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Well, I got the Depo projectors

Post by neonrog » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:24 am

And I'm fairly pleased. Considering I had one lamp broken and the other one was cracked on on its last legs... So I went cheap and ordered the Depos. So, how many have swapped the low beam bulb for HIDs?
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Yeah, I know the car is dirty. Wah... The lights were delivered today, and when I got home from work I tore out the old ones. And between (buffalo) burger flips on the BBQ, swapped in the Depos. The driver's side lamp was close enough to call it aimed, the passenger side needed to come down a bit.

Overall, I like them. But will probably do the low beam HID kit from vvme. But I think I want to bump the high beam to a 70w bulb.
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:41 am

Whatever you do use a relay harness to protect your factory wiring and your multifunction switch. And alot of people with those projectors swapped over to HIDs.
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Post by SOKADAO954 » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:37 am

can we see the output of it???

looks good to me
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Post by superdan » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:20 am

i have the black houseing depos and i love them...

going to be getting HIDs here soon :thumbup:
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Post by neonrog » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:37 pm

LilSparkplug, do you mean a relay harness with the Depos or with the HID? If I bump to higher wattage bulbs for the high beams I will add a relay harness...

I'm a firm believer in relays for lighting. Don't want high current voltage in my dashboard... :beatstick: Learned that the hard 30 years ago...

I'll see if I can get a good pic of the output. Yes, they seem a little "flashlighty", but I can live with them...
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Post by Medan » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:32 pm

I swapped HIDs into mine. I am much happier with the light output from HIDs. Mine are 5k. I can get pictures eventually if you are interested.
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Post by Tam » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:12 pm

Nice plans. What color HIDs are you planning to go with?
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Post by LilSparkPlug » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:37 am

Yes with the HIDS or the higher wattage bulbs. :)
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Post by neonrog » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:46 am

I was thinking more like 4700 personally.

Lilsparkplug, thats what I thought.
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Post by neonrog » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:58 am

Well then, after a few mornings drives with these lights, I'm still fairly happy with them. But I am very convinced to swap in the HIDs and a relay harness. And 70W high beams. I don't really think I need any brighter than that for the headlights. Although I still plan to add some 100 or even 130W driving lights in the future. Honestly, nightime in the desert is REALLY dark.

So 2 questions...
1. People really happy with the vvme.com HIDs?
2. Where is the best place to get a relay harness (or at least the sockets and plugs for the headlights)?

I figure with the HIDs not liking to be turned on and off, I need to have them stay on with the high beams. The relays will keep the MFS safe.

And as mentioned, if that isn't enough light, I can add more lighting. Like I did for my Jeep (I did the 9004 to 9007 swap and higher wattage bulbs). And this wasn't an issue when I let my son drive the Neon for the last couple years. But now that I have my car back, I want more light!
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Post by heydockyle » Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:57 am

I like my vvme kit. Only thing is they are 10k and they look like 6k. I have them in my foglights and quality seems to be good. Bulbs and ballast have been going strong now for about 3 months. I got my relay off eBay but vvme sells them now too
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Post by vielecustoms » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:47 pm

Do the Low beams stay lit up when the high beams are turned on with those?
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Post by neonrog » Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:39 am

Not now they don't. But they will when I do the HID mod.
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Post by sxmania » Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:34 pm

I had a good experience with vvme, no complaints except for the communication issues. i got my relay harness from retrofit and they sent the wrong one but they all do basically the same thing so it worked out. HIDs ftw
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