dhicks

Just wanted to sya thanks to all those people that posted the "how to install HID's" thread...I sailed throygh thanks to others, its what makes this board so very special.

So I have installed clear indicators amd HID's.....Turbo S Ducts and high beam osram lights arrive this week so that will be done next week end....maybe along with rotors and pads.

For those that are interested I attach pics

dhicks

Incase you cant work it out first pic is one std one HID, next is both HID, third is with yellow indicator and then with clear indicator........last one is after I had finished and wash baby before putting her in garage til later when I take her out IN THE DARK...just to see how good new lights are......I LOVE MY CAR!

SCMomentum

David,

Nice job. The clear turn indicators look really nice on black cars.

Dave

dhicks

Yes....so much better than the yellow ones.....cant wait to get rid of the old driving lights and replace with the Turbo S ducts and lights, then the front end will look how I want it until I can afford to upgrade to Turbo bumper. The only problem I have with this car is that there are so many upgrades I want to do !!!! I think this is what everybody refers to as the slippery slope!!!

solsrch

Excellent job!! I was feeling guilty about not calling to come over today but my son was leaving for a week and I wanted to stay at home. I'm glad it all worked out well in the end! Enjoy.

dhicks

Joe
Dont worry, in the end it was so easy I would have felt guilty getting you over here for something so simple!! Hope you enjoyed the time with your son.
David

dhicks

By the way, I took the time to break the seals on my headlight glass and cleaned them,,,,,I was surprised how dirty they were, but now I realize how pitted they are on the outside....anybody know of a good way to "clean"/ "restore" pitted headlight glass

Terry Adams

I got new ones at $75/pair. I don't know of a product that will restore pitted glass.
Nice looking light install.

dpkoby

David,
I used 320 then 600 grit wet sanding to remove some pretty deep defects then polished the hazy surface out with a kit I got from Caswellplating.com. It's a kit which includes a felt polishing bob and some cerium oxide polishing compound. It will put a brand new surface on the lenses. I would reccomend either removing the light assembly or heavily masking off the surrounding area as the polishing compound gets sprayed widely as you apply and polish. Good luck with this lighting upgrade!
Dave

ps how do you like your OSRAMs? did you get the silverstar 55w?

dhicks

Terry where did you get them from and exactly what did you get?

Dave, OSRAMs will be arriving this week...they are the German OSRAM Silverstars 55wat not the US Silverstars....I will post pics before and after I have done the swapout

dhicks

I have found headlamp lens replacements at Perfomance Products just over $100 each....may try the polisher first!!!

Terry Adams

David, that was the price the body shop got me from whoever supplied them when I had a front end respray. I did not ask. I guess they underpriced them, or passed them along at their cost, or my memory faltered and they were $75 each, or the Euro went up since I bought them. Sorry I can't be of more help.

dpkoby

David,
Just so you won't be too disappointed-I just installed the euro OSRAM 55w silverstars and while they are significantly brighter than the stock bulbs they are not nearly as white or bright as the HIDs. Given the price I still think this was a worthwhile mod.
Dave

dhicks

Hey Dave, at least my expectations will not be so high now...thanks
David