Hid Pics(56k hell no)

[X-EVIL-X]

well some of you know that i ran the group buy for the phillips hid's and here are my pics of my 4100k brightest output hid's out there. hope you like em. they should get brighter and whiter after a few months too.
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049688539.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049688599.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049688670.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049688803.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049688894.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049688957.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049689003.jpg

[h0l0grafik]

WOW... that is bright is that 4100k phillips kit?

[X-EVIL-X]

http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049689056.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049689105.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049689166.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049689315.jpg
http://www.clubcelica.com/forums/uploads/post-24-1049689364.jpg

[csirani]

Those look sweet. :drool:

[chico]

way too bright! those things are blinding, you better not drive behind me from now on, haha.

[jdm-style]

damn bro , looks hella tite!!!!

[k2snownsk8]

they look sweet. if i don't sell the car, i'm buyin a 4100 k kit this summer

[X-EVIL-X]

i have like 120 more pics but i dont think you guys want to be waiting days to load them,lol.

[k2snownsk8]

i have a t1, try me;)

[X-EVIL-X]

lol i have no idea what that is but ill wait a few days to see if i need to post anymore.

[Redline]

Anyone wanna buy my misterjung HID kit? :D


That looks real nice X-EVIL-X. I want a brighter kit.

[X-EVIL-X]

thanks.
the output right now is mostly white and a little yellow but not too much. the cutoff line on cars is purple and it flashes blue/purple/white/yellow when your driving or at certain angles.
XENON DEPOT(where i bought it from) said it should get brighter as it wears in more and should get whiter.
i dont know how it can get much brighter though:)
i leave them on during the day now instead of drl's.

[TRD StreetRacing]

god damnnnnnnnnnn. those things are hellla bright. i bet no 1 want to be infront of u:chuckles:

[MeGaXmAn27]

man those are bright! looks nice!

[k2snownsk8]

Originally posted by X-EVIL-X
lol i have no idea what that is but ill wait a few days to see if i need to post anymore.

t1 connection. 1.5megabytes per second on the network. about 700k a second on the internet... heheh

[pokgai]

hehe having fun there with the long shutter speed eh?

gotta do something about the glare man.... 1) cover up the UFO holes.... 2) paint that curved metal piece in front of the projector flat black. thats where 90% of the glare bounces off of.

see, 4100K is the best huh?? hahhaa what have i been saying lol.

well, there will still be peopel who wont like the almost-stock lookign appearance of them, and woudl rather go blue. their loss (in nighttime visibility)

edit: yeah now that i look at it, your exposure time is hella long! try making it not open so much... try to get the pics to look like what theyd look like in real life (maybe a 1 second exposure time?). on my camera, its not open too long, even on the "moon" setting (nighttime). i wish i could manually leave it open for hella days.

[HilfigerCelica]

I'm sold, I'll get the 4100K in May. Anyone else wanna get some too so we can benefit from a GP?

[X-EVIL-X]

what do i cover the ufo holes with?
where do i get it at.
are you talking about the line that makes the cutoff.
you paint the top edge across?
flat black right?
i left the shutter open for depending on where i was 1 second to 4 seconds.

[pokgai]

ufo holes - i used this adhesive aluminum tape... i dunno what its called, but its like thick aluminum foil, but its adhesive. hardware stores should have it (i think its used to seal pipes or something).

uhmm the piece im talking about... when you painted your lights, you know how you took that bendable curved silver metal piece off, and put it back in after you painted it (its right in front of the projector), its like curved and metal (the 03s have holes in them). paint that piece flat black and it will reduce glare a lot. but its up to you... i kinda liked it before i painted it, since i lit up the freeway overpass signs making me see them better ;)

damn i was lookin at my pics' properties and they were only 1.6 second exposure time =(. i need a better camera... with manual exposure settings (instead of the stupid "+1 +2" crap)

[rinox]

looks really bright
nice work

[rinox]

X-EVIL-X: your car looks pretty low........ how much of a drop is that?

[J3adSeed]

JESUS thats bright

[X-EVIL-X]

the sig is photoshopped.
my car is about 2-2 1/2" drop i would think.
ground controls

[X-EVIL-X]

one more thing i noticed is my brights seem really dim and yellow now.
you cant really see them in the hid light but you can see it in up top.
kinda pointless to even use them now because my normal lights are brighter than them.

