Do Not pay over 65 bucks for HIDs.

[Tweak]

first, yes hood pins- kinda like the vinyl stickers(graphics) that some 500 owners have stuck on their cars. Different strokes for different folks. The pins are functional and I like the looks of them. Second - I think I know what you mean about all the lites. Of coarse I never run the fogs with the long range lites so when I go to high beam the count remains the same as low beam - just in a different location and enough light to get respect from any alien spacecraft. Thanks for the comments

Cool, I have no problems with the pins, I just was curious about them, really cool you made them functional, I think it'd be awesome to have that kind of light, like I said my neighbor told me mine looked like a spaceship with such bright lights which I found hilarious, if you never run the fogs with the extra then I guess it'd not seem to odd at night but WOW I bet it'd be insane if you did!!! I was trying to figure out a way to improve visibility at night but I was hoping for a stealth approach, nothing yet seems ideal though, you plan any more mods for your 500 bud?

[500spot]

Yes, lowering springs (the 2"kind) and since the engine is making so much more horse power now it redlines so quik in first gear and tire spin also that a set of 17" wheels and tires should tone that down and give a little more top end - hense maybe a little better gas mileage. Everybody says all the performance mods should give better mileage but I've found so far that the mileage is about the same except she performs better getting that mileage. If I try to back off and drive like the little old lady from Pasedena, the mileage goes down. If I drive somewhat aggressive the car likes it and returns with normal mileage. Anyway, later down the road I will try a sprint booster to eliminate the rest of the throttle lag the other stuff didn't do just for fun. Thanks again

[Tweak]

Yes, lowering springs (the 2"kind) and since the engine is making so much more horse power now it redlines so quik in first gear and tire spin also that a set of 17" wheels and tires should tone that down and give a little more top end - hense maybe a little better gas mileage. Everybody says all the performance mods should give better mileage but I've found so far that the mileage is about the same except she performs better getting that mileage. If I try to back off and drive like the little old lady from Pasedena, the mileage goes down. If I drive somewhat aggressive the car likes it and returns with normal mileage. Anyway, later down the road I will try a sprint booster to eliminate the rest of the throttle lag the other stuff didn't do just for fun. Thanks again

I have the RRM ecu tuner so I haven't bothered with the Sprint Booster, I thought about it and decided I would do exhaust, intake, and ecu and see if I felt the need for it, I no longer feel I need or want it so that I will be passing on, I would like to hear your feedback once you have it though. What all have you done that we cannot see?

[2012nerosport]

As far as hid kits go, have there been any known problems?

With my old car(dodge), any attempt to install HID's were swiftly thwarted by the electrical system. Most of the calibers(my previous car) would have starters engage while driving, or while the key was out and the car was parked, rear defrosters stopped working, etc etc.


If i can do hid's sometime down the road, i would love to do it, the car is already set up perfectly for it!

[Irishmykl]

So far no known issues although only a few people have done it.

[2012nerosport]

So far no known issues although only a few people have done it.

Good to know so far! Im probably going to wait to do anything to the car for a while yet. Only had it two days, but when i noticed it has projector headlights, i got excited lol.

[Mr. Pickles]

500 madness has a fiat 500 specific kit. It's pricey, but I haven't heard of any issues.

[Irishmykl]

Yeah thats the one i was thinking of getting. Im probably going to do the 4300 or 5000 kit cause i want it took look OEM. On a side note i came across these headlights which seem a bit shady. They look like they have a pop up headlight washer (similar to the Mini Cooper) and the auction says Bi-Xenon OEM 2009-2014. But im not aware of any Fiat 500 coming with factory Xenon headlights even over in europe. Anyone have any info?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160645669524...ht_1965wt_1335

[2012nerosport]

Yeah thats the one i was thinking of getting. Im probably going to do the 4300 or 5000 kit cause i want it took look OEM. On a side note i came across these headlights which seem a bit shady. They look like they have a pop up headlight washer (similar to the Mini Cooper) and the auction says Bi-Xenon OEM 2009-2014. But im not aware of any Fiat 500 coming with factory Xenon headlights even over in europe. Anyone have any info?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160645669524?item=160645669524&viewitem=&sspagenam e=ADME:X:RTQ:MOTORS:1123&vxp=mtr#ht_1965wt_1335

Anything sold on ebay is most likely going to be not so great. ALL of the aftermarket projector headlights i have EVER had, have always had bad light output, poor cutoff, and generally bad quality.

Now, if it is TRUELY OEM, then i say go for it lol

[JAFA500]

I'm waiting for LED headlights. Longer lasting, and brighter