Woot woot! Heus was kind enough to let me get an early set of these on the promise that I'd review them up here for you boys. So here goes.
First off, Light Output:
Amazing. The pictures I have do not do them justice. I live on a coastal hillside, so the wide range you get on these is cut significantly in the pictures, but they are super bright and I am very impressed with the light output. Heus told me that there isn’t a brighter light on the market and after firing these bad boys up, I believe him. These blow away the stock lights and even some of the LEDs which I tried first but wasn’t really impressed with for the price point. You do have to get your headlights aligned correctly – something I still haven’t perfected, and there is a “step” on each of the lights which, to me, takes away from the coolness of the cutoff lines, but I have been assured that it is intentional and is for seeing more on the sides of the road. That being what it is, if your headlights aren’t perfectly aligned, they will look funky.
Highbeams are the same light, just without the cutoff lines. You can't tell into he picture but when I step on the high beams, it floods my street with light. Sometimes I nerd-out in flashlight power for some reason, and stomping on the brights definitely satisfies that urge to go big.
Looks
In searching for lights, I was torn between something modern looking and something classic looking. This is definitely the former, but whether or not the tastes suit you is a matter of opinion. If it suits you, it is apparently possible to cut open the seal on the lights and paint the shroud whatever color you like. HIDprojectors will also apparently do this for you for an added $200, but that is too rich for my blood.
Lens – the lens is a polycarbonate blend and appears plenty tough. I was a little dismayed that it wasn’t glass – again for aesthetic reasons – but it appears to work fine and doesn’t scuff easily. Further, it is bubble shaped and sitcks out more than the stock-style headlights – adding to the “fisheye” look of the light. Again, this may be your cup of tea or it may not.
I have noticed some condensation collect on the lens when it is a dewy morning here on the coast, but it disappears quickly and burns off even quicker.
Install
Install is easy peasy. The lights come with 2 ballasts and all the wiring you need. I had to buy a couple extra set screws to secure the ballasts in the engine bay, but aside from that, it was all there. Plug and play. I did have to ask how the wiring was designed to be ran from the passenger side to the drivers side (as they plug into each other and to the standard 3 prong plug to complete the circuit) but was told to run them across the cross member.
Upon firing them up, there is a slight delay between "on" and maximum brightness, but that's standard with HIDs. There is also a slight buzzing sound from the ballasts, but it's negligible and not noticeable when the engine is running.
All in all I'm super impressed. Now all that's left to decide is whether to paint the shrouds or the headlight buckets.
As I said, the pictures don't do them justice. Super bright and an amazingly well put together kit. A+.
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