[mjsimon]

I've got the same kit. I'm playing with the adjustment right now though. I've blinded a few people already. :) And, like Evil said, the brights were pointless the way I had them adjusted. Don't know if anyone else noticed this or not, but the little satellites are actually dimmer with the 4100k kit than with the 5000k McCullough I used to have. Strange.

[F35-JSF]

Good gawd those are bright. Its like instant day light for the road in front of you.

[TRD2000GTS]

LOL damnnnnnnn...those things are hella tight....i know which kit im gettn now

-Dustin

[coOOlcelica]

damn that looks really nice Eli

i like it

[Sups]

man... i need some money now :D

[Q-tip]

Looks sweet!
I want the HIDs,but those are expensive....
Those cost around $400 or more in japan.:(
How much are those in US?

[Silver Jet]

Wow! Those are really bright. I gotta get me one of those. Nice work EVIL!

[Celica2K2]

Originally posted by MeGaXmAn27
man those are bright! looks nice!

[StreetFighter]

All right, I guess I'm gonna buy the HID 4100k instead of the TRD bodykit now. How was the installation on this kit?

[TRD GT-S]

good God that's bright! I think I would get pulled for that around here

[X-EVIL-X]

well installation wasn't too hard except for dremeling out the stock piece that holds the clip.
other than that they took a few minutes to put in and on.
finding a mounting point for the ballasts and putting back in the headlight.
not too bad.
they where i think 479 on the group buy. i think you dont get as much ufo's as the 5000k you had because it was bluer and it comes out more easily with blue than white. if you look at blue bulbs the ufo's are easily seen.
i dont think ill get pulled over with the color they are.
they arent bright color wise(6000k-10000whateverk).
they actually do more good than put out unneeded color like the higher temperature kits.

[Low /<ee]

WOW!!
4100k OwNz!

I have the XenonDepot 6000k in my car and now I see the difference! Glad you're happy man!

[GTS-POWER]

I also got the HID kits from the group buy, but it seems like i'm the only one with the 5000K kit. Now i see why i was the only one, the 4100k looks hot. Makes me regret getting my kit. Imma try and post some pics up whenever i get my digital camera. It looks really cool when it warms up....like from totally blue, to green, to whiteish blue.

Did you guys notice a problem with the DRL's though. It seems to me as if the HIDs knocked off the DRL, so in the daytime i'm driving with the HIDs on, even though i don't want to.

[vaio23]

Anyone wants to start another group buy for those of us who missed out. I didn't get in the first time because I wanted to see pics, but now I will definitely get a set.

[01blkgts]

anyone know where else we can get 4100k hid's?

[Jesse IL]

I covered up my UFO holes with the tape pokgai is taking about. Its a little difficult to do. I cut strips, then took a pair of those medical forceps and laid it down in there. Mince are kinda funny looking right now. I have Progress springs on the car, and I currently have the stock tires on the back and 205/50-15 drag radials up front. These tires are like an inch shorter than stock, so the front of the car is like 2.75" down and the front is way lower than the back. So the HID's are lighting up the ground the crazy :gap:

My only problem with the Xenon Depot kit was that their packaging is a little sloppy. My friend got his with no HID bulbs in it, so they had to resend them. Mine came with the correct bulbs, but the wrong wiring. Mine had plugs for I think H3 bulbs, so it wasn't exactly plug & play. I had to cut the plugs off the wires and solder things.

I also came up with an idea for waking the cutoff line completely purple, but it would involve taking the headlights apart. You would need a theater lighting gel (which are made to handle the heat of 1000W light bulbs) and you would glue it on your shadow mask inside the headlight with a very tiny lip protruding (like maybe 1mm). That way, all the white light from the bulb would be unaffected and only the cutoff would have the desirable purple look. Dunno...someone try it.

[CGts00]

those look really nice i think i need to invest in getting some pretty soon

[Low /<ee]

Jesse IL,

Contact Steve at XenonDepot if you had a problem with the kit. He'll help you out. I'm kind of confused as to what sort of splicing you had to do. My kit was plug+play

[Sirk_2]

Looks nice as hell, but WAY too bright...I'd be worried about killing someone w/ those things.
And yeah, I think I'd get pulled w/ those down here too.

[Low /<ee]

X-Evil-X,

If you find that you get high beamed to often, try angling down your lights a little. Also, if you do get pulled over just say that they were a factory installed Option!! The new Celicas have an option for HIDs.

[X-EVIL-X]

yea but i dont think ill get pulled over for em.
i only got high beamed once and i was going up hill.
they dont really blind people unless i hit a bump and it hits there mirror or something.
they are pointed pretty straight right now.

