What kit is everyone ordering now??? My simple mind has gotten confused trying to locate it on fleabay.

Ordered 2 of the vision X Eurobeams and they should be in tomorrow.

I think I am going to covert my 3M candlepower Brinkman Q beam during the same time to a 55watt 5K HID also. The factory bulb has quit and that housing should have more than enough room to fit an HID ballast.

I got everything from amazon total cost with shipping $106 and some change. I got the 6000k, it seems the 5000k was out of stock. It looks badass, I will be testing them out this weekend!

has anyone just ran one of them?

build mine with the new style square ballasts and actually didnt have to cut anything with a dremel had to maneuver it around for 10 minutes but it finally went together thanks for the great post!

Put mine together. I had to gut the housing to even get close to making it fit. Then when I was done relaized one of the bulbs was loose. Took it apart and the damn bullb retainer/housing broke. I epoxied it and will try putting it back together tomorrow after it cures overnight.

Draw is 2.9 amps and super bright. Pulled into the cove and had to cut them off so as not to blind the guys fishing at the boat ramp- just lit it up. Afraid they'll be too bright for some of our foggy mornings

I tested mine out last weekend running around at night and I must say that they are the shiznit! They worked better than I thought they would. I will only need the qbeam to set the decoys. I used the ultraslim ballast and like others have stated it is a very tight fit but once you figure it out it will close up ok. I ran a bead of silicone around mine to give it some extra protection from the salt water, I don't know if this is necessary or not? Hope they last a few years.

I ordered the ultraslim, but they obviously weren't. The epoxy held, so i should be okay.

What gauge wire should I use to power from the battery to the switch then to the lights? I am running 2 right now and one keeps blowing it's ballast!!!

The other is still the original ballast and running fine.

Got stopped by the GW Sunday on the way to the blind ibefore sunrise and he made me turn mine off and said it was illegal to have a light on the front of your boat. Anyone run into this problem.

Has anybody read the reviews for this hid company?Not the most revered company out there, however I just ordered the stuff to do the conversion and wanted to know what kinda longevity I was looking at?

I just ordered 2 flood and 2 euro beamand 4 hid light kits. Total OTD was $192. I figure if two are good 4 will be great.

Well, after alot of trial and error I finally got the ballast in the housing.
Anyone notice after you peel off the halogen sticker off the lens its says "HID" underneath it?
Also here is how I got it to fit.

Great post, I built mine and must say they are nice!

So I built the lights and a light bar for them. I must have ordered the wrong bulb because there was no way to
attach the lights to the housing. Nothing a little epoxy couldn't fix. With 4 (2 Euro and 2 Flood) lights I haven't
used my spot light since put these on. In more open areas the lights are plenty bright but once you get in the trees it absolutely turns night into daylight. Thanks to the original poster

X2 question about wire.
What gage battery to switch, switch to light.
What amp circuit fuse/breaker?

so if I have zero lights and zero brackets and zero anything really for this kind of thing where do I even start. lights are def the next step on the rig so this intrigues me.

found this from amazon
http://www.amazon.com/XENTEC-6000K-Ball ... 520&sr=8-1

now as far as mounting them i have a 2060 GD with a pointed bow. what kind of bracket would i need and where can i find that?

i want the whole thing to be removable and not to interfere with gigging rails i am going to install as well.

Just ordered 4 lights and 2 pairs of hid kits for 180 off ebay and amazon. Cant wait to get em together and get em on cause my 4 halogens just arent workin for me.

I see on Amazon that Xentec offers several H(X) lights, with 1000 through 8000K. The recommendation above was for the H3, with 5000K lights (which are bright white).
What is the H3 vs H4? Any reason not to go with the 6000K? Is the higher the number brighter? Ideally I want the 35W for battery longevity..
The reviews on some of the kits from Xentec were not good...

I've got the 55w in 4300k mounted and I am about to change one of the bulbs to a3000k. I was told that the warm and cool colors would have some contrast and more definition.

I know I over looked it somewhere in here but Chico80x where did you get the housings for the lights

I found the housing on Amazon as well. Look up Vision X VX-4410. You can order the ballast/bulbs all at one shot.

Bump everybody. Any new info?

I have the stuff to put mine together.

How would y'all mount them on this?

It's now been almost two seasons since I started this thread and I'd like to know if any of you guys have found something better to replace these HID's with? I see that there are some powerful LED's now but I haven't looked into them too much.

After two seasons how are your lights holding up?

After 2 seasons I have no complaints.

Just completed my pair of euros the other day. Thanks to the original poster for the setup. I went with 2 euros and 5000K color lights as suggested.

If I was to order these lights now, where exactly (link) do I get things from and what do I get. I am not that knowledgeable on this item and would like beginning help.
example.

hid 1light - www.lights.com 2 of them

Just finished my first pair of HIDs from the original post....cant wait to try them out!!



Here is the lights turned around and facing the boat.



Here is the shot facing the stern, notice the engine is not on the boat. She is in the shop!

What is this thing in his auction?



when you check out you say you want the H3?

I best offered the ebay auction and got em for $32.63 (ballast) and got the lights off of auto parts wharehouse for $58.24... $90.87 total. Not bad.

thanks, this thread rocks. I'll post some pics up when its done.

AJ

Big thanks to the OP for this idea. I wanted to add my contribution:

You do not have to cut anything on the light housing with the new style slim ballast! That's right - no cutting.
I was able to fit the ballast in leaned at an angle and still have enough room for the bulb and connectors.
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I did have to remove a small tab on the connector but it clips on, no cutting. I was able to lay the ballast in, position the bulb connectors to the side and assemble the light without force.

The only "skilled" labor was to drill and install two extra screws to hold the H3 bulb in place. The tab on the reflector housing was not long enough to hold down the bulb.

I tested in the yard last night and WOW very bright. Thanks again for the $88 set of lights! (housings $55 amazon free shipping, $33 HID kit free shipping)

I'm bringing this thread back!

Built these lights last year and was really impressed with the output and economical price of all the components.

Some background - I have two of these lights wired to my auxiliary battery located at the front of the boat - along with a bilge pump, navigation lights, and some interior led strips ( only running lights and nav lights on at the same time). All of these components are wired to a fused five switch panel. The auxiliary battery is a 12V 12Ah tractor battery that was bought new last fall and has been trickle charged after almost every hunt.

First few hunts the lights worked great. After a month or so the lights would turn on - and then begin flickering after a few minutes and eventually shut off all together - which is great when your trying to navigate in the dark...f

Rest of the season it seemed the only time they would work at all was when the battery was fully charged. I can't imagine these lights draw that much - even when the bulbs are warming up.

Does anyone have any wiring expertise they might be willing to share? Is it possible that the battery is under powered?

I'm going to bump my thread in case anyone is still looking for some economical lights. I'm now entering my 6th season with these lights and they are still working great.