HID headlights
 

Hi new to the forums, my wife has an H3 and it has the worse headlights of any vehicle ive been in. On high beams they have no distance and low beams meeting traffic terrible. What have you guys done to improve them? Is there an HID kit out there that is recommended? I would prefer a plug and play system. Thanks a lot

I had the Starr HID headlights on my '07 before I traded for the Alpha. Those were the best headlights I ever had.

Whatever, do you remember how difficult tthe install was? What rating were they?

H3 Headlights
 

snappy

I completely concur with you on this subject. Enjoy the heck out of my H3 but the headlights (distance and light dispersal) are dismal. I can turn on the brights and it gives me just enough extra light (low beams on all my other rigs put out more light than the H3 high beams) to see with.

I too would like to see members chime in on this subject.

For me, I would like to hear opinions on standard replacement bulbs that really spread the light out, are brighter than the OEM bulbs, and throw the light further than the originals.

I have not turned the TB's up yet and the H3 sits stock for the moment. Has anyone found that "readjusting" the headlights help with night driving ? Just wondering if I could possibly be miss-adjusted also.

HID's are great, but just a little to pricy for my budget right now with all the other things on my list to do to the H3.

Be cautious with "upgrade" bulbs. Typically those bulbs have a higher wattage, making them brighter, but sometimes the wiring harness cant handle the extra load. Ive been wanting to do an HID kit, but the headlights are my DRL and I would like to switch em to the parking lamps.

Installed the Starr HIDs in a couple hours. Never a problem in the 3 years I had my 07. Not sure of the actual specs. Tempted to put them in the Alpha...

http://starrhid.com/

http://www.teakatoys.com/Hummer_H3_H...hid-h31001.htm

Why are you just 'tempted' :confused:. For me, that would be a 'no brainer'!! Those are the best thing out there for a TRUE hid upgrade!!:D
I'd have them myself if they weren't nearly $1000 a pop!

i just put in the starr hid kit in my 08 a couple months ago, theres a little bit of cutting for clearance. The wiring is plug and play easy to understand when you have everything sitting there,only problem i found was with the adjustment you can adjust for vertical only . Now that i got more time im gonna take it all apart again and i need to shim the anchor pins for the headlight housings. My headlights were both pointing in to the middle too much but even without doing this those lights were so much better than the pia bulbs i was using

08 h3x alpha carbon flash

no HID's or aftermarket bulbs here. I just cranked the torsion bars to level out the front end and they're perfect now. Just don't readjust the headlights. Now with the fogs and headlight combo on it's like using brights.

I too am a very happy STARR HID owner.
I have had them for three years and not a single problem.
My advice to Snappy, is to do a "HID headlight" search on this forum and get more info than you are probably willing to read.
I find that people who consider a $900.00 full projection HID headlight upgrade too expensive on a $33,000.00 vehicle some how strange.
I have read for years that people will spend more than three times that on just wheels and
tires. Realistically what does that give you?
The STARR system is something that improves driving and safety at night every single time you go out

Bottom line, Snappy, you decide !

Thanks for the responses, I'll have to look at the HID kits out there.

I'll admit, I've only had my h3 for a couple weeks, but the headlights are probably the absolute last thing I'd be looking to upgrade. I see nothing at all wrong with them.

I just bought 6000k hid kits for my headlights and foglights from ddmtuning.com

"HID Kits" and a true projection HID system, like STARR's are two different things.

I found this guy on craigslist. He has been doing HID's for a while and gives lifetime warranty on them. Sounds like a good deal to me and the product appears good as well. He will probably ship to you.


*installation available on most cars*

Kit Includes:
*2 HID BULBS
*2 HARNESS
*2 BALLASTS

**Available temperatures: 3000K 4500K 5000k 6000K 8000K**


MAKE SURE TO SPECIFY:
-Car year, make and model
-Color (3000K, 6000K, ETC.)
- Installed (65) or Pick up (50)

Call or Text or Email
(714)655-0253

Yours must have much better head lights than mine, I have a 93 wrangler and can see probably twice the distance on high beam at night.

Thanks for all the feed back I dont have a ton of money to dump into the lights so i am shopping around.

I don't know I have only have had my hummer for about 2 months now but the first thing I noticed was that the head lights were much brighter than my prevous car a 2005 Mustang. I'm very happy with them and I do a lot of driving in remote areas at night. You might want to consider going with silverstar headlights. I have used them on other cars and they really help. The only thing about the silverstars is they don't last as long as halogens do so if you can kill the daytime running lights they will last longer. I can think of a lot of other things right now that I would rather spend $900 dollars on if I had that kind of money laying around than light bulbs.