[Low /<ee]

Thats pretty much the same as OEM HIDs

[shyvpboi]

X-Evil-X - nice pics... whut camera are you using to take those pics?

[X-EVIL-X]

minolta 4.0 megapixel camera

[Black00GTS]

Very nice pics man! :thumbup:

[Broccoli]

hurts eyes just looking at picture =P..

[Jesse IL]

I figured out what was missing from my kit when I looked at my friend's Xenon Depot kit. In the wiring that comes with the kit, there are black, two wore plugs at the ends of the harnesses. Then there are pigtail harnesses that plug into those that adapt to whatever bulb type you have. Mine came with no pigtail harnesses. But its way too late on mine, I already cut them and soldered the wires.

[Pure Racer]

Uhm, I'm getting those!!! thanks for the pics!!!

[PoweredbyRICE]

ttt

[LEDmod]

Does it really look like that in person....??
I don't think it does.... must be the exposure on the camera....
Even with S2k's HID doesn't come close to that.....

[X-EVIL-X]

well it does look like that inside the car.
the exposer on the camera on most of the pics was 2 seconds.
some of them where 1 second.
it doesn't look really blue or really purple its just white with yellow and if you are driving the oposite way on the road you can tell its hid.
it doesn't look like bmw's how purple they are but it doesn look kinda like audi's hid's.
they are really bright though and will get whiter after time.
compaired to stock celica lights is soooo much brighter. our lights are really really yellow compaired to them.

[LEDmod]

I gotta get my self a HID soon... kind of expensive.. T.T

[DookieGraphics]

errrrrrr i want HIDs now

[XenonDepot]

Hello,

Just wanted to let you guys know that we are now here to answer your questions directly:

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=78149&highlight=xenondepot

Regards,

Steve

[Pinoyspd17]

LOW & GTS-POWER post some pix!..or even XenonDepot

im pretty sure i probably wont go with the 4100k cuz i want a little color to my headlights...

i just needta see pix of 5000k & 6000k colors and ima place my order in...

thanx

[XenonDepot]

Hello,

Unfortunately these are the only pics that I have handly right now however if anyone else has any please feel free to add:

5000k Pics:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid32/p4f95b82e74931b36f0e879d02e2f1dd7/fd430ba3.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid32/p93992504c9f8a58b7fe6817380b1e178/fd427eb0.jpg

6000k

http://www.xenondepot.com/images/Sept2002/carpics/celica-2.jpg http://www.xenondepot.com/images/Sept2002/carpics/ToyotaClrg.jpg

Or, for more pics please view our photo gallery:

http://www.xenondepot.com/pg.html

Regards,

Steve

[Speedemon]

yup...i'm definately going to have to get that kit.

[XenonDepot]

=)

[comicbookguy]

whoa .... nice kit bro.

[R0ME02984]

wow those are tite! are they really that bright? I feel like that i might make the guy on the opposite side of the road blind and make him crash! I am gonna have undercar neon and i'm afraid that those HIDs will flood out the undercar neons! Anyon got pics of the phillips 6k system and advice for which one to go with?

~mario~

[XenonDepot]

Hey Mario,


Take a look at our website for more pictures. We do have a complete photo gallery (It is in the midst of getting updated however there will still be plenty of pics for you to see):

http://www.xenondepot.com/pg.html

Regards,

Steve

[Lilsupra]

Wow....talk about blinding others...makes ur car look fast!!!

[X-EVIL-X]

Originally posted by Lilsupra
makes ur car look fast!!!
your gay

[XenonDepot]

lol

[triflowm5]

I had the phillips 4100K stock in my M5 and I loved them...and they were way whiter than my stock highs. I loved getting people that would flash their highs at me to turn what they thought were mine down.

I have since switched over to the Phillips D2S 6000K bulbs and i love them even more. They arent quite as bright but they produce a more blue/purple color with a slightly less amount of lumens.

Try hids4less.com they are a pretty good outfit if you are looking for hid upgrades

[XenonDepot]

There is approx a 20% reduction in light output when comparing the 6000k bulbs to the 4100k bulbs.

Regards,

Steve

[triflowm5]

steve,

sorry for the competition (dropping names of places) but its better for the consumer. Where are you guys located anyway? Do you offer clear corner angel eyes for a 2001 M5? How bout xenon fogs? Just wondering

[XenonDepot]

Hello,

We are located in Toronto Canada.

Competition is good!! It keeps things healthy!

