Originally Posted by okiecaliberguy

Okay I received my halo headlights on Friday and installed them. Here's a few things I thought everyone should know.

1. There was a warning sticker on them saying "Do Not Use HID Bulbs". I have seen these lights sold with HID upgrade kits for close to $300. I've asked a couple of the sellers if the headlights can handle the heat of HID bulbs. I never recieved a reply so I bought a set without the HID upgrade. I'm glad I did.

2. Installation is a "bear". If you aren't mechanically and electronically (12-volt auto) expirienced I would count on paying someone to install these headlights. I had to remove the entire front (bumper and grill) of my Caliber to get to the bolts that hold the headlights in. Also, they happen to be metric. The lights are not plug and play. There is one connector on each light (for the main light and high beam). The rest are open wires. So installation does require a little signal tracing and splicing which is kinda cool. If you know what you're doing you can customize what lights come on with what switches and which ones blink with the turn signal.

3. The entire install took about 3 1/2 hours, but I'm an electrical engineer. The installation instructions were a 1 page barely legible photocopy of something almost entirely irrelevant. Don't expect much help from the maker.

I do love the way they look though. I will post pics later (i need to wash my car first but we are on the 21st rainy day in a row). If anyone else is buying them and needs help with the install I can post pics of how I installed mine. I'll post them only if you REALLY need help. I didn't take pics while I was doing the install so I would have to take everything apart again.

That's all for now.