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I installed the Saleen HID headlight kit. WOW, what a chore. The lights look VERY cool though, and represent my first mod! (Cold Air Induction and Magnaflows are next...)
INSTALLATION: I had to take off the front bumper cover/grille, pull the front wheels and wheel well covers, and the core support cover to access the stock headlights.
After pulling the stock units, I had to drill mounting holes into the headlight buckets to mount the ballast boxes, then installed the HID units, ran a new wiring harness from the power distribution block to the HID ballasts, plugged them in and presto! HID power. THEN came the chore of reassembling the parts I took off.
I've attached a few pictures for you all:
HID 1: Here is what you get from Saleen for your money. Two HID units, a wiring harness, hardware, and a somewhat cryptic instruction manual. My favorite useless instruction is "...Make sure the tabs line up with the Christmas tree" on page 12. WTF is a Christmas tree? I never found out.
HID 2: Here's what you have to do to get to the headlight units - remove a lot of parts. It looks worse than it really is! My g/f was horrified at how I was "dismantling the two-week old car!"
HID 3: The HIDs are in! I hadn't finished attaching the bumper yet at the time, but wanted to compare them with the stock unit. It's sitting on top of the core support. The pic doesn't do the HIDs justice but they are WAY whiter/brighter than the stock headlights.
HID 4: Here is the look after the completion of the job. Again the pic doesn't do the lights justice but DAMN what a difference.
HID 5: I tested the HIDs after dark - it's more noticeable in these pix. They really light up the road!
PERFORMANCE: These lights actually have HID high beams built in! That's always been a problem for these cars - you install HIDs and you lose your high beams. Not here! What's cool is that the high beams aren't regular halogen bulbs, they are actually a high beam HID light. When you trip the control you hear a click and the output of the headlights appears to triple.
When you first turn them on you get a slight whine (similar to a fuel pump whine) that fades away within 10 seconds. The light is not very bluish at all but rather a bright white.
I'm the first one that I know of to have installed these headlights - any thoughts? :kooky:
INSTALLATION: I had to take off the front bumper cover/grille, pull the front wheels and wheel well covers, and the core support cover to access the stock headlights.
After pulling the stock units, I had to drill mounting holes into the headlight buckets to mount the ballast boxes, then installed the HID units, ran a new wiring harness from the power distribution block to the HID ballasts, plugged them in and presto! HID power. THEN came the chore of reassembling the parts I took off.
I've attached a few pictures for you all:
HID 1: Here is what you get from Saleen for your money. Two HID units, a wiring harness, hardware, and a somewhat cryptic instruction manual. My favorite useless instruction is "...Make sure the tabs line up with the Christmas tree" on page 12. WTF is a Christmas tree? I never found out.
HID 2: Here's what you have to do to get to the headlight units - remove a lot of parts. It looks worse than it really is! My g/f was horrified at how I was "dismantling the two-week old car!"
HID 3: The HIDs are in! I hadn't finished attaching the bumper yet at the time, but wanted to compare them with the stock unit. It's sitting on top of the core support. The pic doesn't do the HIDs justice but they are WAY whiter/brighter than the stock headlights.
HID 4: Here is the look after the completion of the job. Again the pic doesn't do the lights justice but DAMN what a difference.
HID 5: I tested the HIDs after dark - it's more noticeable in these pix. They really light up the road!
PERFORMANCE: These lights actually have HID high beams built in! That's always been a problem for these cars - you install HIDs and you lose your high beams. Not here! What's cool is that the high beams aren't regular halogen bulbs, they are actually a high beam HID light. When you trip the control you hear a click and the output of the headlights appears to triple.
When you first turn them on you get a slight whine (similar to a fuel pump whine) that fades away within 10 seconds. The light is not very bluish at all but rather a bright white.
I'm the first one that I know of to have installed these headlights - any thoughts? :kooky:
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