[double0ram]

I'm sold on hellas. Even without the hid conversion there bright. The only reason I'm adding Piaas is cause I already have them. I plan on replacing em with the hella 500 fogs.

I didn't get a chance last night, but for sure tonite ill get some night photos.

 

[double0ram]

As if my hids alone don't piss people off, or the lift, or straight pipes, then yes, the goal of 8 total hids should do the trick ha

 

[double0ram]

I doubt there's a kit from hella.

I had a collection of hid ballasts and bulbs laying around from the wife's car. There ddm tuning 55w 9006 or h3. There a small hid bulb so its a perfect fit. I powered em by loping the 9006 female plug off and then wiring.em up to the switch. I also ran a 30 amp fuse inline like a standard hid kit has. Its a really simple conversion and it yeilds untold amounts of light. Ill take pics tonite.

If you want a step by step write up ill do one.

 

[double0ram]

Well disregard all that talk about PIAAs being used on my ram.

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Lighting...c=14&t_s=69&t_pt=4188&t_pl=9582&t_pn=PIA35201

according to PIAA (I emailed em directly) the best way to get the replacement lenses is 4 wheel parts online. And 50 bucks a pop, I might as well hold off and get my Hella 500 fog patterns that I was going to get anyways. At under 80 bucks for both lamps, its a better deal in my eyes...

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Lighting...Kit.aspx?t_c=14&t_s=445&t_pt=3730&t_pl=101449

 

[double0ram]

ok let me get this out of the way... HOLY @#$% !!!!
:greenchainsaw:

alright moving on. this is the first time i got to get out at night and play with my Hella 500 hid conversions, and im beyond impressed. it came down to the fact that i couldnt stop taking pictures because these look and function so well at night. I took way more than this, but there is about 10 pictures to put up. Enjoy, cause i sure do!

Here's just my led turns

headlights, not quite warmed up sorry

headlights with hellas turned on, unaimed at this point, HUGE DIFFERENCE

 

[double0ram]

enough with pointing at the garage and shining the wifes rear end....

heres just the heads aimed down the road (notice an early red second gen down the road!)

and with the hellas included, semi aimed

 

[double0ram]

so i head out to see what these suckers can really do. on the way my buddies sittin on the side of the road in the patrol truck, so i flew past him haulin azz to see if i could give him a bit of excitement. he honestly thought something was happening and chased me lights and siren to the gravel pit were i was aiming haha.

i aimed these up above my headlights after screwing around for a bit, because i can really get some distance out of em. this is just going to show the final aim, not distance because the light reached much further than the camera will ever capture, sorry.

just headlights

aimed hellas and heads

 

[double0ram]

and finally, some fun shots

with the hella covers supplied

overall, theres not words to put down how pleased i am with the outcome. stay tuned for the 500 fogs and or the 3rd gen factory fogs, probably a couple weeks.

 

[double0ram]

its clear that ill vote on hellas for that solution ha. thanks

 

[double0ram]

Thanks.

Ill give some credit to ss4luck when its done, but I'm diving into a full hvac, gauge and headlight switch led conversion to red leds. I've always stood by vleds.com for all leds, but in this measure by ss4lucks recommendations ill be getting the leds from superbrightleds.com for the fact that the twist lock wedge based bulbs are inexpensive from them. Soon...

 

[double0ram]

Mine are the 500. The 500ff is sposed to be a better housing and the reflector defines the beam more that the standard 500, if that makes sense

The 500 and 700 differ basically in sizes. The 500 6 inches in diameter and the 700 is just over 7 inches. The 700 is also a bit thicker at just over 3 inches vs the 500 at around 2.5 inches. Either way there's room for an hid bulb!

 

[double0ram]

No problem. Ill do it in a couple days when I have some days off. Ill start it in a new thread and ill put up a link on this build page too

 

[double0ram]

heres the how to i wrote up for the hid conversion for the Hellas

http://ramforumz.com/showthread.php?p=774486#post774486

if anyone has questions, please feel free to ask!

 

[double0ram]

Awesome build thread man. Really makes me wanna grab some offroad lights.

Yes. Yes you should. Infact get some and run some hids. I don't think I've mentioned that there awesome before.... ha

 

[double0ram]

Well if my opinion isnt clear, it will be when I add 2 more hella hids. Overkill? I think not!

 

[double0ram]

Haha that wasn't the goal at first but its apparent that's the direction I'm headed in.

 

[double0ram]

Hey man make your mounts easy to install, then swap em back and forth between the truck and ur wheeler haha.

 

[double0ram]

ive always wanted to do leds on a quad or wheeler. even an hid set up would be sick

speakin of leds, put in a order a few days ago for some more leds. bought 10 bulbs. pretty excited for the outcome...

 

[double0ram]

Well its the first time ive ordered leds from somewhere other than vleds.com so I'm still a bit cautious but quite a few people swear by superbrightleds so I should be alright.

 

[double0ram]

ha.... where to start.

out of the 10 leds i bought, 1 was the right part. 7 were too small and 2 were too big...

so back to the website to order more and drop em an email to see if i can possible return those 9 that dont work. if not oh well... it was only 20 bucks.