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Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:37 pm
by woody90gtz
My brother in law has a Cummins with the 6spd and the torque is unbelievable...and it's a 6 banger! My father in law has an 8.1 gas Chevy and that feels even slower than my 357. haha
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:05 pm
by woody90gtz
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:52 am
by MY91GT(Z)
What the hell he.buy it for looking that bad??
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:14 am
by 3X00-Modified
Looks like there is a good amount of small and trim pieces still attached to that car even though it's shot to say the least...
I would have just tied the strongest part of that car to a tree and then just drove off... It would have slid right off the trailer... Screw the wheel dolly's... LOL
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:56 am
by woody90gtz
We tried hooking it to the other junk car and it just pulled that car too. So we hooked it to his truck sideways in P in 4WD with the ebrake on. Without the dollies my truck might have been stuck in the snow.
He paid $2000 and says he'll get $4000 out of it and keep the 4spd and posi rear for free. I guess we'll see.
I told Tiffany it's too bad we don't still have her Subaru to try the snowbank now that I've blazed the trail. She just gave me a dirty look. haha
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:39 pm
by 99GaGT3X00
woody90gtz wrote:
I told Tiffany it's too bad we don't still have her Subaru to try the snowbank now that I've blazed the trail. She just gave me a dirty look. haha
driving my subaru's through snow bankings has been fun over the years..
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:55 pm
by woody90gtz
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:02 am
by 3X00-Modified
don't be an ass and HID halogen housings... it's a big no no with the way they spread light. HID's are meant for projector housings only. No comment on the tinting headlights idea...
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:37 am
by woody90gtz
There are other guys who have done it and they say it's not bad. The other option is to modify the plug for the 9006 bulbs to use a 9005. So for low beam I'll have a tinted high beam bulb, and for high beam I'll have both high beam bulbs.
This is one of the guys who has done it. And these are quite a bit darker...
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 10:53 am
by 3X00-Modified
How do they know its not bad? Have they been an oncoming driver to their own vehicle before? That's what I'm referring to.
Info from a pretty reputable site about HID retrofit kits.
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech ... sions.html
I'm just referring to the HID's in the lights.... The tinting of the light itself is another story.
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:02 am
by woody90gtz
They say the light output isn't bad through the tint. And the glare is probably all subjective on their part.
The 9005 bulb may be a better way to go since it's more light, but it is still halogen. Definitely cheaper too! haha
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:30 pm
by bonecrrusher
HID kits are like 30-40 bucks on Ebay - just saying.
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:34 pm
by 99GaGT3X00
woody90gtz wrote:There are other guys who have done it and they say it's not bad.
they also don't have to ride around with the a-hole behind them who had to put hid's in regular housings.. go ride around in a regular car with one of these guys behind you.
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:20 pm
by woody90gtz
Like $52 shipped for low beams only from DDM, which seems to be the most recommended. I probably have some 9005s kicking around for free.
Re: NC road trip to pick up my pickup
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:46 pm
by keiffith
HID's need a clear outer lense and a proper projector to function properly.
the Prior owner of my SC300 thought it was a good idea to just JBweld the HID bulbs to the housing. needless to say, i couldnt see anything and it was garbage.
i bought new projectors and bulbs and retrofitted them into my factory housings. ony required a bit of dremel work and they work amazing. i never turn on my hi beams as their is no need to.
pic of the parts, dremeled housing is in the center.
finished product.