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874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 11:46 AM

Anyone else know about these?

http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/interior-exterior-visual-tech/74716-kragen-hid-s.html

From what i hear, they are HID fogs for around 100$ or so.

Im interested in buying some and i know david wants to buy some in the future..
a group buy would be good?

freeze

10-07-2009, 11:50 AM

I've read they work well and for $100 USD what's not to like.

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 11:53 AM

No doubt, i was going to save up for a set of nice hellas or lightforces but then found these..
they look killer... now just to find where i can buy em :(

freeze

10-07-2009, 11:57 AM

I think you'll have to have them shipped to a US address and some of the places won't even take a "foreign" card. Maybe E-Bay?

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 12:06 PM

Yeah hmm, apparently some guy in Ontario got a set so im trying to find out..

Not sure if i should run two 4" or two 7" or both.. haha :(

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 12:21 PM

Sweet, found a couple sites that will ship to canada.
Ill wait a couple weeks to see if anyone else is interested for some good hid fog lights for cheap.
And, found a ebay seller that will ship two for 31$.. not bad

BeachBoy

10-07-2009, 01:10 PM

I've read very good reviews on them

and I can get 8 replacements for the price of one visionx...

I'm buying 3 or 4 when I'm back, probably 2 normals and 2 "pencil" for reach.

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 01:20 PM

glad to see someone else has done some research to :D

Stuwy123

10-07-2009, 01:35 PM

Hmmm. I want.
I need 5.
Someone say group-buy?

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 01:40 PM

Stuwy123

10-07-2009, 01:42 PM

Who wants to step up to the plate?
Anyone find a dealer that will ship up here?

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 01:50 PM

read young grasshopper.

i found a ebay seller thatll ship to calgary. for 10 lights =100$ for shipping. We'll split the cost per light.

So far, im in for 2, David is in for 2, Stu 5?? If Etienne orders now to we'll have around 14/15 lights. Ill talk to them to see if we can have a group buy deal, i know one site i was looking at the 7" ones are going for 114 per light or if you buy their budle its "$114.95 Each or $424.95 for a 4 pack, save $34.85 when you purchase 4 lights" - http://www.sidebysidesports.com/7hidoflica.html
Or we can buy them on ebay for - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7-HID-Off-Road-Light_W0QQitemZ330360922921QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMoto rs_ATV_Parts_Accessories?hash=item4ceb0ba329

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 02:15 PM

Maybe we'll make the deadline the 19th to order and everything?

Stuwy123

10-07-2009, 02:34 PM

When I need to buy 5. I'm looking at around $600.
I've gotta put some rubber under my truck first.
I think I'll have to wait on lights.
I've got a couple beat up lights I can toss up top till I scrape together some cash.

CalgaryRider

10-07-2009, 02:44 PM

if we can get them for under $130 CDN per light, with wiring harness and shipping included, then I will be in for 2 lights.

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 03:08 PM

Thats what i was thinking to shayne, ill try to get some numbers by tonight for us.

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 03:55 PM

so from the first website i posted, he wants 19$ to ship two lights thru usps...
thats one hell of a deal. So i told him he have a 4wd club, some of us are interested in ordering these lights, yada yada any way we can cut cost and im waiting back guys!

So does the 19th sound not bad for time to have the lights ordered??

BeachBoy

10-07-2009, 04:21 PM

I'll have to pass, I can't do truck stuff until December
but I'll buy two when I can. and then one or two from hidfoglight.com as they have spot instead of flood in the same casing.

(two center are hidfoglights - different and black trim - and two outers are kragen - red trim)

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w192/sooner02r1/xtinascamera017.jpg

it will hide my nice TOYOTA letter sin the grill:(

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 04:27 PM

No lights - http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/CodyLX450R/Lights/IMG_0772.jpg

normal nights- http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/CodyLX450R/Lights/IMG_0771.jpg

highbeams - http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/CodyLX450R/Lights/IMG_0770.jpg

5 hid on- http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa206/CodyLX450R/Lights/IMG_0769.jpg

I also got him down to 99$ per light for the 7".... now im just waiting back for shipping.

BeachBoy

10-07-2009, 04:57 PM

taxes and duties will likely kill you as they are made overseas.

I would buy from there, as it comes from HK direct...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/7-HID-XENON-DRIVING-SPOT-OFFROAD-LIGHT-4-JEEP-ATV-4X4_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQha shZitem3ef3f90f98QQitemZ270381158296QQptZMotorsQ5f CarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

(thread about them)
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=314157

oh and what about 8 lights?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/todwang/P1020189.jpg

freeze

10-07-2009, 05:03 PM

geez that looks beefy! I take a look at the 81 and see if I can fit some lights on there!

