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#96 - you need to re aim the headlights when you do a hid conversion, as the bulbs are different shape and size to a standard h4. You willbblind people otherwise.

agreed, you will get flashed alot if you dont adjust them, would hate to blind a copper...

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#96 - you need to re aim the headlights when you do a hid conversion, as the bulbs are different shape and size to a standard h4. You willbblind people otherwise.

will see how they go come dark tonight, but the bulbs looked damn close.

where the hid lights from (not exactly a filament, but yeah, anyway) has a shield on the lower 180deg, just like the H4. it also appears to be mighty close to the same distance from the mounting part of the light. when you switch over to high beams, to prevent having to have the bulb warm up again, the bulb moves back about 5-10mm, into the same spot that the second filament is located on the original H4 bulbs.

hoping they don't annoy everyone, but time will tell...

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Yeah, I've installed heaps of HID's in B and F series falcons. Every single time you had to re-aim the headlights down, as they end up slightly higher without any adjustment at all. I know all about the shielding and the highbeam solenoid movement :) Those relays and ground points rust if you don't isolate them well.

It's not too hard to adjust. Just get somebody with correctly adjusted (standard) globe positions, a relatively new car is preferable with this, and compare facing a wall on level ground at an even distance from the wall. Find the "bright spot" on the other persons headlights, match the bright spot of your headlights against that.

Personally, I put HID's just a touch below stock headlight height as HID's are so much brighter and reach further than halogens by default.

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you can if you have a mate with a dad with a workshop, a carton of jacks for payment, and about an hour and a half spare. We didn't bother with the 2nd one, paid a tire shop to do that. was a bit more difficult than they expected :sarcastichand:

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Blocked off BoV ports so it flutters.

Sounds good, had previously vented it but didn't like the continuous pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound that just kept going and going. Now its Tutututututu and sounds much better

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Nah probably a Polaris rzr. Getting a work vehicle with the new job so utes going. Not happy but what can you do

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Blocked off BoV ports so it flutters.

Sounds good, had previously vented it but didn't like the continuous pshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sound that just kept going and going. Now its Tutututututu and sounds much better

Flutter FTW, even on stock BOV but triple the factory boost muahaha.

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My car only had a G6E badge on it...missing the "turbo", so took it off and ran the car badgeless.......changed my mind and wanted a badge back on so stuck on a G6E Turbo badge, with the TURBO in black lettering instead on the red.

AFAIK the black "turbo" lettering only came on the red (seduce) cars.

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