What is the best company for HID kits? and how hard are they to install

MobileHID.com has the best HID kits I have ever purchased. I swapped both of my low beams and my fog lights with 5000K kits from them.

They're durable and super high quality. Plus, all kits come with a special wiring harness so that the HID kits are powered directly from your battery, rather than your stock electrical system. The reason being... Xenon gas requires a single charge of 25,000 volts to ignite. Pulling this strong of a current on your stock electrical system can be very harmful in the long run.

If you are getting an HID kit for your low beams, make sure you have a DRL bypass as well. afeudale was generous enough to provide the Lancer community with 2 very effective DRL bypasses. You can check them out HERE. I went with option 3... best mod ever.

Cheers. :beer:

i just read that and wow seems kinda involved and complicated and i dont want to mess with things i dont know about what happens if you just dont bypass it even though i would love to

i will revert you to this new thread

http://www.mitsubishi-forums.com/t38030-hid-store.htm

If you don't bypass the DRLs, the HIDs will flicker on and off which is harmful to the life of your ballasts and bulbs. You need some kind of DRL bypass. When I first got mine, I had to leave the e-brake on when I parked so that the HIDs wouldn't fire up when I started the car.

Started the car, turned on the HIDs, then released the e-brake. Sucks in the morning because I can barely see my navi screen :(

hmmm soundz like im going to have to do the bypass urghhh as if this wasnt complicated enough ... this should be a fun week trying to figure this out ... well i think i will get the ones from mobile HID because they look like they are built to last. 8000k ??? i want blue hids not white or purple so whats best 8000 or 10000 because i know 6000 are white and 120000 are purpleish

If you know how to solder, then doing the DRL bypass is really easy. You can buy all the parts (except the 9006 wire) at your local RadioShack. You can actually solder the bypass right onto the wiring harness from the MobileHID kit, so that will save you a good $10!

As for the HIDs, here's a nice little color scale.

3000K = Yellow
4300K = White with a slight hint of yellow
5000K = Pure Diamond White
6000K = White with a slight hint of blue
7000K = Sky Blue
8000K = Blue

I'd say 7000K to match the Electric Blue GTS. It's not too much blue where you lose a lot of visibility at night, but it will still look good.

sadly i dont know how to solder :unsure: hopefully one of my friends can just do it for me

Heh, you should learn! It's really easy once you get the hang of it and it comes in handy when you least expect it.

ok i heard it was going to be difficult to install since i have the injen CAI and i can see why becuase there is no clearance between my intake and lights

Not really. I had to completely reinstall my HIDs after I installed my CAI because I wanted to reorganize the wiring. I had no troubles with ballasts or getting the bulbs out.

Yeah learning to solder is REALLY easy, go to radio shack, $25-$30 for a soldering iron, and like $2 for solder and your in business, just take apart old electronics and practice the soldering on that, when you dont burn the circuit board your good to work on your own stuff.

I learned on busted old TV's and Computers.

lol this should be fun :devil:

while we are talking about HID's i pulled this from mobileHID's website:

"Are these XENON HID light systems street legal?
No. All XENON HID conversion kits, no matter the source, are not DOT approved if installed outside of the factory. Moreover, in the U.S, this is not street legal for use on public roads. As a result, we officially endorse the kit for exhibition and off-road use and will only sell the kit to be used for these purposes. We are not responsible for buyers who violate the terms of sale. They will assume all responsibilities for any unauthorized or unintended use other than exhibition or off-road use."

Someone please explain more for me.

Welll i live in VA and everyone i mean everyone SUV and cars alike have HIDs and 98% of these cars dont come out of the factory with those and the cops never say anything and i read the laws for cars because we do a yearly inspection and you are bascially checked for every car law in VA that day and theres nothing that says you cant have HIDs installed

i think it might be one of those laws in place that if you get caught street racing they can really screw you over big time with different stuff. Because if your really in street racing 9 times out of 10 you will have HIDs. That might be what its about. plus dont HIDs make things that reflect more visible....like cop cars :grin:

Most people who install aftermarket HIDs do not have a headlamp housing with projectors, instead they have the standard reflectors. While the reflectors are good at projecting light forward for a halogen bulb, they are not so great for HIDs. Because HIDs are so bright, having them in a reflector housing will produce a powerful glare to oncoming traffic and it diverts attention from the road ahead. Ever see a car drive by you with really bright headlights or their high beams on? You can help but stare right into the light... just like a deer, you get caught in the light.

Projectors eliminate this glare, but the light output remains the same (if not improved). This is why aftermarket HIDs are "illegal" if they are not installed by the factory because all factory HIDs come with a projector housing.

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hmmm intresting i would love some projectors thought but dont want to pay for the factory ones so i guess i will have to wait :( ... in the mean time have fun being blinded by my HID glare muhahahaha :devil:

well where would you go to get this projector housing?

You can order them online but there like $2000 for both so i think i will pass