm doing a retrofit with better projectors that should have a wide spread and distinct cutoff. They are both still too deeply centered. If you look at the Denali lenses, they have vertical sort of corrugations. That is a cheap way to try to get better light spread. Also a good sign the projectors aren't very good to begin with.

 

[thunderii]

I believe the lens from these projector beams makes differences in brightness. I’ve bought few HID’s from different people and brands. The most intense brightness I notice was my Porsche housing after replacing the stock bulbs. Like the camera lenses, these lenses must be a good quality glass and clean precise cuts to give it’s intensities.

 

[BillBlatt18]

His projectors, for whatever reason, are better. The ones in my Denali suck. Major hot-spots, even with normal bulbs. The lenses themselves are kind of hazy, too. That's why I'm doing a retrofit with better projectors that should have a wide spread and distinct cutoff. They are both still too deeply centered. If you look at the Denali lenses, they have vertical sort of corrugations. That is a cheap way to try to get better light spread. Also a good sign the projectors aren't very good to begin with.

post up pics when you retrofit them

 

[DenaliAK]

post up pics when you retrofit them

I will. I'll try to get some "before" shots, too. Taking good pictures of lights is the hardest part...lol.

This project is probably about 2-3 weeks out. Hope to have it completed mid-Oct., but a lot depends on work and time. I have a few other things that need to get done first on the truck, so this is a couple projects down the list at this point.

 

[BlizzardX23]

Took it last night to show the true color of my fogs... (Pictures taken with my Canon - White Balance corrected to capture and provide TRUE color)