Erion109

Where did you set the clip on the 5100's? Was the ride more stiff in the front?

I have 2 vehicle regrets (ones that I sold). My first vehicle was a 1969 C10 Stepside. Started life with an inline 6 and three on the tree. Eventually went to a 5.7L crate motor with a 4 in the floor. That quadrajet with a 10" K&N on top use to Scream! Sold it....Then I got a 1996 extended cab S-10 Zr2. Lifted with Centerline Hellcats and 33s. Won 1st Place in class at the Hunter's Auto Expo. Sold it...Bought a HD F150 (03 Anniversary). It was fun, but hardly a replacement for the Chevys. After an 03 Avalanche (minus body cladding), I'm back in a Chevy and loving it. Wish I would've found a V8, but this one was a deal that I couldn't pass and it had every other option that I wanted.

Good information. Thank YOU!

Love the clean '94!

You could purchase "real" HIDs with ballast from some cheap, Chinese manufacturer; that will work for a very limited time before you have problems. Then you can't run down to the store and pick up a new bulb or ballast. You'll have to send your old one in for a warranty. In the meantime, you can deal with the PITA of swapping out to your old bulbs that came out. You can also spend all of your time getting hi-beamed by oncoming traffic because your light dispersion is ALL over the place. Up in trees, eyes of oncoming drivers, etc. A "real" HID is designed to be housed in a projector headlamp housing and not a bowl from an incandescent lamp. When you see "real" HIDs at full power, there is a distinct cut-off line when you pull close to a solid object (i.e. a wall). When you just put an HID bulb in an incandescent housing, you lose this cutoff and all of the focused light that you would normally get with a projector housing. If you want a real HID upgrade, check out theretrofitsource.com for some valuable information on the right way to perform a "real" HID upgrade. Otherwise, go buy a set of 55 watt HID bulbs and spend your nights pissing off everyone you share the road with (to include police officers, who will ticket you).

Any updates on the replacement LED tail light bulb?

Yes please. That would be awesome!

Are your housings factory HID? I have a 2015 with halogens and want to go HID. I’d like to buy factory housings before trying a retrofit. What are you running in the pics above?