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    anyone run these. they are popular in the zr2 forum im on but never heard about any one running them on a grand prix. plan on switching the lights over from my truck since this is now my dd. They were a great improvment in the truck so i plan for same results. Just thought i would make people aware of this option instead of blinding everyone with glare with your hid's. No it doesn't give you that "cool" white/blue look but what it does give you is a great light output. Yes im aware you can make shim the hid lights to get a better projection but these are a lot less work to make work right.

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    I ran the 9011 HIR's in my Spyder Projectors..and they were awesome. (along with HID low beams)

    I had Silverstar Ultra's for my high's, but replaced them with the HIRs and it was a night/day difference. Granted they were almost $20 a bulb, but absolutely worth it.

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    So... These are how much better than silverstars?
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    Well, enough that I went from only running Silverstar's to only the HIR's..XD

    They still arent as bright as HIDS, being as they are still halogens, but they are a good bit brighter than the Silverstars...Probably close to twice as bright in my case (with the projectors, not a factory housing)

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    aw sweet...i didnt want to do a HID retrofit on my car...
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    Just for the record...I only used the High Beam bulb, not the lowbeam...so results may vary XD

    But the highbeam was amazingly better, so I would expect the low-beam to be as well.

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    both my high and low are halogen. i just have projectors for my lows.

    if i wanted HIDs i would have to retrofit a HID projector into my housings and im way too lazy for that.
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    when I drive the wife's minivan (09 dodge grand caravan) and switch on the high beams I'm like , what is wrong with these, they suck, seem just slightly better then the low's in my 07 gp. When I use my high's they have plenty of light output. I just don't see the point in changing the bulbs in 04+ gp's. Now if the owners of 97-03 gp have the same light output as a 09 grand caravan I can defiantly understand their need to change things.

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    I still have the factory housings and they don't make them for the 9007 so I'll have to pass.
    If I do retrofits, I'll be going full HIDs... and I don't want to buy the Spyders to use these and have to fix the brackets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tod1d View Post
    when I drive the wife's minivan (09 dodge grand caravan) and switch on the high beams I'm like , what is wrong with these, they suck, seem just slightly better then the low's in my 07 gp. When I use my high's they have plenty of light output. I just don't see the point in changing the bulbs in 04+ gp's. Now if the owners of 97-03 gp have the same light output as a 09 grand caravan I can defiantly understand their need to change things.
    im changing mine because i already have them and since the truck is a toy/ offload rig i might as well have them in the 05 grand prix daily driver. ill add pics once i put them in. I just have a lot going on lately and haven't been able to get to them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TLSheff View Post
    I still have the factory housings and they don't make them for the 9007 so I'll have to pass.
    If I do retrofits, I'll be going full HIDs... and I don't want to buy the Spyders to use these and have to fix the brackets.
    do 04+ use 9007 ? i haven't looked at mine yet but a quick autozone search said they were 9005/ 9006
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    Quote Originally Posted by brian76708 View Post
    do 04+ use 9007 ? i haven't looked at mine yet but a quick autozone search said they were 9005/ 9006
    97-03 use the 9007 (single bulb for low/high beam)

    the 04+ use the 9005/9006

    or 97-03 cars with the spyder projectors will use the H1's/9006s because the housing is projector for low beam and capsule for highs

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    Quote Originally Posted by TLSheff View Post
    97-03 use the 9007 (single bulb for low/high beam)

    the 04+ use the 9005/9006

    or 97-03 cars with the spyder projectors will use the H1's/9006's because the housing is projector for low beam and capsule for highs
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