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Old 03-16-2004, 10:52 PM
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Changed out my stock headlight for composites with h4 bulbs let me know what you think.
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Old 03-16-2004, 11:36 PM
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Looks good...

What is involved in doing this? Just a direct swap or what....
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You have to cut the metel braket in the back to make the hole bigger for the composite light to fit and the h4 plug right into the factory wiring. Not to hard.
Old 03-16-2004, 11:59 PM
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what type of bulbs are those (both new and old) ? blue, ultra white, etc.
Old 03-17-2004, 12:05 AM
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old ones where ge stock and the new ones are xenon white h4 bulbs. And the housing was made by eurolite
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nighttime pics?
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Yeah heres one

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Yeah heres one
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I used the same housing conversion but used hid bulbs and hardware from a 02 Infiniti Q45. Looks awesome, just was a pita to get the bulb to work with the new housing.
Old 03-17-2004, 12:54 PM
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All I see is the red X of death. What gives??
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those are great , u should write an article and then send it to me so i can do that , i would do that even though i havent driven my car at night in about two years i would still do that .
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You had to cut the bracket? Ouch.

The Hella capsules were a perfect fit didn't have to do anything like that. The lenses aren't flat like that, but that doesn't really matter to me.

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Looks nice yes cut the metal was a pita i used a rotozip to do it.
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looks nice.. how much does something like that set you back?
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At the time i order them i was able to get the stuff wholesale so not very much it was around 30.00 for all of it if i where to do it now it would be around 85.00.
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I did a similiar conversion on my Camaro. Those look badass man. Especally that night time picture. I don't see why so many people on here don't like the H4 conversion.
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Im was going to convert my Z over to s but have since decided to go with a set of silverstars instead seeing as how I dont drive much at night.
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holy crap.. i'd do that in a heartbeat if i could get all the stuff for $30! hell... i'd do silverstars in a hearbeat for that price!! (i can't justify shelling out $50 for the sealed-beam silverstars)
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50? Must be nice to only have to buy 2, I think Im gonna do the lowbeams and then a couple months later do the highbeams because now I have to buy new driving lights since one of mine went south.
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Wow, good looking and not very expensive either. Nice Job
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where did you get the parts? How long did it take?
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at the time my wholesale carried toucan products so that where i got them from. With the right tools for cutting the metal housing it should take no more then 45 min for both. You can get the kit at most autoparts stores though.
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I bought my conversion used. It also came with the metal backing form an early model Mitsubishi Starion, it did not need any cutting, it just went right in. I did have to drill a small hole for the spring that goes on the metal backing.
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At our local auto store they do not carry the kit. They can't even order it. I have to order lots of things to get parts for my car. It sucks If you see any sights that have it will you forward it please...
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If you type "h4 headlight conversions" on ebay you will get over a hundred listings.
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matrixracing.com has some also APC does as well
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