The 95 Mark VIII has HID's!!!

Cool, thanks for the info. I still have my lights out, from the re chroming i did - figured id just wait until the kit comes and do it in one go. I will be sure to swap the O rings too, if need be. (and keep my greasy mitts off the bulb lenses! Lol.)
 
mmtphoto said:
neutrals and negatives:

" I gave you props for the suggestion, but I do notice on your posts that you tend to not only offer good advise, you sometimes belittle others for ideas or choices they make because it is not what you would do-in an uppity sort of way, I'll suggest. Like saying 'do not buy from them-period"-...wtf?
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unbelieveable and Uncalled for... unity has done nothing but help people on this form COUNTLESS times, dude grow a skin.



k9t8m said:
I now see why some people have recently left the forum....
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People can leave but good luck finding a form that's not overmoderated.
If you need a mom go to here http://www.markviii.org/index.html
 
Is it really a good idea to be putting HID's in housings that were made for halogens? Without the correct diffuser, I think you are going to be blinding a lot of on coming cars??

Thomas
 
the way i see it thomas, with so many kids and these fancy imports using 10,000k hid's and blinding everyone and their mothers with blue and purple hid's, the 4500k or 6000k hid's wont blind anyone. i have seen hid's in the stock halogen housings and theres no blinding issues at all. the beam ends up almost exactly the same as the real hid housings off a 96. i think some people put way too much time into this whole beam pattern, diffuser deal. put the lights in, adjust your aim accourdingly and enjoy driving at night. i need to see where i am going, and i know how to aim my headlights, i wouldnt put someone who is heading towards me at risk, hopefully the people using these hid kits are smart enough to think of that too, as long as you adjust the headlights to a respectable medium, there shouldnt be any problems.
 
The halogen housing do just that though, they diffuse the light as it leaves the lens. With a real Mark HID housing the light is instead focused and the lens plays only a protective roll. So in a real HID setup the focus and such is more critical. In halogen, less so.
 
To get a little back on track....what about the heat issue? Are the bulbs getting unusually hot, what about the wires? Just curious.
 
As above ^^^ Any tips on extra ventilation etc.? Still waiting for mine to come...
 
You know, I was concerned about the heat at first but not anymore. I'm sure that a few people will tell me that this is dangerous & illeagal. To tell you the truth I don't really care because I can see AWESOME at night with my HID's & the following.

I never really liked the way that the factory housings & hallogens focused the beams of light. It has always seemed like the black square diffuser thing made them that much worse. So about 6 months ago or so I cut my buddies lights open & we took the diffusers out, put new chrome tape in the housings & polished the lenses. Still with the hallogens, He could actually see 10X better. So... After I put my HID's in my car I noticed that yeah there was 10X more light output, but I still didn't like the beam pattern. (Factory HID's seem to have less of a beam and more of a open patern) So I carefully took 2 sets of needle nosed pliers & popped the diffusers out & began to twist & smash them untill I got them outta the 9005 opening. (what a PITA!!!) anyways, I like the more open beam of the HID's now & there is more light output towards the sides of the car as well. I carefully have aimed them evenly & at the correct height for maximum lighting without causing any blinding issues. The police don't even seem to look twice & I don't get flashed. When I'm on the highway the whole road is lit up & very easy to see. The housings stay much cooler without that metal diffuser in there as well. That thing just directed the heat back at the chrome & burnt it up anyways. Complete junk!

This is just my little experiment & I like the results. My buddy with the other set of lights that we first did this too should have his HID's on Monday or Tuesday. They have been somewhat relaxed on the shipping this time around.

Once again, Thanx to Unity for telling us about these affordable HID's. I would still have my hallogens if he did not start a thread about them.

One more thing, If I do blind someone (I don't) but if I do, Then too bad! I need to be able to see at night. It was a stupid design from the start & very dangerous!
If I did ever get pulled over I would simply explain to the officer that the 95.5 Lincoln Mark VIII was the first american vehicle to be fitted with HID's from the factory & then show him my owners manual since it has a page for the optional LSC HID headlamps. My title does say LSC after all!
 
I know what I'm going to be doing for mine. People get so wound up with technicalities, who cares as long as it works.
 
Any plans to take the time and document the change over with pics and all for some of us slow Gen 1's ?? Electronically I'm a little challenged.
 
These setups are litterally plug and play. You plug the stock bulb harness into the balast and the the new bulb goes right into the stock housings.
 
Boy that sounds waaaaay too easy. I just replaced a set of old blackened light fixtures on one of my Marks and after a few night rides notice it's turning colors already (reflective part). So if I order this kit it will still give me better lighting, and I should plug the new bulbs (43K) into the low beam side, correct. Sorry for being a pain, I told you I was challenged.
 
Hi Roadboss! I just got my kit in the mail today - really does look very simple. In a few days i will create a thread detailing my complete gen 1 DIY headlight refurb, including some HID installation pics.
 
When you open up the headlight access panels there is a green colored 11mm bolt that holds a ground wire in place, I simply bolted my ballast to that bolt & it fit great. As far as the wiring goes, the factory headlight connector plugs into the new ballast. The ballast has 2 wires that plug into your new HID bulb & that's it. Really couldn't be too much easier. If you can change a light bulb then you can do this. I would say the most important thing would be to not touch the glass part of the bulbs with your fingers. You don't want any grease on them. Also make sure that the polarity is correct as you could hook the ballast up backwards. Just be carefull. After you get the lights aimed correctly you will be very happy!!!
 
OK I've got the HID's & everything is great... but what if the alarm goes off & the lights start flashing? Sounds like a big problem. How do you disconnect the flashing lights & still have the alarm? Also which wire do you clip for the headlight error message?

Thanks!
 
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