Re: Upgrades for a 2006 V6 Mustang

C. E. White wrote:
> 
> "Bob Willard" <BobwBSGS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> Ed White wrote:
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>>> My son's car is a 2006 Mustang V6 Coupe. He wants to upgrade the 
>>> exhaust and headlights. Being an old stick in the mud I have been 
>>> opposing the changes. Assuming I relent,, I'd like to hear 
>>> recommendation for a better exhaust system and headlights. He wants 
>>> duals and HID headlights. What should he look out for?
>>>
>>> Ed
>>
>> Real HID is expensive; IIRC, >1000$US.  Fake HID is just blue-tinted
>> bulbs, which produce less light than stock bulbs.
> 
> This is what I thought as well. However, my son showed me several kits 
> that use different bulbs and a ballast. The bulbs are not just the blue 
> tinted bulbs. They fit into the OE headlight housing and you mount the 
> ballast nearby. Some kits include relays, some don't. I am worried they 
> are a rip off (cost around $150 to $200). There is a very expensive 
> Saleen Kit ($800) that also includes new housings, but I can't see that 
> being worth the money.
> 
> Ed
I don't know how true this is, but from what I've read these kits are 
mostly illegal because they are not mounted in a projector. The light is 
not focused to a beam but scatters outward blinding oncoming drivers.

I just read this little "how to"  > http://tinyurl.com/2lvoje

It's a fox, so doing it for a late model would be different, but it 
gives an idea of what it takes to graft on a projection system.

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