We do not carry any other products other than HID conversions however in regards to the fog lights, we have done numerous fog light conversions on both the M3 and the M5.

http://www.xenondepot.com/images/Sept2002/carpics/m5.jpg

Regards,

Steve

[mirconrice]

hey XenonDepot, how much would it cost to buy a H7 HID bulbs....right now I have a philip H7 4300k bulb I believe, it might be 4100k, not sure because I got it from someone. Also the wiring harness is different from what i have seen, Its an older harness. It has this type of connectors:

http://www.clonegts.com/Photos/DSCN1678.JPG

http://www.clonegts.com/Photos/DSCN1609.JPG

On one of the bulb, the black part that goes around the bulb cracked so its not sitting in place when i put the connector on. I manage to connect it but i want to fix it. This also caused the beam pattern to get a little messed up. Both side aren't identical. Can you quote me on 2 bulb and 2 wire harness. I already have the balastic and its working good. Let me know. And the picture are from clonegts website.

[XenonDepot]

Hello,

The bulbs are the most expensive part of the kit (at least for our kit). Philips bulbs are not cheap and that is why our kits are not the cheapest either. I can definitley sell you bulbs however it looks like the kit you have uses adaptor rings thus keeping the standard Philips plug on the ballast. Our kit use custom moulded bases to ensure proper fitment and beam pattern. As a result, we not longer use the standard Philips base or connector:

Here is a comparison pic:

http://www.xenondepot.com/images/3pics03.jpg

In essence, you can use our bulbs with your current setup however you will have to do some wire cutting.

In regards to pricing, please email me directly and I will see what I can do for you.

Regards,

Steve

[triflowm5]

Steve,

what K rating are those fogs? 4100? 4300? 5K? or 6K I would like to speak with you reguarding pricing as well....do you have a direct extension to contact you at?

[XenonDepot]

triflowm5,

That was our 4100k kit installed. I believe that the picture was taken when the bulbs were intially ignited as the 4100k bulbs start off being blue and then fade out into bright white.

In terms of contacting me, please feel free to do so via phone (listed on the site) or even email me directly at info@xenondepot.com if you would like to avoid the long distance. I'm quite quick at returning emails.

Regards,

Steve

[XenonDepot]

1 more thing,

In regards to pricing, check out this thread:

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=78149&highlight=xenondepot

Regards,

Steve

[IMPORTRIDAH]

group buy from steve (xenondepot) is up for the people who been wanting HIDs, starting at $399 plus $19 for shipping ! f
http://www.xenondepot.com/springGB.asp

[X-EVIL-X]

just thought i would bring this up for other people to see.
its been 3 months and they are pure white now...

[evil eye]

Your HID's are so amazingly bright. I need to get this before Aug. 15th, new rims are gonna have to wait. :(

HIDS = :drool:

[nikb]

Originally posted by k2snownsk8
t1 connection. 1.5megabytes per second on the network. about 700k a second on the internet... heheh

A T1 has a bandwidth of 1.544 Mbps (megabits per seconds) not MBps (megabytes per second; 1 byte = 8 bits)

-n

[Ntence99]

those are breight!!!

[X-EVIL-X]

TTT damn i took some good pics, haha

[vaio23]

Any new updated pics?

[X-EVIL-X]

not yet. they are just whiter now.

[Mp3Supply]

i dunno, i bought the same kit as evil and my don't seem nearly that bright. i've had them adjustedt very high in the air, and they didn't like it the area l ike that, then i lowered them and the ground is more like.. but not like yours. ..

evil - think u could write somthing up about how u adjusted your bulbs to get that light output, cause i surely don't have it and i want it.

ive read the whole thing on ec about how to adjust ur headlights but it doesn't seem to help i can't really make sense of it. i know how to adjust them but i just didn't know if u knew how far away u parked from straight wall on a flat surface, and how high in the air is ur cutoff line on that wall. . . !?!?!

[X-EVIL-X]

go to a wall and park slanted like this \ and adjust them that way. the camera makes them seem brighter but they are pretty damn bright. brighter then a lot of hid cars out there.

[Mp3Supply]

so then i should park on slanted road. gotcha. . . how high is ur cut off .. like 3ft. .4ft. . . . .!?

