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WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
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09/16/13 02:14 PM
09/16/13 02:14 PM
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Athens, Greece
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I started the job two years ago...I bought the diamond headlights, the set of 4 was 100 bucks on eBay with the H4 bulb setup....Paid another $150 for the HID kit complete with ballasts, dual fuses, and relays. I tried installing them and the rear housing of the headlight interfered with the linkage of my headlight doors. I thought I was going to have to do some cutting....
Sold the headlights instead to my buddy for his 72 Roadrunner....I bought the Hella H4 housings. Far superior product, all metal rear and all glass up front. Fit perfectly into the headlight buckets. The HIDs fit with MORE than enough room for the linkage to rise/fall...I have 6000K on the Hi/Lo and the Hi Beams I have a yellowish (I goofed) 4000K beam which I will replace sooner or later. I installed a painless wiring harness on the Hi-Beam side....I can't wait to take her out for a drive....the way she lights up the driveway is amazing...I will try to get pictures up soon....
Anyone else done this upgrade to their ride?
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
[Re: Pyper70]
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09/16/13 05:00 PM
09/16/13 05:00 PM
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I hope you understand that the color temperature (i.e., 6000K or 4000K) has nothing to do with brightness - it has everything and only to do with color. Brightness is the amount of light that actually gets sent out from the light fixture. That has to do with how the reflector is designed and adjusted, how well the lamp sends light out, and how the lamp matches to the reflector.
Blue light - around 6000K - is extremely annoying to oncoming traffic, and not because of brightness. A 4000k light can be extremely annoying, but only if it is aimed wrong or the lamp doesn't match the reflector. The best light for the human eye is right around 4000K to 4300K.
See Dan Stern's discussion sometime over at Allpar.
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
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09/16/13 06:56 PM
09/16/13 06:56 PM
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she isn't a daily driver...I want all the safety for ME on the road...so i can dodge the lookie loo's
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
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09/17/13 04:56 PM
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I want all the safety for ME on the road
That's what all the other drivers with super annoying headlights say.
Yeah those are dangerous for everyone else (including me) who get blinded by those. They should ban those bluish lights. 
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
[Re: Mr.Yuck]
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09/18/13 09:38 AM
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I have my Low beams adjusted to just below my knee at 20 feet away....Thats what I was told to do years ago when you don't have the proper headlight adjustment tool.
Hi Beams...well...they just go anywhere they want to but they are on momentarily
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
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09/21/13 01:39 AM
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Cut and Shoot, TX
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If people would only LOOK at the car in front of them carefully and SEE that the interior and the rear view mirror are all lit up. It means their headlights are on high beam or maladjusted. Duh.
Correct low beams illuminate the trunk in front of you, not the interior.
If you can see my illuminated finger, dim 'em dammit!
If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
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09/23/13 09:21 AM
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I drove home last week from the exhaust shop...I lit up the road...but no rear views...The guy hit his hazards...I dunno what he wanted from me...he stepped on his brakes to get my attention...i backed off a little bit and then I hit all four headlights to show up that my lows here on...then I pulled up along side him quickly and rumbled him up with my exhaust...if anything...they need to be adjusted higher honestly..
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
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09/23/13 09:42 AM
09/23/13 09:42 AM
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Brookeville, Md
Mr.Yuck
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I drove home last week from the exhaust shop...I lit up the road...but no rear views...The guy hit his hazards...I dunno what he wanted from me...he stepped on his brakes to get my attention...i backed off a little bit and then I hit all four headlights to show up that my lows here on...then I pulled up along side him quickly and rumbled him up with my exhaust...if anything...they need to be adjusted higher honestly..
I'm guessing your lights are annnnnooyying hince the brake check. If somebody creeped up on me with blinding lights, I'd hit the brakes too. You do understand the the human eye is drawn to light, so even if you try and look away from the rear view mirror You still can't help but look. AND our eyes adjust much much faster to light then darkness, so it takes a while to get you night vision back. That's one reason I HATE the new LED tail lights, they are way to bright.
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Re: WoW...Installed HIDs on the 69....AMAZING
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09/24/13 09:12 AM
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Put me in the "I hate 'em column". I've been blinded by them more times than I care to remember. Try driving directly in to the rising or setting sun.
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