"Legit Accessories" HID Headlights

AaronsX

Suspension Lift
Founding Member
A buddy of mine referred me to this site and I am wondering if anyone knew it existed. I don't know too much about HID's an the conversion I have seen people to before where it seems very intrusive to the stock headlights. This appears to me that its simply a HID that would pop directly into the existing headlights after you added some wiring to power the new lights. Seems fairly cheap I just wanted some discussion on it since I am interested in them but don't know a awful lot about it or how it would be wired you the existing headlight switch etc.

Also doesn't say the years it fits...if that even applies.

http://www.legitaccessories.com/store/p118/Legit_HID_Kit_-_Nissan_Xterra.html
 

TheFauxFox

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Don't. Please. If you do; do it right. Prime will probably back me up and link you to his thread about it (edit: right here).

In the meantime:
If you are the type to buy a plug and play kit to slap into your housings; you shouldn't. All you are doing is creating a horrible beam pattern and blinding oncoming drivers. There are proper ways to make your car have HIDs; buying a kit and slapping them into a halogen housing isn't one of them; but if you're going to be cheap, at least put your HID kit into a projector housing.

READ THIS FIRST

So you're driving around and you see them, those "blue lights" commonly found on higher end Japanese and European cars. Well, you want those lights on your 3G, you really dig that blue look, you think it is neat. Good for you. There are things you need to understand before you slap on a pair of bulbs on your ride and not only endanger yourself by not being able to see correctly, but other drivers, by you glaring the **** out of them.

First off a thing about the lights, they are called HID's and that blue/purple you see coming off of them on the cars has more to do with the color band in the projector assembly and not the temperature of the bulb. Every single OEM manufacturer with a headlight projector HID system uses some variation of the temp 4300k, not 6k, 8k, 12k, etc.

Why don't the automobile manufacturers use these higher temp lights like the 6k, 8k, etc? Because the higher the bulb temperature, the less the light output as the colors being displayed are getting farther from the color of daylight and your eyes can't see them.

So what does this mean? It means all these fools rolling around with anything higher than 4300k can't see as well as someone with plain ole halogen headlights. Huh? I am sure you've read all the posts and threads in here talking about people claiming they are seeing better and farther than Superman because they've slapped on some 'tite' 10k HID bulbs in their headlights. No, they aren't. What they are doing is introducing a flood effect of the light, and glaring more area, but the laws of science and physics have repeatedly told us now it is physically impossible to see farther than the light temperature of daylight.

Read more here:
http://www.club3g.com/forum/show-sh...read-read-first-before-asking-about-them.html

TRS:
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/knowitall/clearlenses.html

XterraPerformance:
http://xterraperformance.com/Retrofit-Headlights-FIRST-GEN_b_6.html
 
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AaronsX

Suspension Lift
Founding Member
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! As I mentioned I don't know a thing about them an currently run the highest end sylvania's, the step below the sylvania zxe (or blue looking bulbs). I love every bit of my current set up. I just saw the site an wanted some discussion on experience or someone with more knowledge behind them! Thanks again for the heads up an references!


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Jbat

First Fill-Up (of many)
Location
Utah
Look into LED headlight bulbs as well. I have a set from Putco that are pretty nice and very bright.
 

Prime

Shut up Baby, I know it!
Admin
Location
Denver Adjacent
Don't. Please. If you do; do it right. Prime will probably back me up and link you to his thread about it (edit: right here).

In the meantime:


Read more here:
http://www.club3g.com/forum/show-sh...read-read-first-before-asking-about-them.html

TRS:
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/knowitall/clearlenses.html

XterraPerformance:
http://xterraperformance.com/Retrofit-Headlights-FIRST-GEN_b_6.html
Did I write that? Because it looks like something I would write. Good information there.
 

Prime

Shut up Baby, I know it!
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Location
Denver Adjacent
If you want to run HIDs do a retrofit. Put in a proper projector, aim it correctly. Life goes on.

You can do LED drop ins for headlights and not change anything else. But I personally haven't had any experience with them.
 
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