Want some crazy bright reverse lights for cheap?

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  1. AKBray907

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    So I literally came up with this like 30 min ago haha. I had some cheap harbor freight lights ($20) which after pulling apart are decent. They have a glass lense and a metal chrome plated reflector. I also had some DDM H10 35w hids(like$35) new sitting in a box so figured why not. So I started to dissasemble the lights

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    then pulled the lights apart, 2 phillips and then glass and reflector pull out, then bulb is held in with a small phillips screw. And once removed back of the reflector looks like this [​IMG]

    there is a little tab that is on the refelctor, well the hid bulb literally slides into it perfectly, and then once slid in use the same screw and it holds it in place, very snug with no movement.

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    almost like it was made for it

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    because the hid bulb is longer, you need to knock a hole in the back of the light housing to allow the bulb and wires to come out

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    then slide wires through and reassemble

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    and then fired it up, just sitting on my audi's firewall. All lights in garage were turned off and pitch black outside. Id say output is awesome

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    and for safe measure I through some sealant on the back and called it good

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    Ill be mounting these on the back of my roof rack for reverse lights but obviously there is other uses for them. And yes before people freak about an hid in a halogen housing. These are made for aux lights and not for permanent fog lights or such. and for reverse lights give off a crazy amount of light, They also make heat but with the glass and metal hosuing I feel fine. If they bubble the chrome so be it. Theyre $20 lights.
     
  2. Roush PSD Interceptor

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    That's great Danny.

    I better get busy on my backlit Ford emblems.
     
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    Nice danny
     
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    Sweet. I think HIDs are fine in halogens as long as it's not on the road. Only concern I'd have with the reverse lights is the warm up time
     
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    By law hids have to reach 75% of brightness in 2 seconds. And actually I've had awesone luck with these ddm hids
     
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    This is awesome. And cheap. Just the way I like ha ha.


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    Haha heck yea! And fast. It literator took me about 10 min to figure out the first one and literally a minute and a half to make the other one, output is insane though
     
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    I did the same thing with my Hella 500s. HUGE improvement in light and distance.
     
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    x2 Same thing with my Hellas and KCs. Tons more output with HIDs instead of those lame halogens
     
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    That's awesome how they fit in there perfectly. Looks like they came out great too. :cheers:
     

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