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    If you do lots of nighttime driving (like myself) skip spending the $200ish on the ebay projectors (the light output is worse than stock headlights) and retrofit your own.

    Yes, it will cost more (Around $320 all together for mine) but the light is absolutely amazing. You will not regret it. From start to finish, it took me less than 10hours, my first time.

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    Thanks for the information
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    Quote Originally Posted by machinegunsquid View Post
    If you do lots of nighttime driving (like myself) skip spending the $200ish on the ebay projectors (the light output is worse than stock headlights)
    I have no problems with My spyders and they are a huge upgrade over stock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by killerspeed101 View Post
    I have no problems with My spyders and they are a huge upgrade over stock.


    That is honestly prolly worse then my HIDs in black crystals....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceman6669 View Post
    That is honestly prolly worse then my HIDs in black crystals....
    How so?
    The s3 cam sucks while trying to do night pictures of light output

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    Quote Originally Posted by killerspeed101 View Post
    I have no problems with My spyders and they are a huge upgrade over stock.
    Those aren't aimed correctly. The steps in the lights are wrong. You'd get a wider beam if they were aimed right. The problem with those is with them being one solid piece. You might get them aimed right but they'll look all jacked up I guarantee it.

    *EDIT* and to answer the original question... retrofits and if you don't want to spend the money just do hids in the stock housings. I've done 2 retrofits now though and they really aren't that hard. Do a ton of reading and looking at pictures beforehand and you'll be fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SomeDudeAtHome View Post
    Those aren't aimed correctly. The steps in the lights are wrong. You'd get a wider beam if they were aimed right. The problem with those is with them being one solid piece. You might get them aimed right but they'll look all jacked up I guarantee it.
    i know, my car was backed into and the light took the hit, broke the bracket and i zip tied them up and havent cared to aim them till i fix the foglight relay.

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