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Magic Man
03-27-2009, 07:37 AM
Patti had a 2008 Smart car (we love it) :2thumbs:

Amyway a 2009 Barbus limited edition became available as somebody cancelled there order. :shocked:

These cars were only available through a special order program and only a real 1500 were made not like like BRP 2500 Spyders.

Anyway,we traded her's in yesterday and got her the Barbus edition, I have to say the Barbus edition is a real upgrade for sure.

Anyway long story short, in our 2008 Smart car I had done the HID upgrade to all 4 of the H7 bulbs (both high and low use H7 in a Smart)

Well, after driving home the Barbus last night the first thing I am going to do to the car today is upgrade the headlights to HIDs! The stock lights are so much worse I can't belive it! (as Lamont says, I can't believe my "eye" LOL)

Now I had just drove our 2008 Smart car at night the day before, so how the lights worked in the same headlight set up was still very fresh in my mind. The differance between the two is hard to put into words, as it's something you have to see yourself to understand.

I know whenever someone who sells anything says it's "great" it is always taken with a grain of salt.

But I can tell you this first hand, the differance between HIDs and regular bulbs just has to been seen for you to fully understand just how big a differance it is.

If you don't believe me just ask anybody who has a set they can tell you for sure. :thumbup:

MM
Lamonster
03-27-2009, 07:44 AM
:2thumbs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG8EXxobz74


http://www.auto-power-girl.com/photo-gallery/barbus-smart-fortwo/barbus-smart-fortwo-2009-6.jpg
Magic Man
03-27-2009, 07:49 AM
That's the black one there, we got the Spyder silver one. :D

MM
AMTJIM
03-27-2009, 08:06 AM
Our neighbor has one of these...he drives like a maniac in that thing. Are you going to get the GSXR or the 500hp Hyabusa mod?:D
Magic Man
03-27-2009, 08:24 AM
Our neighbor has one of these...he drives like a maniac in that thing. Are you going to get the GSXR or the 500hp Hyabusa mod?:D


500hp in a Smart! :yikes:

Now that's what I'm talking about! :thumbup:

MM
frleo
03-27-2009, 08:39 AM
We have xenon or HID on all our vehicles except the farm truck. We'd never go back to old style headlights.

---leo---
tatt2r
03-27-2009, 09:11 AM
1281:D
tatt2r
03-27-2009, 09:14 AM
1282:D
sleepman
03-27-2009, 10:20 AM
At least it's hard to lose the key to a smart car. :joke:

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc293/sleepman54/gallery_smart42_white.jpg
Magic Man
03-27-2009, 10:20 AM
1282:D


That's cool.

MM
Roger
03-27-2009, 05:43 PM
Sleepman how many miles do you get with one turn of the key. :joke:
sleepman
03-27-2009, 06:21 PM
Sleepman how many miles do you get with one turn of the key. :joke:
Well the more turns of the key the tighter the rubber bands get, thus the more mileage you'll get. :yikes:
AMTJIM
03-27-2009, 07:03 PM
They have several good vids of Suzuki powered Smarts on You Tube...the Smart racing the Ferrari is pretty funny!
LDFIREWORKS
03-27-2009, 08:49 PM
does that car come with extra rubber bands and if so how many box's and what size are they ??????????????????????:clap::clap::clap:
WizardMaster
03-27-2009, 09:37 PM
Our neighbor has one of these...he drives like a maniac in that thing. Are you going to get the GSXR or the 500hp Hyabusa mod?:D

I tried to get MM to do that to the Smarty he just traded in!!!! That would be one hell of a go-kart!!!:2thumbs: Of course it would still need at least one turbo and a hit of laughing gas on that Busa motor to make it something I would want to drive:yes:. But then I would be going thru a set of rear tires every half hour!:yikes:

And also just replaced the wife's dim halogens with HID's in the minivan. HUGE difference!!!!! That's makes everything we own except for the leased Pickup has HID's.
burg650
03-27-2009, 11:33 PM
Last year while I was picking up my S65 AMG they had a black one on display, it was one smart looking car but a bit too small for me.
NancysToy
03-28-2009, 07:39 AM
...And also just replaced the wife's dim halogens with HID's in the minivan. HUGE difference!!!!! That's makes everything we own except for the leased Pickup has HID's.
Can anything be converted readily to HID? If so, do you look for specific kits, invent it as you go along, or use something universal? I'd love to convert my wife's HHR. If I could do it with my old Effie, I'd do that, too, but it has regular sealed beams.
-Scotty