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Old 04-19-2014, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by SparkieSRT6
These HID's marginally improved the lighting on the Acadia. GM has a very poor design on the projectors and I'll admit that my wife is right about the OEM lighting being poor. But the projector design also limits the HID's from much improvement too. But these cheap kits are a waste of my time. An H11 Silverstar Ultra may improve the **** poor lighting somewhat but this is my wife's company car. If I owned it I'd trade it in .......the truck is a POS too.
I have a set of HIDs you can have for nothing, I used them for a year but I took them out. They never were any bother, always came on, never flickered etc. Mid range set as I recall.
I'm going to use the 65W bulbs when I can be bothered to put them in.
 
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Old 04-19-2014, 10:36 AM
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I have a set of HIDs you can have for nothing, I used them for a year but I took them out. They never were any bother, always came on, never flickered etc. Mid range set as I recall.
I'm going to use the 65W bulbs when I can be bothered to put them in.

As usual that's very generous of you Dave. I will talk to her to see what she wants me to do. I think you will like the 65 watt bulbs in the SRT6. I find the Crossfire OEM lighting very adequate and it only improves with the 65watt bulbs.
 
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Old 04-19-2014, 10:52 AM
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As usual that's very generous of you Dave. I will talk to her to see what she wants me to do. I think you will like the 65 watt bulbs in the SRT6. I find the Crossfire OEM lighting very adequate and it only improves with the 65watt bulbs.
I guess you would just have the starters to use, as the bulbs would not fit. But you are an electrician and not a millwright after all.

 
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Old 04-19-2014, 11:03 AM
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I guess you would just have the starters to use, as the bulbs would not fit. But you are an electrician and not a millwright after all.




That's funny. I used that pic when I ran a toolbox safety meeting a few years ago. Can`t seem to post the......Why I became an Electrician. Apprenticeships....chose the right one (picture). lol


Yes I could use the starters if they are 35W. The Acadia has to be the worst vehicle for headlight bulb access too.
 
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Old 04-19-2014, 11:06 AM
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No, I vote for the Chrysler Concorde as the very worst headlight access.
I had mine for 8 years now, and think I have attempted it at least 5 times, all failures.
I do NOT want to remove the front bumper cover, but I'm afraid that is what it willl require.
 
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Old 04-19-2014, 12:12 PM
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That's funny. I used that pic when I ran a toolbox safety meeting a few years ago. Can`t seem to post the......Why I became an Electrician. Apprenticeships....chose the right one (picture). lol


Yes I could use the starters if they are 35W. The Acadia has to be the worst vehicle for headlight bulb access too.
They are 35W starters.
 
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No, I vote for the Chrysler Concorde as the very worst headlight access.
I had mine for 8 years now, and think I have attempted it at least 5 times, all failures.
I do NOT want to remove the front bumper cover, but I'm afraid that is what it willl require.
I had a '93 Concorde and a '95 LHS and I never had to replace a bulb in either of the headlights, amazing. Just as well it appears.
They had candles though I thought because they were so dim.
 
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H7: Morimoto Elite HID System - HID Systems from The Retrofit Source Inc

Pick from there. Get 4300k and don't look back. You will buy countless cheap ebay kits, just buy a good kit and do it once

With 4300k, you will have a pure white look with that beautiful white/blue flickering light that you'll find on high end cars
 
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H7: Morimoto Elite HID System - HID Systems from The Retrofit Source Inc

Pick from there. Get 4300k and don't look back. You will buy countless cheap ebay kits, just buy a good kit and do it once

With 4300k, you will have a pure white look with that beautiful white/blue flickering light that you'll find on high end cars

Yep, that's what I'd do it I ever go HID again. Ripped out the Xentec junk and bought a pair of Sylv. Silverstar Ultra bulbs and installed them today. See how she likes them and go from there. This vehicle is a pita to change lamps or fart around with crappy HID systems, Front wheels need to come off, fender liners unfastened then peeled out of the way. What a waste of time this cheap kit was.
 

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Well heres an update on the cheap plastic Xentec HIDs My passenger side ballast finally failed after 5 years. bulb was still good. I reordered the metal ones and changed the bad one. now i have a spare for when the other cheap plastic one goes.. Will see how long they last.
 
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