One of the things my wife has always disliked about her 2011 Edge is the headlamps don't seem to make much of an impact during night time driving - in fact, they straight up suck personally. We've considered going with an HID kit for quite some time now, but it has always just been put on the back burner for other projects, but after we went driving last night in less than desirable raining and sleeting conditions, I think I'm going to have to pull the trigger on a quality kit.
A.) I'm looking for recommendations on quality kits.
B.) I'd like to know more about how you guys feel about some of what I've read regarding HID kits not being effective for single filament halogen projectors. Would I necessitate upgrading the entire housing and projector assembly?
Interestingly enough, we have the Sport model with the bi halogen projectors which is supposed to be higher than the Limited, but the Sport didn't have the HID upgrade option while the Limited did. Apparently, this was to create another incentive for buyers to jump from the sport to the MKZ, which had the Xenon projectors. Or something like that...which then has me wondering if the best way to go about this would be to track down HID assemblies from a LTD model. That and I think I read aftermarket HID are technically illegal, so if I bought a factory Limited HID kit from the same model year, it wouldn't aftermarket since the base model has the HID available for the projector housing...at least the way I see it. I'm thinking it is considered illegal mostly for kits in reflectors.
Want to do it once and do it right, but if I can do it right while saving money versus completely new headlight assemblies, than that would be preferred. Your input is appreciated.
A.) I'm looking for recommendations on quality kits.
B.) I'd like to know more about how you guys feel about some of what I've read regarding HID kits not being effective for single filament halogen projectors. Would I necessitate upgrading the entire housing and projector assembly?
Interestingly enough, we have the Sport model with the bi halogen projectors which is supposed to be higher than the Limited, but the Sport didn't have the HID upgrade option while the Limited did. Apparently, this was to create another incentive for buyers to jump from the sport to the MKZ, which had the Xenon projectors. Or something like that...which then has me wondering if the best way to go about this would be to track down HID assemblies from a LTD model. That and I think I read aftermarket HID are technically illegal, so if I bought a factory Limited HID kit from the same model year, it wouldn't aftermarket since the base model has the HID available for the projector housing...at least the way I see it. I'm thinking it is considered illegal mostly for kits in reflectors.
Want to do it once and do it right, but if I can do it right while saving money versus completely new headlight assemblies, than that would be preferred. Your input is appreciated.
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