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    Quote Originally Posted by gavinsell View Post
    and is 'Semi sealed alright or is it worth finding fully sealed ones?
    If you go a sealed beam it basically means that you buy it with the rating of output globe built in. You cant change the globes, they are a fixed unit. It means they dont leak but it also means if it blows you rip it out and replace the whole thing.

    If you want to go HID then a Sealed beam is no good to you. If you have driving lights and do a bit of town work the HID in your head lights can be a little hard on oncoming traffic. Think about doing the HID conversion to your spotties or driving lights and upgrade your headlights to sealed beam 80/110s or something a little bigger than standard 55/65.

    Note also that changing the lighting loom to your headlights with something bigger will give you a heap of output increase too. 12v systems suffer from Voltage drop and the Headlight loom on a GQ is crap to say the least.

    As stated by Big Fletch, a HID Kit is a plug and play system mate and is as easy as pie to fit. but you do need a non sealed beam.
    Last edited by MudRunnerTD; 26th October 2011 at 05:22 PM.
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