HID? Help me!

[draggin95niss]

just take the fog light housing to a local shop that sells the hid and ask if they can make sure they fit before u buy....

 

[Devs93]

Kyle has a write up on converting offroad lights somewere let me see if I can find it

 

[Devs93]

http://www.gmt400.com/forum/showthread.php?5543-How-to-convert-off-road-lights-to-HID-s

 

[90chevstepside]

I'll chime in here too.

 

[90chevstepside]

Deven posted a link to my thread about converting the lights. I looked up the 510 series since you said it was close to those. The problem I see, is not exactly in the length of the bulb, but the length of the HID bulb housing behind the bulb.

I've converted several types of lights to HIDs, and a friend wanted a set of slim off road lights converted. To do it, we had to take the back casing of the light and put a socket on the inside of it, and beat it down to make the housing have room for the back of the hid bulb. I wish I had pictures of it, and now the truck is totaled so I can't get anymore.

The 510 series light is only 1 3/4" deep from front glass to the back of the housing. The actual HID bulb is 1.5" long as mean green said. That only leaves 1/4" of room and I just measured and the back of the hid bulb is just under 3/4". Meaning you would need 1/2" just to make it fit the length of the light, and you'd need more clearance for the tolerance of the glass. The only way I can see this working, is to cut a hole in the back of the housing to allow the back of the bulb to fit, and if you did that, you'd have to find a way to re-seal them to keep water out.

 

[90chevstepside]

HIDs are a great addition.

I also wanted to add, since hid bulbs are longer, your beam pattern will be SLIGHTLY different. With a longer bulb I know the pattern on the full size off road lights like KC brand lights, is a tad bit wider, but it is still a beam and they light up the night for a LONG distance.

If you're nice, I might re-install my hid off road lights (KC brand style) and go out tonight and take some pictures of the beam pattern and the light output for ya.

 

[Rewind]

MeanGreen, How many driving lights have you had knocked out by rocks?

 

[Blue95]

Everyone has this huge expectation for every light now, its a H3 55W halogen bulb, you cannot compare it with how bright you headlight HID's are.

 

[MOBS]

I've been running 6000-K fog/driving for over a year now and they actually overpower the lo's drastically, the reflector on street signs reflect the light from ~1/4-1/2mile away. They're the 2.5" tall x 6" wide low profile housings.

 

[Blue95]

ALso by doing that you are defeating the purpose of FOG lights, if you light up the fog or rain or snow, you will see nothing and be blind