I got 2 kits and and made my own. I even have led running lights. Grand total $150 shipped for both sets, what's the difference between mine and yours except the price, mine are all glass lenses too? Not trying to berate your product but I am up for another set and wondering what the differences are, if they are better I will buy them instead, but it seems the output and lumens and everything is the same as per the upper posts. They even had the tinted or all black ones too. This set even included instruction, I was able to understand and follow. Drilling the holes took longer than the install. All of 1 hour..Mo
I'm glad you asked as there is a
very big difference.
I'll break it down for you in a few sections but it really comes down to the projector, what you have is a piece of glass installed in a housing to make it 'look' like a projector but in reality that thing isn't doing anything but causing distortion. I have purchased these and have taken them apart as part of my research.
Here's the breakdown:
The housing that you have with that piece of glass in the middle still works the same as any regular H4 housing. The HID bulb that you're using is relying on the housing to reflect the light off of the bowl and out onto the streeet. This is a very bad idea for two reasons:
1) you're not containing the amount of light
2) the light is being scattered everywhere - its as if you are driving with your high beams on. This will blind oncoming drivers and you wont make any friends ;D
My housing is just used as a home for the projector - it serves no other purpose besides a secure mount and protection against the elements.
My projector is a sealed unit that contains a reflective bowl, a very specific projector lens and a soleniod-activated cutoff shield. It uses the same amount of light that you're using but instead of scattering it about, its being focused and projected out with a very distinct cutoff so as not to cause blinding of other drivers.
To prove this, park your bronco about 20 feet away from a flat wall at night and take a picture, I bet you'll see two large blobs of light that extend 10ft high. Compare that pic to the picture that I have in post #1. Next, walk in front of your bronco and face it as if you were an oncoming car and you'll see how blinding the light is. Your approach may have saved you some money but its not the safe way to go about this.
If you're not wiling to pay my prices I suggest keeping your stock lights or going with some cibie or autopal e-codes with a headlight harness upgrade and some 55W silverstar bulbs. Please don't keep those lights in your Bronco as-is, its very dangerous.