I've wondered that too. I plan on getting a set eventually when I have $300 to spare.I've been wondering how well the Sonar Projectors with single halo match with the Hella Optilux 2500 Halo fog lights.
Any body have a picture of that combination with just the halos' on?
I have heard the Dual Halos have very bad output along with a cut-off point.I'm going to order a set of projectors with HIDs, and I'm more so interested in the dual halos with black housing but not 100% sure. So if you all have some non-factory headlights, post up some pictures so we can compare and see in one thread which ones look the best especially at night.
they are not awful, just not as good as the sonars. if you paint them on the inside it gets rid of pretty much all the glare.I have heard the Dual Halos have very bad output along with a cut-off point.
You shouldn't have to paint or do any modifications to a good set of headlights. If you are considering Depos or Sonars and it's been reported they are better in different ways compared to the dual halos, why waste the time? I had purchased the Duals before but I can't put my 2 cents in when comparing them to depos with HIDs, because i currently don't have HID's for the new headlights, but I can say once the HID's were installed on the Duals, I was not impressed. Also, the 'Halo' was terrible and actually would show through around the entire headlight housing.they are not awful, just not as good as the sonars. if you paint them on the inside it gets rid of pretty much all the glare.
i agree, you should not have to paint (unless you want to color match) to get a good set of lights. and yes the halo rings if you can actually call them that on the duals suck. they are not leds at all. but placing leds in them make them somewhat better.You shouldn't have to paint or do any modifications to a good set of headlights. If you are considering Depos or Sonars and it's been reported they are better in different ways compared to the dual halos, why waste the time? I had purchased the Duals before but I can't put my 2 cents in when comparing them to depos with HIDs, because i currently don't have HID's for the new headlights, but I can say once the HID's were installed on the Duals, I was not impressed. Also, the 'Halo' was terrible and actually would show through around the entire headlight housing.
If you wanted to light up the road as much as you can, you would have stuck with HID's as they are brighter than ur 100 watt bs and the fact you had 6k instead of 4300 that I have, made you loose output.here is a link for someone looking for a set. they are made exactly like the hella's in every way. i have had both.
http://www.visionxonroad.com/product/FOG_LIGHTS/PRO_SERIES/VX-L3.htm
(link just shows what they look like not ebay link)
i also done away with my hid kit i had on my sonars. i am much happier with high output hella bulbs (non coated). and i wanted my high beams back. i had a 6k color that looked nice but i wanted the true 100 watt high beams back. and i didnt want to mess up the hids by switching the low-high back and forth so i took them out.
i also placed 100 watt (non coated crap) H3's in my fogs. and have them to stay on with my high beams and the light output is way better than just hid lowbeams.
sure the color is always better with hids but i want to light up the road as much as i can. and i have ran this setup for a few months now with no problems with the wiring at all. i think alot of that has to do with cheap crap bulbs anyway.
If you wanted to light up the road as much as you can, you would have stuck with HID's as they are brighter than ur 100 watt bs and the fact you had 6k instead of 4300 that I have, made you loose output.
The high beam you would have had regardless unless you screwed up the install. Yes switching back and fourth isn't great, but if you had HID's like you said, you shouldn't have a need for your highs.
Are you trying to tell me you can get more light out of a filament, than a gas charged arc?low beam hids regardless of color temp is not going to be brighter than a good set of high beams. i know this for a fact.
i dont go by research, i go by what lets me see better.Are you trying to tell me you can get more light out of a filament, than a gas charged arc?
Go do your research online, because your going to be sadly mistaken and there will be more in here soon telling you how wrong that statement of yours was.
Read what I bolded for you, then sit there until you can admit you are very wrong for even saying that. It has been done multiple times with numerous members. I have a H1 kit in my Sonars and can switch between my low beam projectors and high beam bulbs that came with the heads. So once again you are wrong, you do not need a H4 kit to have youe highs. That last comment made me question what you actually do know about projectors.i dont go by research, i go by what lets me see better.
and yes my 100 watt hella bulbs in the high beam reflector owned my low beam hids in light output. the beam is much more narrow because thats the way your highs are supposed to be. but the beam goes out way more. so it lights up things in the distans better. common sense.
i know what people are going to say, and thats ok. i just know from my own experience that having both my lows and highs i see better. and you cant switch back and forth with hids unless its one of those h4 setups. i just think that most of the hid myth is because of the color difference. and people think they see better, much like the tinted blue bulb crap.
i will agree though that a 4300hid kit would be better than my 55-watt low beams as of now. but i also changed out the 55watt bulbs in my fogs for 100watt non coated bulbs as well. so that helps out some with that.
how many times do i have to say this? they are not blue tinted bulbs with fake watt output on them.. i KNOW the difference.Wait were not talking about a beam pattern. You pretty much said that HID isn't as bright as your 100 watt crap autozone bulbs.