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 05:14 PM

hm.. hopefully that wont happen. How does all that border crap work anyway? ive never understood it.

well, we need 4 more lights to be sold to get 10, hopefully we can do it!

How come that ebay store sells them for 180$ and some other ones sell em for 100$ :confused:

Just emailed me back with shipping costs
"It would run about 56.56 for 10 lights, I would ship them USPS so there will be no brokerage fees. "

BeachBoy

10-07-2009, 05:28 PM

ebay is 180 for a PAIR

that's where I'm getting mine

and border you get taxes always, but you also gt brokerage if the product was not mfg in the US.

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 05:32 PM

ebay is 180 for a PAIR

that's where I'm getting mine

and border you get taxes always, but you also gt brokerage if the product was not mfg in the US.

wow, i didnt notice 180 for the pair.
good call.. this may be a better route..

BeachBoy

10-07-2009, 05:52 PM

US $36.00 for fist pair shipping, US $30.00 for every other one.

So that's $126 shipped for the first, $120 for the following ones if done on the same order.

Doc McCoy

10-07-2009, 08:20 PM

And to think I was going to waste money on Lightforces. *shakes head* ...

I'll take two of the 7" spots.

874runnersr5

10-07-2009, 11:42 PM

sweet. we need to do more research because nathan says there are some other lights we can buy hid kits that may be cheaper.
But at the same time, these are pretty cheap for price and have solid reviews.

freeze

10-07-2009, 11:54 PM

Yeah those are some really good prices for the Kragen's.

There is the option of going with a Lightforce or Hella and doing an HID mod which would yield a pretty good source of light with beam adjustability and filters for the future.

I think a pair of lightforces in Canada for a 140 or 170 won't break the bank and will be able to do an E-Bay HID mod. Plus you can use Lightforce filters for snow, fog, and hunting with a infrared scope... you know if you into that kinda stuff.

http://www.offroaders.com/info/tech-corner/project-cj7/project-cj7-HID-Lightforce.htm

The lights were installed over a weekend. A few nights prior to doing the installation I took “before” pictures pointing into the woods behind my house, just so I could get a controlled comparison of the Halogen lights vs. the Xenon lights. The night I took the “after” set of pictures, my first professional comment was ... HOLY CRAP.
http://www.offroaders.com/info/tech-corner/project-cj7/images/lightforce/Img_1669.jpg

The nice thing about Lightforce is they warranty no questions asked so if anything goes wrong with them they will warranty them no matter what, even if you melt the housing because you decided to throw in a massive HID bulb and ballast... just maybe leave that part out.

874runnersr5

10-08-2009, 12:04 AM

hm.. its a tough call, everyones been saying great things about the kragen ones and best part is its plug and play, hid bulbs are already in place and ready to go. Not sure if they could take a shotgun tho ;)

jreid

10-08-2009, 10:34 AM

I think another reason those kragens are so appealing is the integrated ballasts. Plug and play.

freeze

10-08-2009, 10:41 AM

Not sure if they could take a shotgun tho ;)

You'll never know till we try! :p

874runnersr5

10-08-2009, 10:50 AM

You'll never know till we try! :p

haha, alright then!! ;)

Brazenhead

10-08-2009, 01:11 PM

Why not get the best of both worlds and get 2 Kragen's and 2 Lightforce?

City_Rider

10-08-2009, 06:56 PM

I am looking at one pencil and one flood, 7" of course - I think that should round out my light artillery quite nicely... now just to properly wire in my 510 PIAA's...

I am for the Kragen's - I think the mounting hardware combined with an integral ballast (and no need to retrofit new bulbs) combined with them being reasonably cheap works for me.

874runnersr5

10-08-2009, 11:29 PM

CalgaryRider

10-14-2009, 02:14 PM

So checked with my contact in Red Deer, and she gave me the name of the guy for this company: http://search.store.yahoo.net/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=yhst-76800471066344&query=99000-CSK&searchsubmit=Go&vwcatalog=yhst-76800471066344&.autodone=http://www.sidebysidesports.com/ and we can get the lights for $99 USD a light. But she said that most likely shipping, duties and etc would put them up around $200 CDN a light. probably out of our price range.

She also said that Kragen is no longer making these lamps as they were bought out from CSK-Reillies and won't be producing them anymore.

So if Antonio can still swing his deal for the lights to be approx $120 CDN delivered, it would be a pretty good offer

Wellsy

10-23-2009, 01:45 AM

Still on there website - Even though there CSK now.

http://shop.oreillyauto.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=CSM&MfrPartNumber=99000CSK&CategoryCode=3157D