I have noticed the signs and reflective tape being very noticeable as well. Its interesting that roads that I drive on very often I am noticing signs that I have never noticed before...lol.

I wes concerned about the brightness too. I have not had anyone flash their brights at me either so I think they must not be too bright to oncoming drivers.

 

I was running on 66 last night and my car was lighting the reflective tape up for the drivers 100' in front of me. You could see everything their headlights lit up yellow, then as you get closer EVERYTHING in front of them takes a blue tint Worked great in the rain too, where the lines on the road when wet are virtually invisible with halogens. Still couln't get any decent pictures though, my camera stinks in the dark. And yes, I too keep seeing tons of 'new' signs on roads I drive every day.

 

And this would be why you never received the pics you kept requesting. It just won't turn out as you were hoping for. That said, what's your impression of the glare on the parked cars you were concerned about? On mine there's a lot of "bleed" for lack of a better term off to the sides, but I don't think it's an issue as I don't get complaints and it doesn't come into play until the opposing traffic is pretty much right next to me.

 

Well, I ordered the Bi-4300s - $175 with shipping - going on your positive impressions Kevin.

 

I just got H13 silverstars and they stink. Good thing they were only $25 for a pair on ebay. At some point I want to do the HID conversion, but does anyone know the difference between the $300 American Muscle kit and the e-bay stuff. If it is the same supplier and quality I'll go with e-bay. Also, my stock bulb shields look burnt and are flaking off like the inside of a burnt lamp shade. Anyone know what the deal is with the shields?

 

Before or after the Silverstars?

 

Exactly the same thing. The brunt of the beam stays below the door lines of cars(you can really see it when they pass in front of you at an intersection). There is a lot of ambient glare, but I noticed the same on other hids in reflector housings, like on the last gen TL's. It throws up a bit more when the groud is wet. They are probably a little annoying, but again nothing like a 'slades or even the halogens on suv's and trucks. I've gotten past worrying about it, a lot of people have SUV's and idiots that run around with their high beams on all the time. It's probably slightly less intense on a pre-07 housing as the additional reflector would cover the ultra bright center of the bulb.

 

I noticed when I switched the bulbs yesterday, so before.

 

If its still under warranty put your stock bulbs in and see if you can get new housings. If they cover it, you may even be able to get 07's. Is the outside of the shield flaking or just the inside, which is kinda half-*** chrome.

 

All seems well with mine. One tip is to get 3 decent plastic 'taps' to tie into the right front bulb connector. I literally cut mine off a few inches back(easily fixed and hidden in the loom) and went in the box for crimp connectors and duh, taps were right in there... The weak link in the instructions was the blue plug in connector for the hi-low switch, where the colors in the drawings don't match.

I used 3m double sided tape for the ballasts. Every time I use that stuff I am like 'maybe I should drill' and THUNK, stuck forever I mounted one from underneath on the frame rail on the driver's side(be careful you set it in the right place, its disorienting under the car as to where the headlight ends) outside the rail-exactly where the washer bottle is on the passenger side. On the pass side I stuck the ballast forward on the rail from above opposite the reservoir(inside the rail). Try to keep them away from the radiator so they can cool off, but inside the protected area of the wheel well liners-the length of the wires kinda makes it a no-brainer...

I used the factory ground on on the PS radiator support and used the bolt from the ABS module on the driver's side for a ground(had to open the loop with a snip). I used a bit of double sided tape to put the hi-low switch on the inner fender next to the fuse box and the red lead just made it to the battery terminal. All the wires hide easily with the rat's nest from the factory. I'll grab some photos tomorrow. One of the solenoids was not tripping consistently with the brights, but I tightened the little connector tab a smidge and they thunk up 100% now. If they last a couple years I'll be happy.

And remember the bulb housings do rotate with a little effort in the connector ring, so you can turn them to put the ceramic nodes down. And I had to double up the gasket from my stock H13's to really snug it up in the housing. Once you get the bulb through the hole, its easy to look from the front to get the connector snug and the bulb oriented(lights off, of course).

 

I haven't looked at the inside, but the outside is almost flaked off and all the burnt plastic is accumulating in the headlight housing. Are the 2005/06 housings still made or would they just replace it with the 2007?

 

They have to make both as if you had to replace just one it needs to match.

 

Time to get some 2007 housings and HID's then. Hopefully the dealer doesn't try to give me a line of bs like with my $180 oil changes/ service.

 

Any attempts at pictures showing high and low beams, I'm sorry to keep asking, but as you know no one EVER posts pictures of there HID kits.

 

thanks for the hint and additional instructions. I'll be sure to reference them when I do my install.

 

Never say never...

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showpo...0&postcount=16

 

I was complaining about it until I tried to take some myself, the camera seems to hate it

Its much better all around over the stock bulbs and fogs together and the ability to light up reflective objects is outstanding. I got 6k so they are slightly blue, if you get 4300 it will provide even better lighting.

 

I've installed two of these kits from the vendor and they have been nothing but perfect. I ordered the first kit via EBay and the second kit directly from VVME which is one and the same as the EBay seller. I'm going to order a set of Bi's for the GT soon from VVME.

Just wanted to throw in my good feedback on this and these are very simple to install and the end results are fantastic.

 

Will a bi-xenon application work with a daytime running lights setup? (That's the way they are set up in Canada).

 

They are controlled by one of the stock headlight bulbs. So if DRL's simply turn on the stock headlight low beam bulb when started then it should work the same way. Its just the computer telling the lights to be on.