Cam, still waiting to hear back from you on when I can pick up my kit? At least tell me when you can meet me, and where. This is killing me waiting here without hearing back from you on it.

 

I apologize about that.

Would youb e able to make it out to Mall of America Wednesday (7PM) or Thursday (noonish?)?

East Ramp (Sears side). 6th floor.

 

You're first in line. Do you still have the paypal information? If you don't PM me.

 

So about getting another GB going???

 

I'll see.. I think it'd be pretty cool to get a Christmas run going, but the time schedule is very very very tight, and it really hinges on every link of the chain getting their act together (as far as the bank getting the money, etc).

If I can't get these to everyone by Christmas, I'm going to have a lot of unhappy campers on my hands (And I would really want you guys to get your stuff by Christmas too).....So tentatively, it looks like a negative (negatory?).

The only way I can pretty much guarantee delivery by Christmas would be for me to schedule the end of the GB next week.

 

I'll try to make it there tonight at 7pm, might be a little late, not sure how late I have to work tonight, or how bad traffic will be. If not I will try for thursday at noon.

 

Cam it sounds like a pre-Christmas GB is just going to be too tight why not schedule one for a delivery after the holidays that way some folks can put the lights on their wish list for Santa. Just a thought...

 

Money sent.

 

If you can get out here tonight, I'll probably be there pretty long. If I get bored, I can go wander in the mall.

Yeah, I might do that. But as far as a Christmas run, it doesn't look feasable.


Alright. I'll get that kit right out to ya.

 

I'll give you a call before I leave, see where you are at. I got your number off the subaru board

 

Alright no problem.

I probably will be there for a while. If not installing, i'll be waiting because one guy gets off work 8:30ish so he'll head out right after work.

 

Picked up my kit last night, and just finished loosly installing the kit... Need to warm up before I button everything down, but the wires are routed and the parts are all in place.

The only problem I found, was that my hi beam indicator does not work now? The hi beams are working, maybe I need to run a resitor inline now since these do not pull as much power?

 

4Crawler of course has all the answers.... And my thinking was right, the indicator needs some resistance in order to work.

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...adlights.shtml

 

Few quick pictures, I'll get some full pattern pictures later tonight if I have time, to compare to my old lights.

Low beams



High beams

 

Can't wait for the full review and comparison pics Etype...

looks like there is a nice sharp cut-off

and happy turkey day everyone!

 

Drove them around a little tonight, and they are nice and bright, but do not blind other drivers as far as I can tell. I did aim them down lower, but still need to get them balanced a little better. Also noticed when I went to check the hi beam pattern, that only the passenger side one is switching over, so I need to check over the wiring to see if something is wrong.

Also when I first turn them on, they flash brightly then dim, and brighten up. I also noticed that after switching from high beams to low beams, the color of the light was more yellow for a few seconds as it warmed back up.

low beam pattern



High beam pattern, as you can see only one side kicked on.



And now just a few cool shots,

 

All automotive HID flash then go dim, then get brighter when they warm up, the flash is caused by the ~23,000 volts sent to the bulbs to start the arc

if i understand this bulb correctly there are two arc tubes, one for low and one for high? if so thats why the highs are a different color when you switch because that arc tube is "cold" and has to warm up just like the lows, and FYI turning on and off a hot HID bulb (going from low to high then back to low again) is not the best for the bulbs (electrode wear), but how they have it set up its kinda hard to get around.

the beam looks ok, there is some glare but overall not too bad

 

So Etype did you ever get both of your highbeams to work?

 

I haven't looked into it yet, planning on doing that tomorrow when its a little warmer out.

 

i hope you have an aftermarket harness on your truck to deal with the additional electrical load.... There is a current spike around 80 ampres for a few milliseconds that tends to blow fuses. Check you head light fuses.