richduty455
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Hey whats a whole HID set up off of a 96 LSC worth??
96 LSC HIDs
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kustomizingkid
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$300-$500
BAD97LSC
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if you are lucky, these days i wouldnt even buy a set up for 200, i'd redo a set of halogens like i have been and buy an aftermarket hid kit for 70 bucks with replacement bulbs costing about 20, instead of factory hid bulbs costing 125 or more used. i had factory hid's from a 96 in my 96, the whole deal, and i took them out and got rid of it all for halogen housings and aftermarket hid's and i dont regret one second of it, aftermarket hid's are so much brighter then stock and light up the road way better.
k9t8m
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Ya but the hid housings are cool. lol.
kustomizingkid
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they look way more modern... that's for damn sure.
MarkVIII93
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100 billion dollars. Ill nevarrrr sell mine.
BAD97LSC
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specially when a bulb burns out, then they look like they are winking!!
MarkVIII93
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I got lucky and found 2 extra bulbs and ballasts at the junkyard... Foe free
MediumD
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The HID housings seriously do look way better than the halogens. The halogens have those stupid round lens looking things all over the face, the HIDs are just flat and clear...
2002WRXSTi
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Plus the chrome on the inside doesn't seem to flake off like the halogens 
kustomizingkid
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Or just buy a second gen and skip all those headlight problems entirely
Or just buy a second gen and skip all those headlight problems entirely
+1 that is what I did.
well of course my case was an extreme first gen affliction.
Someone sent a crackhead to steal my car, because they knew i'd never sell it. I was a dyed in the wool first gen fan.
I really like the second gen now though, it's like an ugly girlfriend.. it just grows on ya.
kustomizingkid
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Ugly?????????
Have you sat in a first gen
4000th post!!!! woot
Have you sat in a first gen
4000th post!!!! woot
BAD97LSC
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Plus the chrome on the inside doesn't seem to flake off like the halogens
sure it does, same crappy chrome process used, the reason why people think the chrome doesnt fade as much as halogens is because they made 10 billion more halogen housings then hid's!!!
i had to rechrome the hid housings i bought for my 93 last year, but i also got both housings for $65 shipped so i cant complain!!
2002WRXSTi
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I got my housing along with the ballasts/bulbs for $250 I think it was so long ago? Then the other housing from Austria for $100 new! One bulb was burnt out, so I sold the ballasts and bulbs separate and got $175 back
My only problem now is the original housing that came with all the ballasts lens is starting to turn white. I got some lens polish but it is turning white on the inside of the lens
MediumD
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Or just buy a second gen and skip all those headlight problems entirely
If I wanted 2 square foot headlights I'd just buy a mid-late 80s Volvo
kustomizingkid
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Lols... fail
chicken
SHEOOOOOOOOT
If I wanted 2 square foot headlights I'd just buy a mid-late 80s Volvo
hell you ever hold one outside of the car? there fukkin huge!!
BAD97LSC
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bigger is better, they dont burn up like them candle light mini heat holding 1st gen headlight housings
kustomizingkid
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I think the Gen 2 nose is very attractive!
BAD97LSC
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i didnt when my father in law bought his 97 lsc back in 2000, he previously owned a 93 and i liked it, i had never seen a gen 2 till he got his and it made me sick but after driving it, i loved it, then the nose grew on me and now i love them, but only lsc's i cant stand the chrome eye brows and grill, looks gross.