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Old 01-15-2008, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jcool10181' post='518309' date='Jan 15 2008, 02:56 PM
Went ahead and ordered McCulloch H8 HID Kit from ebay for $259.99 free shipping.

Will post results if any of you LCI owners care. If not it's koo.

Eagerly waiting!....

I would go 6000k HID's..


Yea, that kit is about that much, but wouldnt you wanted to save a little more money and but a cheaper kit, in case it doesn't work well, then you would have only lost a little bit.


I think it'll work. if I had the LCI, I would have went budget and spent like 100 something or 200 at most for the HID kit.


But definitely keep us updated. It would be hot if the intensity of the angel eyes would look like Fire, but white fire!



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Originally Posted by nigxdoof' post='518312' date='Jan 15 2008, 12:02 PM
I would go 6000k HID's..


Yea, that kit is about that much, but wouldnt you wanted to save a little more money and but a cheaper kit, in case it doesn't work well, then you would have only lost a little bit.


I think it'll work. if I had the LCI, I would have went budget and spent like 100 something or 200 at most for the HID kit.


But definitely keep us updated. It would be hot if the intensity of the angel eyes would look like Fire, but white fire!



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Yep I went for 6000K since this is what they recommended for super white effect. I initially bought AIB V? but wasn't satisfied (a whole new different story behind it). That was $300 and I think McCulloch's for $260 is decent. Cross fingers folks...
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Newbie here and really confused. Can someone please list all the available GOOD quality angel eye upgrades? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by ansetou' post='518374' date='Jan 15 2008, 02:16 PM
Newbie here and really confused. Can someone please list all the available GOOD quality angel eye upgrades? Thanks.
For LCI owners, there's NON good quality angel eye upgrade as of yet. This is why i'm seeking other solutions that would work such as the HID kit upgrade. I will post results as soon as I install them within the next few days. Hang on tight boys n girls...
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Originally Posted by jcool10181' post='518381' date='Jan 15 2008, 05:20 PM
For LCI owners, there's NON good quality angel eye upgrade as of yet. This is why i'm seeking other solutions that would work such as the HID kit upgrade. I will post results as soon as I install them within the next few days. Hang on tight boys n girls...
Why so? Is it a different size of bulb than the non-LCI? Why do you have to upgrade the HID kit when you only want upgrade the angel eye? Shouldn't they be different bulbs and maybe even separate circuit? Just some naive questions
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Originally Posted by ansetou' post='518920' date='Jan 16 2008, 04:24 PM
Why so? Is it a different size of bulb than the non-LCI? Why do you have to upgrade the HID kit when you only want upgrade the angel eye? Shouldn't they be different bulbs and maybe even separate circuit? Just some naive questions
Not sure what non-Lci cars use but LCI models use a regular h8 which doesn't output light any brighter than the stock ones. i've tried gp thunder h8 and it's useless. umnitza and aib has not released theirs yet and they're the only brand that makes powerful angel eye bulbs.

angel eyes bulbs are separate from the headlight bulbs. i would upgrade the angel eye h8 bulbs to HID hoping to achieve the brightest white light output possible since any HID kit will output light brighter than our stock headlights.

hope this helps.
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I NEED YOUR HELP GUYS...

I installed the McCulloch H8 6k HID kit last night and had problems with the battery tap. The HID kit won't light up due to lack of power voltage coming from the car. The car only outputs 3Volts while the HID kit requires 12volts. Now my question is, How will I be able to power up the HID kit if the car only outputs 3 volts? I know a few of you guys have succeeded with HID kits and would like your advise. I am a NOOB on these kind of things so i'm sorry for the dumb question.

By the way, the angel eyes lit for like 5 seconds and let me tell ya... DAYUM!!!
I was speechless and then it started flickering and turned off. I noticed that the relay was making a ticking noise and the warning light came on.
Now i have everything back to stock until i figure this out. Looks like this is the answer to LCI owners! We might have a break through boys...
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Not the answer yet. I was looking forward to just changing a bulb, not installing a whole HID kit. I really hope this works for you but Im still hoping for an easier and more cost effective solution.
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can anybody tell me how easy is it to install a new side marker?
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