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Old 10-04-2002, 08:37 PM
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sealed beam xenon conversion

i have done a search for "sealed beam xenon conversion " i found several different companies but i would like to get a recommendation and good place to buy.

anybody out there got them??

are you able to replace the high and low beams or is it just the low beams???
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Old 10-04-2002, 10:28 PM
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ive seen them on there but dont know anything about them or if there any good
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There all about the same just make sure it comes with the wiring harness.Personally i dont like the conversion kits Because when i owned mine they would stay on for awhile then would dim i would have to turn the car lights off for a while before they would work again.So i got fed up with them and i bought a set of sylvania cool blues.Cool blues wont give you that deep bluish hue but it will give you alittle......I like them....
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yeah thats what i have in my car right now...i just not bright enough.....i guess ill might have to put some fog lights in
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I dont know if this will help but these lights are supposed to be briter than cool blues..
http://www.sylvania.com/auto/silverstar.htm
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Would a conversion kit be needed for those silver star bulbs ? Aren't the thirdgens using sealed bulb ?
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You dont need a conversion kit there sealed beam.
http://www.sylvania.com/bin/carApp/c...amaro&x=17&y=6
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it appears as though they have an HID upgrade also

http://www.sylvania.com/xenarc/x46565006.htm
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Lows only

With the sylvania kit anyway, http://www.sylvania.com/xenarc/x46565006.htm
it is an HID upgrade on the low beam, and a normal halogen for the high beam. apparently you can buy additional balasts and bulb units to make the high beams HID as well, but i remember reading somewhere that it isn't street legal for whatever reason, and is hard, if not impossible to get them to function as normal high beams (i.e. can't click them on and off, would need a seperate switch) They have a good wiring diagram that shows you exactly what happens
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ChevyKen has them and I got the e-mail address for the place but they never wrote back. His look sweet! Do a search for it.
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