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ORIGINAL: fireman526

Ive had HID headlights on all my past vehicles, so I know how great they are! However, the company that I used to buy my conversion kits from, quit selling HID''s for automotive use?!? The company was called Polarian, and they sold Philips ballasts and rebased Philips arc tubes. And as we know, Philips is the supplier for HID components for some of the high end cars. The kit I bought was called 6000k Ultinon and they produced the most awesome purplish/white color. Anyway, to get to the point, Im having a hard time finding a kit that sells 6000k that produces that same color. I want the purplish/white color but still retain as much lumens as possible, so I dont want to go over 6000K. Does anybody know where to find one? If you have em, what kind of HID''s did you put on your Silverado, and which website did you buy them from? Did your kits wiring harness come with relays that draw current from the battery? Tell me what youve got and give me your opinion.

Thanks!

PS: word of advice from a professional firefighter, kits without a relay kit (the ones that just "plug and play" into your factory headlight harness) is a bad idea, its a hit or miss. Youve got a 50%, 50% chance of burning your vehicle to the ground!!! Ive seen it a handfull of times. Be carefull. Remember that HID''s require high voltage to start up drawing lots of current, then drop down to 12 volts and 35 watts to maintain. The small guage wiring of your factory headlight harness is not meant to handle that kind of current draw, WILL heat up and could melt or catch fire. The "good" kits, come with relay''s and larger power wires that run directly to the battery, and only use the headlights wiring harness for switching (tells the relay when to turn on and off), when you turn your headlights on and off. Just my 2 cents from experience.

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ORIGINAL: 900rrSTUD

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ORIGINAL: fireman526

Ive had HID headlights on all my past vehicles, so I know how great they are! However, the company that I used to buy my conversion kits from, quit selling HID''''s for automotive use?!? The company was called Polarian, and they sold Philips ballasts and rebased Philips arc tubes. And as we know, Philips is the supplier for HID components for some of the high end cars. The kit I bought was called 6000k Ultinon and they produced the most awesome purplish/white color. Anyway, to get to the point, Im having a hard time finding a kit that sells 6000k that produces that same color. I want the purplish/white color but still retain as much lumens as possible, so I dont want to go over 6000K. Does anybody know where to find one? If you have em, what kind of HID''''s did you put on your Silverado, and which website did you buy them from? Did your kits wiring harness come with relays that draw current from the battery? Tell me what youve got and give me your opinion.

Thanks!

PS: word of advice from a professional firefighter, kits without a relay kit (the ones that just "plug and play" into your factory headlight harness) is a bad idea, its a hit or miss. Youve got a 50%, 50% chance of burning your vehicle to the ground!!! Ive seen it a handfull of times. Be carefull. Remember that HID''''s require high voltage to start up drawing lots of current, then drop down to 12 volts and 35 watts to maintain. The small guage wiring of your factory headlight harness is not meant to handle that kind of current draw, WILL heat up and could melt or catch fire. The "good" kits, come with relay''''s and larger power wires that run directly to the battery, and only use the headlights wiring harness for switching (tells the relay when to turn on and off), when you turn your headlights on and off. Just my 2 cents from experience.

I just installed the 6000k HID lights in my 08'''' crewcab. I bought them from a company in Haltom City, Texas  and they have the real deal HID''''s. They custom kits come with the relay that draws power straight from the battery and and step by step instructions on how to install them. The kit was about $170 but a buddy bought some for his bike at the same time so they knocked off about $20 off the total price. They will help you out anyway they can and I would recommend buying from them. Here is the website: http://www.aandrmotorsport.com/ 

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The only problem I had was with the ground, where they said to connect it was a bad spot. So I just relocated it to the battery.