HID's and clear headlights

What HID kit do I need for an OBS? Anyone have good experience with a particular seller for diamond clear headlights? Any information would be great.

I don't know about the HID's but I bought my diamond clear headlights off ebay. They fit good and work just fine.

MY girlfriend got these smoked ones off ebay for my Birhtday...i love em. and i think the HIDS would be the same as a superduty?


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do the smoked headlights have a DOT # on them? im in VA and they have strict laws on aftermarket lighting.

ym not sure but u could find them on ebay and see if its said about them?:confused:

for obs HIDs all you need is to get a kit with a 9007 bulb i have had hids in my 95 and 97 and both had all clear lightshttp://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/1badpsd/003-1-1.jpghttp://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/1badpsd/003-1.jpg
clear headlightshttp://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/1badpsd/97009.jpghttp://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq19/1badpsd/97007.jpg

HID's make a huge difference in visibility. Mine are 4300K just low beam. i can see better with low beam than the old ones on high. However, i highly recommend spending the extra money to get the high beams as well

Thanks guys, I followed a link from crowz website to retro-solutions. I think, if I can talk my wife into it lol, I will be getting the 6K hi/lo 9007 kit. I will probably get the diamond clear head lights and side markers, but think I might keep the amber turn signals. Christmas is coming up right? LOL

man do the clear turns with an orange bulb they look so much better and my hids are 10k high/low beams

Not to hijack the this thread but, I found this kit and I was thinking of getting it with some nice headlight that I found....you think this will work in the truck?

http://www.wooddashexperts.com/customer/product.php?productid=67569&cat=3393&page=1

and the color guide

http://www.wooddashexperts.com/images/xenon-hid-kits/color-selection.html

I was thinking of the 5000k, they look good to me. Thoughts?

man do the clear turns with an orange bulb they look so much better and my hids are 10k high/low beams

Where did you get you hids? How long have you had them?
Would you happen to have install pics? Thanks

i just got a set of ebay i think they were like 110 shipped pretty easy to install. the single beam are real easy i had them on my old truck, i have only had these on for about a month but the single beams in my old truck were from the same people and i had them for 3-4 months before i totalled it

here is my 8000k in one and stock in the other
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i bought mine from hidny.com it was 66 buck shipped in 2 days

When looking for hids remember you need bi-xenon (high and low beam). As far as I know the only kit under $200 that does that is the ones retro solutions sells.

im getting the retro solutions for both my trucks in the 5k with high and low beam

im getting the retro solutions for both my trucks in the 5k with high and low beam

Are you getting, or do you have, clear headlights? If you finish before me post up some pics. Thanks

The higher the temp the more blue they are right?

yes ryan the higher the number the bluer or purpler the bulb will be. example a 12k is purple. 8k to 10 k is blueish and i think 5k is like pure white

4300k is the brightest of them all.

Hey why we all on this light subject does anyone have any, no of any, or can get ahold of the obs clear cab lights... need them bad.

Hey why we all on this light subject does anyone have any, no of any, or can get ahold of the obs clear cab lights... need them bad.They arent made any more. 3rd Gen. Dodge cab lights line up in the same holes on the cab I hear. Shaped differently but about the only shot you have at having clear cab lights.

They arent made any more. 3rd Gen. Dodge cab lights line up in the same holes on the cab I hear. Shaped differently but about the only shot you have at having clear cab lights.

Hey thanks for the advice i will try and see if i like, why would they stop making a good thing lol thats how it goes thou lol

Hey thanks for the advice i will try and see if i like, why would they stop making a good thing lol thats how it goes thou lol

The company went out of business!!!

well that will usually do it!

i am the one that has the 3rd gen dodge lights you have to drill new holes but they cover over the existing holes i posted pics some where in the 94-97 section

4300k is the brightest of them all.

I thought the higher the number(10K vs 4.3K) the brighter the output? Guess not though?

I'm thinking of getting some retro solutions. What do you think about 8k? Too much blue?

Does the wire harness(9007) plug into the ballast then something runs to the headlamps for the HID's? Not exactly sure how it works.

check out crowz sig, click on his link and go to his write up on the install.

The higher the temp the more blue they are right?


