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Are you talking about actual head lights (the lens and mounting stuff) or just the bulbs?

If it's just the bulbs anything in the 5k to 10k range is usually fine. The 10k is slightly blue tinted but not horrible. The main issue is when people don't angle their lights correctly or have HIDs/projectors but place them in normal lenses.
 
Jim37F said:
Getting about time to buy some new headlights for my pickup truck. I want something bright...but but not blinding (some headlights make me swear the person is driving around with their brights on, I hate that and don't want to be one). Nor do I want something blue or yellow or anything silly like that...any advice?

I just bought a pair of Sylvania Silverstar halogens for my fog lights if that helps at all.
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The super bright ones are half assed HID set ups. I recommend HIDs whole heartedly, just keep the bulb about 6,000 kelvin and that will prevent any bluing of the light.
The bright ones are HIDs that didn't bother to change the reflector housing.
I've done HID swaps on all my vehicles. I also make sure to do them right though and replace the housing and put in a proper projector for the bulb.
Edit: or what desert said... :/
 
9D4 said:
The super bright ones are half assed HID set ups. I recommend HIDs whole heartedly, just keep the bulb about 6,000 kelvin and that will prevent any bluing of the light.
The bright ones are HIDs that didn't bother to change the reflector housing.
I've done HID swaps on all my vehicles. I also make sure to do them right though and replace the housing and put in a proper projector for the bulb.
Edit: or what desert said... :/
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I looked into HIDs on my truck but I didn't want to change out the lenses because they were all expensive. I ended up going with normal lenses/reflectors and a 10k bulb.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
I looked into HIDs on my truck but I didn't want to change out the lenses because they were all expensive. I ended up going with normal lenses/reflectors and a 10k bulb.
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Well, they're not cheap. I've done it for 4 of my vehicles (I'm including the Triumph, I've already ordered them for that). The cheapest I've done it was probably 400 bucks, but that was because I had to custom make them for my Firebird.
Average probably ran 600 for all of them.
If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. Like I said, the half added ones are the ones that blind you.
 
My Cobalt will live and die perfectly stock, with the exception of some Silverstars.
 
RocketMedic said:
My Cobalt will live and die perfectly stock, with the exception of some Silverstars.
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My cavalier will too except for a radio upgrade. Now my neon and any other jeep or motorcycle I buy again are another story
 
TransportJockey said:
My cavalier will too except for a radio upgrade. Now my neon and any other jeep or motorcycle I buy again are another story
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I learned something about wrecking a 4 day old bike. You don't turn it into insurance. And you find a lot of reasons for parts that you don't actually need to replace.
I've already bought about 2k in parts. I only really needed about 500 in parts. I didn't do any real damage to the bike.
Edit: neon...?
 
What sort of Cavalier? They just don't die lol.
 
I think the last-model Cavaliers are actually some of the best cars GM's made in a while. For what they are, they're tough.
 
Do I want to come in on my conference playoff sunday off, for a shift that won't put me into overtime? Nah....plus homework.
 
9D4 said:
I learned something about wrecking a 4 day old bike. You don't turn it into insurance. And you find a lot of reasons for parts that you don't actually need to replace.
I've already bought about 2k in parts. I only really needed about 500 in parts. I didn't do any real damage to the bike.
Edit: neon...?
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I have a 95 dodge neon I'm repairing. Got it for next to nothing. They make great little road course cars with a little work
 
I want a mid-90s Ranger. 4wd, I4, supercab.
 
Those would be icing on the cake.

So I got called this morning (after a near all-nighter doing homework) to see if I wanted to come in for a 9-to-2100 shift. At 0749. I am off today, and not even on the flex-time availability chart, but had mentioned I would be in town over the weekend, so it wasn't entirely unexpected. I looked at my wife, comfy bed and remembered it's playoff Sunday and politely declined.

Not regretting it at all.
 
Found a malaphor that is fitting "I'll burn that bridge when I get to it"
 
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