New HID project?

[DDakRT]

You guys know the Mach Edition Focus? How they have real HID lights? Well they're only $153 for each side, that includes the whole assembly, not just the light itself.

I couldn't believe it myself until I read this , it's real guys. Maybe some of you can start a new project and see how this turns out.

 

[RI-SHO]

I mustve misread something because from what I saw its just the assembly itself for the $153 not the ballast nor HID bulbs. Anyways for that assembly it is extremly cheap.

<small>[ October 14, 2002, 02:30 AM: Message edited by: RI-SHO ]</small>

 

[DDakRT]

Nope. $153 for the assemble, bulb, and ballast. I think it's a mistake, but they've been selling at that price for 2 months already.

 

[ACV1081]

Wonder if I could fabricate these into my gen 1 lenses??? Any idea? It's in the paintshop now & I would love HID... c'mon fellow SHO gurus(myself not included ) pull together & figure this out.

 

[shojuan]

Hmmm, what would the SHO look like with the front end modified to take those headlight units? Could it be done true to the spirit in which all SHO work was intended? (That means cheap. The SHO spirit is cheap )

Rick

 

[SnoSho]

Hey if I can see K1500 Chevys with Corvette tails, anything can be done for the money but I'm not sure the looks would be there wink Best bet would be a custom job from a cut up headlamp to use all the parts much like Hermans HID lamps but as he stated on his sight its a **** of alot of tinkering.

 

[RI-SHO]

Hmmm...if your right about ballast assembly and all, I could buy a few of these and sell the assembly dirt cheap, and sell the H7 HID's to other people wanting HID's with a nice profit. Unless it uses a Focus only ballast which wont allow it to be universal.

 

[DDakRT]

^^^I was thinking about the same thing. Just strip it and sell the bulb and ballast on Ebay. But I don't have the money to buy even a set

P.S. What happened to your SHO RI-SHO?

 

[jcostantino]

These ARE NOT HID SETUPS.

They are Halogen projector lens's... if you wanna piece together projector units in SHO housings, you should start with cheaper proj units.. I think someone was putting Infiniti proj units into his Gen 1 and got them for $20-30 each (2 hi beam and 2 lo beam)

Jeff

 

[DDakRT]

They ARE real HID and NOT just projectors. It has a ballast and everything.

 

[jcostantino]

Are you sure? All I've seen on that thread is the stock photo from Ford and a couple cars with them mounted up... I guess the ballast is mounted under the reflector housing. I can't believe that ford would sell an OEM HID projector setup for $300 for both sides. It costs $200+ a side for the headlight assy's for my Gen 2 from Ford.

I did check on the web and it seems that the press releases say this *IS* HID... I still find it hard to believe because aren't the OEM setups for other cars running at least $700 a side?

Jeff

 

[ChrisR]

I was the person putting the Infiniti projectors it. I do like the price of those focus projectors WITH HID.

The thing is, my new audi 4000 quattro is much easier to retrofit headlights into. I completed the project in less then 10 hours total time. I wish the taurus headlights were that easy to work with.

Here's my audi:

 

[kaoticSHO]

How far away are you from Mt. St Helens?

 

[ChrisR]

I am about 45-50 miles (as the crow flies). Or about one and a half hours driving.

 

[kaoticSHO]

Check out Earthviewer software. Type in your home town, turn on relief and roads and check out Mt. St Helens. Beautiful area.

Here is the link:

http://www.earthviewer.com/

Is that Mt. St Helens in the background of that last picture?

 

[ChrisR]

kaoticSHO:

Is that Mt. St Helens in the background of that last picture?

That one would be Mt. Rainier. However, I can see St. Helens from my house too.

 

[rendyx]

Nice view and nice cars Chris! thumbs_u