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GOLDCYLON · 09-28-2012

For those of you who expressed "Remote Interest"

So after buying this Plug and Play HI-Beam/LOW-Beam kit from Corvettehid.com website; what were my Impressions? Of this kit?

Quality: Top Notch
Ease of Install: Took longer than expected not truely plug and play
Wiring: Good quality once you figured it out
Instructions: OK color would have been nice in one area

Overall Impression Nice kit and happy with the end result. I went with the 50W Ballasts and the 4300K heat range kit.

So lets start. First the new Glass housings are Styrene backed inorder to prevent dirt and water from entering the projection housings. While this is a great idea it immediately causes problems with the install. This glass housing is longer than a standard glass headlight blub so metal spacers provided are needed as well when it comes time to secure the metal trim headlight retention frame.

So as you can clearly see.... LOTS of Styrene and the backside of the housings are now real fat so fitment is an issue into the standard headlight support bucket. The install instuctions say to bend back the housing support tabs. But there is no way that will work if you try to force it you will tear up all the styrene.

So GCs install solution cut the Headlight support bucket. NCRSers shield your eyes now

Cut the backsides, File them then reuse

Plenty of room for that back now and no chance of cutting or tearing up the styrene now once you file the cut area down that is !!!

Time to mount the New Headlight and housing and the support retention frame

See how long that bulb is now??? See the machined retention spacers now retaining the headlight with the gap?

09-28-2012	#1
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,155	GCs HID Headlight Install PICs For those of you who expressed "Remote Interest" So after buying this Plug and Play HI-Beam/LOW-Beam kit from Corvettehid.com website; what were my Impressions? Of this kit? Quality: Top Notch Ease of Install: Took longer than expected not truely plug and play Wiring: Good quality once you figured it out Instructions: OK color would have been nice in one area Overall Impression Nice kit and happy with the end result. I went with the 50W Ballasts and the 4300K heat range kit. So lets start. First the new Glass housings are Styrene backed inorder to prevent dirt and water from entering the projection housings. While this is a great idea it immediately causes problems with the install. This glass housing is longer than a standard glass headlight blub so metal spacers provided are needed as well when it comes time to secure the metal trim headlight retention frame. So as you can clearly see.... LOTS of Styrene and the backside of the housings are now real fat so fitment is an issue into the standard headlight support bucket. The install instuctions say to bend back the housing support tabs. But there is no way that will work if you try to force it you will tear up all the styrene. So GCs install solution cut the Headlight support bucket. NCRSers shield your eyes now Cut the backsides, File them then reuse Plenty of room for that back now and no chance of cutting or tearing up the styrene now once you file the cut area down that is !!! Time to mount the New Headlight and housing and the support retention frame See how long that bulb is now??? See the machined retention spacers now retaining the headlight with the gap? __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V Last edited by GOLDCYLON; 10-02-2012 at 02:49 PM.