pkw1
05-10-2004, 02:51 AM
Just did some installs on my car this past week...
Pictures are here:
http://community.webshots.com/album/141824651PpSNTN
XENONDEPOT.COM HID
Install:
The HID kit was a 5000k kit from Xenondepot.com, overall quality is pretty good. It uses one power in-let plug (the plug that plugs into your factory headlight bulb plug, H4 in my case) for both ballasts verses some of the more expensive kits that has one in-let plut for each ballast. The install was pretty straight forward, not modifications at all... straight plug & play. The only hard part was finding a place to mount the 2 Philips ballasts.
Result:
The startup was a nice blue light, then turning into a bright white light. My headlights now are MUCH brighter of cause. The only thing is... I'm not too satisfied with the results. The OEM housing is limiting the quality of HIDs. The beam spread are too concentrated on 2 hotspots, and there are too much glare. Comparing to a cars with OEM HIDs, the 5000k kit has a much whiter reflection on the ground. It doesn't seem to be any dimmer, but like I said, the 2 hotspots makes it hard to compare. As for comparing to a 6000k kit from the same company (on a 98 Honda Prelude), the 6000k kit's reflection off the ground is too purple for my taste. It's still bright, but just not "white"
Conclusion:
Read and study HIDforum.com before buying HID kits... I now am in the process of ordering a pair of HELLA 90mm projectors and retrofitting my current HID kit into them. Then custom fitting the HELL units into my Zenki headlights....
SRSWAP Aluminum Alloy Driveshaft
Comments:
When I first saw this driveshaft I was like HOLY ****.. that's one THICK A$$ shaft... it's also a very light unit, only 11 lbs. The U-joints come with grease nipples for you to regularly grease up the U-joints. One thing I notice is that in order to grease up U-joints, you must get a grease gun with a flexible hose, and a small sized nozzle. Since the clearence for the nipple between the U-joints are VERY limited.
Install:
This is an Aluminum Alloy Driveshaft bought from srswap.com for my 95 S14 w/ ABS & VLSD. The install was very simple.. drain the tranny fluids, unbolt the factory 2 piece shaft. Remove the dust cover that's mounted at the end of the tranny and saw off about 1" of it so that it clears the larger V-joints. Replace the tranny seal since it's there now anyways (don't replace the diff housing seal unless it's sweating or you have the right tools to put the new one back in correctly.. then just plug new shaft in. Tighten up the bolts, and way you go :coold:
Result:
First thing I noticed on the test drive was that the car revs SO MUCH easier and acceleration is so smooth. 2nd thing I noticed was NO MORE VIBRATIONS!!! WOOO HOOO... (since the U-joints on my OE shaft was a bit messed up from the previous owner storing the car for the past 7 winters).
Commet:
BUT IT... you'd love it.
Pictures are here:
http://community.webshots.com/album/141824651PpSNTN
XENONDEPOT.COM HID
Install:
The HID kit was a 5000k kit from Xenondepot.com, overall quality is pretty good. It uses one power in-let plug (the plug that plugs into your factory headlight bulb plug, H4 in my case) for both ballasts verses some of the more expensive kits that has one in-let plut for each ballast. The install was pretty straight forward, not modifications at all... straight plug & play. The only hard part was finding a place to mount the 2 Philips ballasts.
Result:
The startup was a nice blue light, then turning into a bright white light. My headlights now are MUCH brighter of cause. The only thing is... I'm not too satisfied with the results. The OEM housing is limiting the quality of HIDs. The beam spread are too concentrated on 2 hotspots, and there are too much glare. Comparing to a cars with OEM HIDs, the 5000k kit has a much whiter reflection on the ground. It doesn't seem to be any dimmer, but like I said, the 2 hotspots makes it hard to compare. As for comparing to a 6000k kit from the same company (on a 98 Honda Prelude), the 6000k kit's reflection off the ground is too purple for my taste. It's still bright, but just not "white"
Conclusion:
Read and study HIDforum.com before buying HID kits... I now am in the process of ordering a pair of HELLA 90mm projectors and retrofitting my current HID kit into them. Then custom fitting the HELL units into my Zenki headlights....
SRSWAP Aluminum Alloy Driveshaft
Comments:
When I first saw this driveshaft I was like HOLY ****.. that's one THICK A$$ shaft... it's also a very light unit, only 11 lbs. The U-joints come with grease nipples for you to regularly grease up the U-joints. One thing I notice is that in order to grease up U-joints, you must get a grease gun with a flexible hose, and a small sized nozzle. Since the clearence for the nipple between the U-joints are VERY limited.
Install:
This is an Aluminum Alloy Driveshaft bought from srswap.com for my 95 S14 w/ ABS & VLSD. The install was very simple.. drain the tranny fluids, unbolt the factory 2 piece shaft. Remove the dust cover that's mounted at the end of the tranny and saw off about 1" of it so that it clears the larger V-joints. Replace the tranny seal since it's there now anyways (don't replace the diff housing seal unless it's sweating or you have the right tools to put the new one back in correctly.. then just plug new shaft in. Tighten up the bolts, and way you go :coold:
Result:
First thing I noticed on the test drive was that the car revs SO MUCH easier and acceleration is so smooth. 2nd thing I noticed was NO MORE VIBRATIONS!!! WOOO HOOO... (since the U-joints on my OE shaft was a bit messed up from the previous owner storing the car for the past 7 winters).
Commet:
BUT IT... you'd love it.