Mines Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hey Guys, here are some pictures of my Apexcone premium HID kit (4500K) I got them from xenonexpert.com My review. They are really good for an aftermarket HID, but of course not as good as OEM. **Full Review** I am not into the whole bling lighting so when I looked into getting HIDs, the whole purpose was to increase the lighting output. I was VERY satisfied with the Oem lighting, I just wanted to go a bit further. I went for The Apexcone Premium kit because of their stated lumen output, which is supposedly better than oem, also their lifetime warrenty did hurt my purchasing process either. I purchased the Apexcone Premium 35 watt 4500k kit. When I first installed the kit and turned on the lights at night, i immediately thought that lights made everything brighter. The color of the light was defenitly better looking than the stock ones. When I turn on my fogs, they look yellow in comparison to the HIDs. After a month of useage I started to notice the little hashes of black light that appeared on the driver side light. I searched around and found that this was because of the notch placement on the LGT projecter clashes with the notch of the Apexcone bulbs. But this can be solved my simply cutting off the notch. As per apexcone's claim of better output than oem systems, I would definetly say no. Whenever I pass or get passed by someone on the freeway with oem hids (especially land rovers) their ouput is just that much better. The color of the OEM hids are also seem to be a more of a pure white (look below at the porsche hids). I think that apexcone's hids are the best aftermarket option. But you still can not compare with the oem systems out there. If I was to do this all again, I would get the race kit in 5000k Here are some pictures: http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1432.jpg http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1431.jpg http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1430.jpg http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1429.jpg http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1426.jpg http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1427.jpg http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1423.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mines Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Here are Porsche OEM Bi-xenon for comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookslikeanevo Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 lookslike the bulbs are upside down Current:MY05 SWP wagon - 253/290 UP, AEM CAI, Invidia Q300, tuned@yimisport OLD: MY06 GRP - 274/314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VXCL Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 solid flat walls with both lamp's cutoff FTW!!!!!! MAYHEM #122/22 STS NNJR SCCA AUTOX4U.COM XENON RETRO GUIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mines Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 solid flat walls with both lamp's cutoff FTW!!!!!! will do when I go back home this coming weekend. And rigo, I know the only way im fixing it is if I cut my bulbs (ghey) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorrisj Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 did you block off the hole on the cutoff shield?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mines Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookslikeanevo Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 will do when I go back home this coming weekend. And rigo, I know the only way im fixing it is if I cut my bulbs (ghey) i dunno why more and more kits are showing up like that Current:MY05 SWP wagon - 253/290 UP, AEM CAI, Invidia Q300, tuned@yimisport OLD: MY06 GRP - 274/314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VXCL Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 so we can con't to use this MAYHEM #122/22 STS NNJR SCCA AUTOX4U.COM XENON RETRO GUIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxiboy Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 That is the return wire shadow right there. I used to have that too when I was using Xtec. Now I am running OEM Koito-Philips combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenon expert Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Actually a Legacy issue. The way the projector is made, you need to rotate the HID bulb off a bit from where they normally would go to get rid of the shadow at the bottom. Any H7 HID bulb that you don't do this too in the legacy projectors will do that. The notch on the legacy housing is at the 8 o'clock position and when you fit an HID bulb in to match the notch, the HID rod is faced toward the 2 o'clock position. Because of the rod facing the 2'oclock position, there is a dark spot where the light shines at the 8 o'clock position. In order to prevent any darkspot, the rod has to face down at the 6'oclock position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxiboy Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 ^ That is why i decided to go OEM D2S route so that I can place the bulb correctly using the H7 adapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkobe Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Xenon Export - so how do you recommend users position rod at 6pm position - cut tab on bulb so it can be freely rotated down to 6pm? Would that void warrenty on the apexcone/xtec kits? thanks JDKOBE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mines Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 edited first post with my review http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m216/aznipiiimiip/IMG_1435.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 niice pictures/car. i'm thinking of going this route when i blow a stock bulb too. one question though, is it just me or are the lights purple/reddish? i was thinking of going 5000K as well, do you thikn they will be *white* er? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mines Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 go 5000k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal9e3 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I just installed my kit and I'm getting a 'bi-level' effect where the lower level is quite bright, with a darker, shorter level above that. Does this have anything to do with the tab alignment issue? I don't really see this issue in your pics. Guess I need to post pics - I'll try to do that tonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobE Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I just installed my kit and I'm getting a 'bi-level' effect where the lower level is quite bright, with a darker, shorter level above that. Does this have anything to do with the tab alignment issue? I don't really see this issue in your pics. Guess I need to post pics - I'll try to do that tonite. pics? http://newenglandsubarus.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuhocheung Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 i got the apexcone 6000k 55w ones...they're not bad... but they're not that bright... i dunno y they have to say that this kit is "for offroad or show" only... and again comparing to bmw or acura... it's nothing like them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal9e3 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 pics? Me <- F for not getting pics. Tomorrow, but for sure by the end of the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkobe Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Mines - I think Apexcone is having quality control issues - I too recieved their hids around Christmas and here is what I 1st recieved. They send me a second set of bulbs and one of the new set was almost as pink - but the other one in the new set matched the right side here (good side) I would have them send you another set of bulbs - this should not be acceptable for the 4500. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s26/jdkobe/try1both.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mines Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 this is already my second set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdkobe Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Also - for those of you that want to get rid of that shadow, I did what was suggested and put the bar at the bottom - here is before and after shots as well as a couple shots of the end product - I Hope it helps some of you out there as this shodow really detracted from why I bought them. I really think Apexcone could look at addressing this in future bulb runs. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s26/jdkobe/IMG_3563.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s26/jdkobe/IMG_3581.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s26/jdkobe/IMG_3570.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s26/jdkobe/IMG_3572.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzymt Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Just thought I'd chip in: I sold my 4500k Apexcone kit. They were bright, but IMO 65W Osrams are better...not a brighter, but better color & aim - same brightness. [CENTER][URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18504"]Subaru Plug & Play Aux-in Mod[/URL][/CENTER] [CENTER][URL="http://www.jazzyengineering.com"]www.jazzyengineering.com[/URL][/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniStiGuy Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I need stock height measurements in inch's because I can't seem to aim my lights to my satiisfaction at all. OEM HID's Rx330 Retro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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