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Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:01 pm
by ace.k
Anyone know what Wattage, Type of lamp and kit type is used in the 06 3.0r Spec b Liberty's.

(wanting to get HID's installed) =)

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:41 pm
by alessandro132
Leo's your man, check out his threads in the commercial vendors section!

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:55 pm
by SH30RB
HIDs are HIDs.
You can source them yourself for a lot cheaper than what Leo is selling his kits for, but in the end its up to you

I'd be going to the 35w kits

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:58 pm
by zch91
SH30RB wrote:HIDs are HIDs.
You can source them yourself for a lot cheaper than what Leo is selling his kits for, but in the end its up to you

I'd be going to the 35w kits


You cannot beat Leo for his customer service and willingness to help though. There are definitely a lot of cheap sh!t hid kits on the market which will land you in a bit of a mess.

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:01 pm
by Kekotic
zch91 wrote:There are definitely a lot of cheap sh!t hid kits on the market which will land you in a bit of a mess.

Brainy is using $60 kits he got off ebay for fogs and high beam and hasn't had any problems as far as I know. Most of the kits are produced in Taiwan anyway so it's all the same stuff.

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:46 pm
by SH30RB
zch91 wrote:
You cannot beat Leo for his customer service and willingness to help though. There are definitely a lot of cheap sh!t hid kits on the market which will land you in a bit of a mess.


this might be true, yes. but it doesnt hurt to source some things yourself too.
i paid < $10 for all the LED panels in my car, Leo wants to charge 5x that price for the same size/colour LED panels.

There is a lot of cheap shit on the market, but there are also a lot of cheap good/reasonable quality kits too.
all im saying is, dont just narrow your choices down to 1 option, have a look yourself too

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:48 pm
by alessandro132
Fair call Simon :)

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:08 pm
by cliffo3rb
What Simon said.More $$$ in your pocket for beers.

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:12 pm
by SH30RB
cliffo3rb wrote:What Simon said.More $$$ in your pocket for beers.


and beers are better 8)

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:15 pm
by Mat04
I got a full light upgrade from the states $100 landed. Hi/lo beam and fog lights.

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:01 pm
by ace.k
no one has still answered my question =( lol. Yeah Leo is a bit pricey plus his in Sydney i know a guy in melb i can pick it up today from.

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:12 pm
by seanmau5
If the 3.0r is the same as 2.5i (which I think it would be) you need H4 for low beam, get 35w & whatever colour (6000k's of sexytimes) and H7 for fogs, once again 35w & whatever colour (6000k for maximum sexytimes)

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:19 pm
by Robbks
seanmau5 wrote:If the 3.0r is the same as 2.5i (which I think it would be) you need H4 for low beam, get 35w & whatever colour (6000k's of sexytimes) and H7 for fogs, once again 35w & whatever colour (6000k for maximum sexytimes)


if you're putting in 600K lights you may aswell keep the standard globes.
you've just wasted the output potential of the HID's or better globes

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:22 pm
by seanmau5
Robbks wrote:
seanmau5 wrote:If the 3.0r is the same as 2.5i (which I think it would be) you need H4 for low beam, get 35w & whatever colour (6000k's of sexytimes) and H7 for fogs, once again 35w & whatever colour (6000k for maximum sexytimes)


if you're putting in 600K lights you may aswell keep the standard globes.
you've just wasted the output potential of the HID's or better globes


Hence
seanmau5 wrote: whatever colour

ie - whatever colour he would prefer. Me personally, I like the look of the 6000k so I went for them.

Re: Headlights and Foglights.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:35 pm
by Kekotic
Robbks wrote:
seanmau5 wrote:If the 3.0r is the same as 2.5i (which I think it would be) you need H4 for low beam, get 35w & whatever colour (6000k's of sexytimes) and H7 for fogs, once again 35w & whatever colour (6000k for maximum sexytimes)


if you're putting in 600K lights you may aswell keep the standard globes.
you've just wasted the output potential of the HID's or better globes


That's not true.

http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/appearan ... buy-94774/

H7 bulbs put out around 1500 lumens, a 6000k D2S HID will put out about 2000-3000 (depending on brand) lumens. It's only after about 6400k that things really start to drop off. 8000k is about the same as the stock halogens or worse.