Evo 8 HID's swapped into non-HID or RS??
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Evo 8 HID's swapped into non-HID or RS??
I may be building my Evo into a race only car and I am making a list of the items I can sell off. The HID headlight assemblies are on the list, but I would like to know what is involved, ie, what I have to remove when I sell them to make them work in a non-HID car. Also, I will obviously need to get non-HID lights to put into my car. Will the non-HID lights work in an HID equipped 8 without major surgery?
Also, what are the HID's worth? If you are an RS owner what are they worth in addition to the trade for your non-HID's?
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Brandon
Also, what are the HID's worth? If you are an RS owner what are they worth in addition to the trade for your non-HID's?
Thanks,
Brandon
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My thoughts exactly. I wish an RS owner that has called Mitsu to price the swap would chime in. My guess is that they are about $400 each. Not saying I will want anything near that, but $150?? No way.
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$150 is what i paid for my kit and so far they work as well as the $365 McCulloh (sp?) kit i bought for my street bike... all that matters is what kind of warranty you get with each kit... for $150 and they last 3 years, well i guess you got your money's worth...
of course if you're selling factory HIDs and factory headlight housings, you can get more than $130, i was under the assumption that you were selling JUST the HID kit...
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If I was going to call mitsubishi, of course I would pay more, and they wouldn't buy my old headlights off of me either. All I am saying is, my headlights have got to be worth enough plus an additional $150-200. But again, I dont know, just give me a quote. And besides, has anyone esablished that this is an easy swap yet?
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If I was going to call mitsubishi, of course I would pay more, and they wouldn't buy my old headlights off of me either. All I am saying is, my headlights have got to be worth enough plus an additional $150-200. But again, I dont know, just give me a quote. And besides, has anyone esablished that this is an easy swap yet?
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I would need to see a car with factory HID to confirm, but I would imagine that the cars that have the HID from factory are wired a lil different. The non hid car will have a plug at the end of the wire harness that the headlight bulb plugs into. Whereas on the HID equipped car, the wires coming from the headlight switch or relay will go to the ballast, which inturn goes to the bulb. If I'm wrong on this someone correct me.