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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BI-XENON-HI...sspagenameZWD1V Here is just one! Just go to ebay and type bixenon h13 in the search Just a note.. the h13 kit usually comes with this 3 prong plug that is designed to get plugged into the harness that goes to the back of your bulb - it doesnt fit ours, either you will have to by an h13 male plug and convert the 3 prong plug to that or cut the plug that goes to the back of your headlight off and splice the wires together! its up to you, i didnt have the adapter so i cut off the female plug from the harness that goes to the back of the headlight and hardwired the wires together.

The kit includes 2 ballasts, 2 bulbs, a relay and a wiring harness. To keep it short, you have to mount the ballasts and relay somewhere ( i mounted it to the frame just under each headlight), run the wiring harness, swap out the halogen bulbs with the new HID bulbs, plug everything into each other and make the final connection to the positive terminal of the battery! Thats it in a nut shell! The ballasts raise the voltage to ignite the xenon gas in the bulb- there is no filament, your exciting the gas inside.(Like a fluorescent light in your house).It only takes a split second to ignite- once lit, the bulbs only draw about half the wattage as the stock bulbs being used. The relay is what actuates the solenoid that moves the bulb in and out which gives you lo/high beams. You have to buy BiXenon HID to maintain the hi/low beam since both tasks are completed with one bulb in our trucks. I purchased the H13-3 bulbs which gives you the lo/high beam both in HIDs, a H13-2 gives you HID lo beams and a Halogen Hi beam (it looks like a fixture with two bulbs coming out the front side). a H13-1 is like the H13-3 but instead of the bulb telescoping in and out, the bulb toggles up and down like a light switch.( read bad things about its reliability). The H13-3 is the same technology that is in my wife's murano and they have been using that since they put HIDs in the murano. Hope this explains things a little more.

No comparison! The coverage at night is amazing! Super crisp and clear compared to the stock halogen bulbs. Im always checking to see if i am blinding anyone and haven't come across it yet! Always looking into peoples rearview mirrors to see if my lights are shining directly in - so far, not at all. Roads, signs and objects are so much more defined now with the HIDs. My subaru, which was the vehicle i had before the expedition, came with HIDs and got used to having them along with my wife's murano also having them. When i switched to the expedition, night time driving was so dim and yellowish looking - had to make the switch! Its also been proven then lighting in the 4300k - 8000k range (HID) greatly reduces eye strain and fatigue compared to straight halogen bulbs which falls around 3000k. Daylight is around 5000k and for those who don't know these numbers are not a measurement of luminosity it a measurement of the where the light falls in the color spectrum. The closer to daylight the whiter and easier it is on the eyes. as you move up to 6000k & 8000k it gets more bluish. above 8000k the color goes to a purplish color. Stock HIDs are 4300k-5000k, DOT Says you can go up to 8000k, but, that is awfully blue in color and the farther you stray away from 5000k the lower the actual luminosity is of that bulb. 6000k is a happy medium of brightness and just a very slight tinge of blue color (and that is just when your looking directly at the bulb, the road surface and everything else you are lighting up is still very white). Just FYI!

Picked them up on ebay for $160.00, took about 1 1/2 hours to install- 99% plug and play! apologize for the pictures, very difficult to photo headlights at night.... at least for me! Have had quite a few people come up and ask if this is the first year you could get HIDs on the Expedition. The were shocked that they were aftermarket and stated how stock it looked! With the mustangs coming out with them for '08 maybe it will continue to other ford vehicles.

I was under the impression that the cladding was a different material than the rest of the rim! They used an aluminum rim to keep the weight down and then added the cladding to give it that chrome appearance!

I thought you couldn't chrome aluminum!

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I guess I should have explained my question. I was in my current car and realized that i leave both my GPS and Radar detector plugged in all the time since when i shut the car down, their is no more power sent to the 12v source and I dont have to worry about "Did i leave them on?" I was asking for the simple reason to see if I can get away with the same setup or do i have to consantly plug and unplug the devices. Since the truck is at the dealership as we speak, I guess tomorrow i will figure that all out!!! :happy feet: :happy feet:

Just curious if both 12v power sources up front are alway powered or only when the key is in either the accessory mode or run mode. Thanks

Magnaflow just released a cat back exhaust for both the regular and the el! I read very good things about this company and the exhaust tones a deep and not too loud! They both msrp for around 730.00 but i found some companies that sell magnaflow that were asking around 550 shipped! Anyone have any experience with these? Link to 2007 Ford Expedition http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd...cks&id=1161 Lint to 2007 Ford Expedition EL http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd...cks&id=1313 This one is asking 545 shipped! http://www.bestmagnaflowsource.com/default.aspx

Pretty cool that they are adding HIDs as an option

I have yet to see the '07 expy in that blue, that is pretty hot, especially with the pueblo gold on the bottom. best of luck with it!

Ordering an expediton will take longer than two weeks! The standard wait time is anywhere from 6-8 weeks. I ordered mine april 20th and still havent seen it. Projected delivery date is the 1st week in may! That is the average on this board, too! The individual who got there's in 11 days either knew someone or got VERY lucky! Just go onto the employees section of the message board and look at the sub-section that has to do with "Vehicle build status" They post all the dates from order to serilazing to production to delivery for each customer who asks for it! You'll see just about everyones order falls into that 6-8 week timeframe

Is there anyone on this forum that can check status on a vehicle via VIN number at the plant? Just curious if it's even done or did the salesman lie to me and its actually in line to be build.

mcanton40 - Sorry about that, like I said I wasnt sure. I was under the impression that the only two tone interior you could get with the Whitesand was the Black / Camel not the Black / Caramel. Let us know how you make out!