I've tried the plug and play hid's a couple years ago and they were brighter but like you said sucked. For the last couple years i've had in the helids Optix led's and again they are brighter but do not disperse the light correctly so its hard to see at night. I'm good with my hands and retrofitting new projectors shouldn't be a problem. I've seen the posts about the s2000 and the tsx projectors but having trouble finding them for a reasonable price. Has anyone installed kits including projectors like this retrofit source Or DDM tunning