HID's with stock headlights?
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Freddie, HIDs in stock 01+ headlights = low glare levels.
00 and below. I have no clue.
As long as the lens is still clear and looks good and hasnt started to turn to crap then there is little glare. but if you have an older lens that the plastic is changing colors then it will glare.
I run HIDs in stock headlights in my 03 and the glare is low but i still do glare. But i would never go back to HALOGENS.
to OP.. I would get the projectors since them make em for your truck. With the projectors you could probably run a 55W hid even.
00 and below. I have no clue.
As long as the lens is still clear and looks good and hasnt started to turn to crap then there is little glare. but if you have an older lens that the plastic is changing colors then it will glare.
I run HIDs in stock headlights in my 03 and the glare is low but i still do glare. But i would never go back to HALOGENS.
to OP.. I would get the projectors since them make em for your truck. With the projectors you could probably run a 55W hid even.
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Freddie, HIDs in stock 01+ headlights = low glare levels.
00 and below. I have no clue.
As long as the lens is still clear and looks good and hasnt started to turn to crap then there is little glare. but if you have an older lens that the plastic is changing colors then it will glare.
I run HIDs in stock headlights in my 03 and the glare is low but i still do glare. But i would never go back to HALOGENS.
to OP.. I would get the projectors since them make em for your truck. With the projectors you could probably run a 55W hid even.
00 and below. I have no clue.
As long as the lens is still clear and looks good and hasnt started to turn to crap then there is little glare. but if you have an older lens that the plastic is changing colors then it will glare.
I run HIDs in stock headlights in my 03 and the glare is low but i still do glare. But i would never go back to HALOGENS.
to OP.. I would get the projectors since them make em for your truck. With the projectors you could probably run a 55W hid even.
EDIT: Idk if anyone is catching on that he has a 98-2000 with the older style headlights, not the 01-current. We know everyone has them in the 01-current
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I'm aware.. I have 10k Bixenon HID's in my 01 headlights. They still glare some, but not terrible. I did adjust them down slightly, because I was getting flashed often before. However, we're talking about the older headlights.
EDIT: Idk if anyone is catching on that he has a 98-2000 with the older style headlights, not the 01-current. We know everyone has them in the 01-current
EDIT: Idk if anyone is catching on that he has a 98-2000 with the older style headlights, not the 01-current. We know everyone has them in the 01-current
Or he could just run em in his stock lights and see what happens. As long as they havent yellowed out to bad he should be okay.
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im running mine in stock. im lifted, didnt adjust them at all, and ive only been flashed once in the month of having them. ive driven by cops a few times and never got pulled over. they do glare a little, but its not bad. i like it, it spreads the light around really well.
I've heard the 98-00 style glares a LOT, I wouldn't run it.
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i have the diamond cut headlight housings on my 99. i also have an 8k hid system i got for 290$ the good ones not the cheep ebay ones. i love them but i dont see anything worng with the stock headlight housings i always see other trucks by me with the stock housings, or wait to get the hids and get the housings first thats what i did
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PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE, not all of you, but some of you shall pay attention to detail..
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No need to shout there cowboy, wish all you want about what you want me to do.... I was replying to the thread 'in general'. Why? Because many other people search these forums for similar topics. I myself couldn't find anything when I was doing the swap. So if I searched a thread and found "HID with stock headlights?" and it was only directed to that style headlight...it'd do me no good. Having a little extra information in a thread is better than too little. 'detail' thats probably over your head.
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No need to shout there cowboy, wish all you want about what you want me to do.... I was replying to the thread 'in general'. Why? Because many other people search these forums for similar topics. I myself couldn't find anything when I was doing the swap. So if I searched a thread and found "HID with stock headlights?" and it was only directed to that style headlight...it'd do me no good. Having a little extra information in a thread is better than too little. 'detail' thats probably over your head.
Details over my head? Eh? Come again?
My point is, if a thread is about 98-2000 headlights, leave it be about those style headlights only. Because talking about HID's in 01+Headlights is different, and could cause confusion with members that aren't aware that you're talking about a different style headlight. His question was regarding 98-2000 headlights specifically, not Ranger headlights in general.
There have been plenty of threads regarding HID's as well. I had HID's in my 01 last year and there were plenty of search results.
I realize it does you no good that this thread was specifically about 98-00 headlights, however, if we start mixing and matching when talking about what should work, and what should be safe, etc, then there will be confusion, or somebody is going to buy something that they think will work, but turns out was for a different year truck, etc. It happens all to often. Having different threads for different styles of headlight housings (98-00, and 01+) should help to prevent confusion, and spread information more accurately.