Ordered 5000K HID conversion kit from MobileHID.com during Friday's sale ($125 for the kit). Came today via USPS Priority Mail. The ballast is TINY in the new kit, made for a really clean install. Now I'm just waiting for nightfall to see how they look.

A note for fellow xB-ers looking at ordering from MobileHID:
You'll need to use the headlight hardness adapter for your headlights ;-) I'm glad i tested everything before i put the bulbs in.

Also, you'll notice in the 4th picture from the top, my neighbor also has a SW xB, he got it about 2 months after I got mine...

 

digital ballast FTMFW!!


watching, take photos at night for everyone!

 

Ballast about the size of a deck of cards?

 

That's a lot of extra space under that hood...Nice choice going with the 5000K. I have them and they're A LOT better than my 6000K, but I wish I got some 4300K.

 

^ hey i was gonna ask you is there a huge difference between the two?(5 and 6k)

 

very nice install you can barely see it nice job
do they still have that sale going on and if you have a link that'll be great
t.i.a.

 

length & width, yeah, but about 2/3 of the thickness.

I'm at work right now, went outside once it got dark to take a drive, I'm lovin' it! I have my camera in there too, so I'll make sure I get some shots for you guys!

Cyber Monday Sale!
Kits are $145 (normally $170 for Scion Life members)
http://www.mobilehid.com/cybermonday/

 

It was a perfect night to take pics: foggy

One the side of the road:


You can see the separation of light for the main beam & the squirrel finder beam


In the main beam


In the squirrel finder (the pictures shows the main beam and the squirrel finder to be the same brightness, but the squirrel finder area is about half as bright, but still very annoying for oncoming drivers.)


Decent cutoff, except for the squirrel finders (3 ft away)


Again, pretty decent at 10 ft. You can see that the squirrel finders are much dimmer than the main beam here


Over both beams


In squirrel finder beam


In main beam


I'm going to have to bake open my headlights sooner or later to get rid of the annoying squirrel beam, I'm sure it's blinding to other drivers (thought I haven't been flashed). Maybe i'll paint the inside of headlights at the same time ;)

 

looks great! very good pix!!! i wish they had the slim ballasts when i got my kit from them. either way, the work the same as yours... i just like how well you hid yours! great job!

 

Going from 05's with 6000k to 08's with 5000k was a HUGE improvement. Going from 08's w/ 5000K to OEMs with 4300K was another HUGE improvement. From here on out, I will never buy anything other than 4300K.

 

Ive seen many blue, purple and other unnatural colors from hid as to why I went with 4300 for mines, so it looks oem. I like the super white color of the new corvette, but they are 4100k, not 43.

I currently have 3000k for my highs and man, they make it look like daylight when driven with a 50 watt ballast.

 

I don't see a hint of blue in the 5000k

Is there a way to get rid of the squirrel finder without baking open the headlights?

 

That's how my 5000k looked when I first got them, but after a year they have colorshifted quite bad (and lumens has really decreased). I need to upgrade to some 4300k bulbs soon.

 

What color are they now?

 

Mine have more color than they did when they were new, but nothing extreme. The cutoff will create the color for you, that's why I feel like I should have just bought 4300K in the first place. Mine have a slight purple hue to them. They look like they're stock HIDs.


This is the closest I've been able to get the actual color of the HIDs. Fogs are stock halogen bulbs.

 

The light on the ground is really blue, not a pure white (with a hint of blue) like they were when I first installed them. They look to be in the 6-8k range.

 

That's not how mine are, mine are still white on the ground. I've had them for about 9 months, and I never turn them off. Maybe you got a bad set...?

 

I hope they don't get blue enough to get pulled over for...

 

The light on the ground is really blue, not a pure white (with a hint of blue) like they were when I first installed them. They look to be in of 6-8k range.[/quote]

That's not how mine are, mine are still white on the ground. I've had them for about 9 months, and I never turn them off. Maybe you got a bad set...?[/quote]

Here's the funny thing, if I'm driving down a road that is completely dark AND the concrete is a very "light gray" color, the light is still a pure white color and visibility is really good. If I'm driving down a road that has black tar over it, the light looks REALLY blue. It literally looks like I have 8k hids and visibility sucks.

Not sure if that makes any sense....

 

You shouldn't. As long as the projectors are aimed properly, they will stay stock looking. The projectors are pretty much a failsafe in terms of HIDs. The projectors themselves will create color, that's why things like Audi's and Acura's make so much color with 4300K HIDs.