Kind of. THe key here is to get light that is as close to sunlight as you can. Sunlight ambiant is 5600 while tungsten halogen light is 3200. For best optical clarity for your eyes, stay as close to 5600 as you can and try not to go over that. Much higher than that and your eyes will start to strain like when you look at UV light. The human eyes like light as close to 5600 as it can be.

I thought the higher the number(10K vs 4.3K) the brighter the output? Guess not though?

That number is actually the color of the light in degrees Kelvin.

Kind of. THe key here is to get light that is as close to sunlight as you can. Sunlight ambiant is 5600 while tungsten halogen light is 3200. For best optical clarity for your eyes, stay as close to 5600 as you can and try not to go over that. Much higher than that and your eyes will start to strain like when you look at UV light. The human eyes like light as close to 5600 as it can be.
So basically what your saying is if its too much it may effect how well your vision is while driving?

I see what your saying just not sure how to put it in my own words.:doh:

So basically what your saying is if its too much it may effect how well your vision is while driving?

I see what your saying just not sure how to put it in my own words.:doh:



That is exactly what I am saying.

In hids, 4300k is what stock aka factory hids are and are considered to be the brightest of the colors. The higher you go the more of a blue tinge you get up to about 6500k then it goes twards purple.

Retro solutions has a chart on their site with the colors shown.

chart i found on google

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/AACebay/ColorChart1.jpg

i would go with the 5000k. they seem the whitest.

From the chart that was posted, the 6K look the brightest to me...

Real life chart 4300 which becomes 4500 after youve had them a bit is about as bright as it gets :D

Remember whatever you get climbs in kelvin after you run them awhile.

So figure 200k more over what you buy.

thanks for the information.

I'm not sure if you're still wondering about how to remove the headlights and what not, but I can get some pics and explain it to you. I did mine today....I got the 5000k, hi/lo kit and it's pretty badass.

I'm not sure if you're still wondering about how to remove the headlights and what not, but I can get some pics and explain it to you. I did mine today....I got the 5000k, hi/lo kit and it's pretty badass.

I think you forgot something. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see any pics:D

I'll have to get some. Tomorrow afternoon after work. I don't have any of the actual removal but it's pretty straight forward....I'll be sure to take pics of the two bolt locations on each side that are hidden and a PITA but the rest is done with a phillips screwdriver and a 5/16" socket/ratchet.....and maybe a grinder with a flapper wheel or a dremmel tool. The replacement headlight housing wasn't quite factory spec....but oh well. Like I said thought, I'll get a write up going of some sorts.

Yep as long as you pull the batteries, the headlights are pretty easy to do.

You get yours done?

not yet. Been spending money on everyone else this time of year.

Haha, true. I need to do some shopping...Luckily for me these were my gifts. LOL

I guess I can try to explain the process in better detail so you can have a better idea...

1) Remove them batteries....they're evil voodoo boxes....

2) Behind the turn signal lights, on the inside...There are two 7/16" nuts in holes on opposite sides of each other. There's two per light and they're a real pain to feel around for, especially if you have big fingers...

3) Remove all the screws off the headlight/turn/marker light assemblies and the grill....there's also one under the Ford sybol...

4) With the screws gone, you should be able to take the marker and turn signal light housings out a little and get the lights out.

5) With the grill off, look at the outer sides of the headlights and you'll see two 5/16" bolts, two more on the inner side. (On the front, inside the recessed portion where all the radiator stuff is visible.) One below them in the bottom facing you, one in the middle and the same five for the other side...So you'll have 11 of them.

6) You can now remove the whole thing with the head lights...Now the headlights are held in by some weird tabs, I found it easy to get a snap ring tool and spread them apart and use a flat head screw driver to get them off....

7) The turn signal housing is held on by three screws and the marker light is held on by two 7/16 " bolts.

Just reverse the removal for the install. :poke:

One thing I would check though is the new headlight housings....where the bulbs go in. I found mine to be too deep, like a 1/32" or so and it prevented me from putting the HID bulbs in. They were fine on the old housings....so I had to trim mine down. Either way it's all good. Pay attention to where the adjuster screws go too...

I'll get those pics up...had some late work tonight. Oh well, work's work I suppose.