hid's with a twist

[hvguy]

Ive had a set of 35 watt 10k hid's for nearly 3 years, and one finally went out for good.
I replaced them today with a set of 55watt 12k's and decided to recycle the one usable, still working HID ballast and bulb.


a few wires, a 5 prong toyota relay and some hot glue, and this is what i got.:jump:

ill get better pics when night falls.

 

[Sloan]

that looks pretty bright! and what is that thing pooking thru the back of your tailgate?

 

[LINY4Runner]

nice thinking bro! i wanna see some night pics asap!

and that thing, is the shaft for the rear wiper

 

[bgmac]

So, if you only had one..why would you hook it up to your tail light?

 

[hvguy]

So, if you only had one..why would you hook it up to your tail light?

its hooked up to the reverse light,

 

[bgmac]

its hooked up to the reverse light,

Ok, so you have one reverse light Hid and one normal? Maybe its just me, but that just seems kinda funny. Whatever though, its your ride!

 

[Elton H]

wow 10k and 12k ultimate ricer color

 

[hvguy]

wow 10k and 12k ultimate ricer color

yep, but it makes these farm roads much more drivable at night, because when you goto a higher wattage, you lose light temperature... so a 10k at 35 watts is 10k, but a 10k at 55watts is about 8.5k

 

[Houston]

These are some bright reverse lights, I saw them personally last night.

 

[LINY4Runner]

get any night pics yet?

 

[hvguy]

get any night pics yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9xJaG5SKWQ&feature=channel

 

[LINY4Runner]

holy mother f'in s!

sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

 

[Mr. B]

thats ridiculously bright! in a good way though.
i kinda want to do this with some 6k bulbs i have lying around :biggrin2:

now theres no excuse for someone saying they didnt see you while you were reversing. haha

 

[Elton H]

just dont run them too long dont need melted stuff

 

[Houston]

I was the ******* in that video revving the 4runner haha

 

[Fo_SheeZy]

That's pretty badass, I've seen people over at oznium.com do this before and also use HID's as license tag bulbs as well.. lol