[X-EVIL-X]

yea about that. no park on a even road but with a wall but park at a slant like that \

[Mp3Supply]

ok, ill try it. i want my **** whilin' outtttt :). . . ill let ya know

[BadAndy]

Originally posted by X-EVIL-X
TTT damn i took some good pics, haha
And again, you resurrect your own thread. :idiot: :chuckles:

[555 SOUL]

that's very nice

[X-EVIL-X]

Originally posted by BadAndy
And again, you resurrect your own thread. :idiot: :chuckles:
i should be allowed to. ive had a celica longer then most of you bast*rds. suck my ass

[hurryhurry12345]

Originally posted by X-EVIL-X
i should be allowed to. ive had a celica longer then most of you bast*rds. suck my ass

:chuckles:

[devilincelica]

oh i cant wait for mine to arrive :)

[X-EVIL-X]

just thought id bring this back for some people to see that havent.

[oneflyasianguy]

Originally posted by BadAndy
And again, you resurrect your own thread. :idiot: :chuckles: :locked: j/k the camera had to have some effect on the glare in those pics, but nice anyways, i was going to get teh catz 4100k but i figured the glare would be too offensive so i went with the 6000k

[X-EVIL-X]

glare isn't really that bad unless you get lower where the cutoff is. they dont really blind you over it. its just hard to look at outside the car.

[555 SOUL]

Originally posted by X-EVIL-X
just thought id bring this back for some people to see that havent.

haha...after seeing these pics over and over again, they still look sweet.

[F35-JSF]

Originally posted by BadAndy
And again, you resurrect your own thread. :idiot: :chuckles:

:chuckles:

[crazyJ]

100

[evil eye]

Originally posted by 555 SOUL
haha...after seeing these pics over and over again, they still look sweet.

:werd:

This thread keeps reminding me that I gotta put my 4300k kit on soon. :D

[DopeCelicaGT]

I wish I had a 4100-4300K kit. How hard is it to Dremel out that piece that holds the bulbs in?

[X-EVIL-X]

its not hard at all. you go throught a few bits though. just got to be carefull.

[Ugly Pete]

eek. thats a little bright.

[Silver Jet]

Originally posted by Ugly Pete
eek. thats a little bright.

LOL.....yeah. When I first saw those pics, I was sold. It's just the way Evil adjusted his apiture (sp?) and shutter speed.

If I EVER get my 4100K bulbs from XenonDepot (have been waiting for over two months), I'll take some pics of what they actually look like. Steve told me I'd be getting them this week, but they never showed up and he hasn't replied back to my email. :mad: A bit uncharacteristic of XenonDepot...

[Amiricle]

Thats awsome!

[X-EVIL-X]

they get brighter after they break in for a few months.

[XenonDepot]

NEW GROUP BUY POSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=133817

[baNanA_ryCe]

Originally posted by Silver Jet
LOL.....yeah. When I first saw those pics, I was sold. It's just the way Evil adjusted his apiture (sp?) and shutter speed.

If I EVER get my 4100K bulbs from XenonDepot (have been waiting for over two months), I'll take some pics of what they actually look like. Steve told me I'd be getting them this week, but they never showed up and he hasn't replied back to my email. :mad: A bit uncharacteristic of XenonDepot...

this is what they look like.

MY PICS:

this is a real picture. I tested the settings with the camera...and they really look like this:

http://www.floor05.com/newcelica/DSC00002.JPG

[evil eye]

That's beautiful. :AF:

[Silver Jet]

Originally posted by baNanA_ryCe
this is what they look like.

MY PICS:

this is a real picture. I tested the settings with the camera...and they really look like this:

http://www.floor05.com/newcelica/DSC00002.JPG


Hey Ben, how long did you have the HID's for when you took the pic?

[baNanA_ryCe]

a couple of months

[XenonDepot]

and still looking great !!

Hi Ben =)

[baNanA_ryCe]

hi steve!


O and by the way guys...you might think your HIDs aren't that bright because you can't see the beam as contrasting as these picttures, but thats because you may have street lights or city lights that brighten the road already....so go to a dark alley or a dark garaged parking lot...and you'll see how much your HIDs are putting out.

Also make sure your bulbs are pushed all the way in and held on correctly. Cause i noticed if the bulb isn't...you get really crappy light output and an ugly ugly pattern on the ground. if you guys have any questions...please pm me or ask me here..i'll be glad to help.

[XenonDepot]

is X-EVIL-X still around?

[Silver Jet]

Originally posted by XenonDepot
is X-EVIL-X still around?

Yup

[X-EVIL-X]

still alive and kickin

[XenonDepot]

hehe!


Hello sir!

[X-EVIL-X]

hows it goin buddy
hehe