The second gen Escalade released in 02 only had halogens. In 03 they were equipped with OEM HID's. My girlfriend has sold the EXT since the pictures were taken, and purchased an 03 regular Escalade that has stock HID's. I'll have to take a closer look at both housings when I have some time to see if there is really any difference. I know that the reflectors in HID housings are angled differently than Halogen units. Caddy didn't make the jump to projectors in the Escalade until 07 with the release of the new model design. I was a bit worried about the light pattern being wider and possibly causing problems for oncoming traffic. I have not had any problems with blinding people, and no one has yet to "high beam" flash me in over 2 years with the kit. I've even gone as far as to drive my Honda at my truck on the road at night to see if there was an issue with blinding. For the most part, I have more light output "left-right" so a wider field of view, and more "fill" " in the remaining area.
Paul34- After reading my first post directed towards you, it sounds like I'm coming off as brash, and that was not the case. Just wanted to clear that up.
To answer your question, I did look around for a replacement "projector" headlamp, but most were very tacky to say the least.
Walter
Co-owner