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Interior/Exterior HID lighting upgade and then some......a couple of ?'s

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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 03:43 AM
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HID lighting upgade and then some......a couple of ?'s

Ok soon after MTTS I'm planning a full lighting project on my '05 MCSC and have a couple of questions.

Right now I'm running bone stock. (Factory xenons, w/ blue tint bulbs for my hi-beams, fogs and parking lights w/silver t/s and factory driving lights "YAWN")

These are my plans:
***HID bulb replacements for my hi-beams and fogs. (probably DDM as I'm going to do an HID upgrade for my GF's 3-series also.)
***Angel Eyes for my parks and hi-beams
***Hella 1000 Black magics (I'll be photo-choppin' this w/e to figure out what configuration and how many.)

I'm pretty ok with all the wiring, and which bulbs to get but now come the questions:

1st angel eyes for the high beams, where to get them? And do the light housings have to come apart? (if so I might as well do a joey mod while I'm at it.)

2nd has anyone tried doing an HID upgrade to the Black Magic's? I know that they use an H-2 bulb which is non-existant in the HID world but the small amount of reaserch I've done leads me to believe that the H-3 may actually work if they will fit in the housings.

Any feed back would be greatly appreciated. Good, Bad or Otherwise.

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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 02:21 AM
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Ok I did more research but still can't find any info on halo's for my high beams, there are plenty of replacement lights available with them built in but I would rather add them to my existing lights and change the color of my chrome projector bulb housing only. ( the silver inside the light match's the pure silver close enough, not to mention all the replacement lights, even the black ones still have the projector bulb ring in chrome)

As far as the HID upgrade for the black magic's i'm just going to buy an extra bulb only and see what happens. If it works I'll go ahead and buy the kits then.
 
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