HIDs...can I see some pics?

[White95Max]

...by the way what type of car do you have year ,make,model....

My car is... (see below)

 

[kempie]

In most cases just changing a halogen bulb for a HID system in the same halogen light houseings causes a lot of glare to oncomming drivers. So much so in fact that the DOT outlawed HID conversion kits. Of course you can still get them from Canada & Ebay.

As mentioned the best way is to retrofit a set of HID projector lights into your present headlight houseings. They really should be the bi-xenon type so you have a high beam as well. Dont let anyone tell you that a high beam isnt necessary.

To do it right isnt cheap. To do it cheap isnt right or fair to other drivers.

There are a number of HID forum web sites with plenty of info on the subject.

 

[especko]

Here are some pics for a fellow person brave enough to handle the wisconsin winters like myself

 

[imported_truzoom]

Looks really blue? Isn't HID generally supposed to have a pretty sharp shine point at which it originates (sort of like OEM)?

 

[White95Max]

Those look more blue than I would be interested in.



Where are you at in WI? I may have asked you this before in the past...

 

[especko]

Looks really blue? Isn't HID generally supposed to have a pretty sharp shine point at which it originates (sort of like OEM)?

Yea thats an 8000k kit. And thats what it looks like when hid lights are put in stock halogen headlamps. Like i stated before hid's require a projector setup to make it have the sharp cutoff point that you are refering to

 

[imported_truzoom]

Ah sorry must have skimmed too much before I made that last post.

 

[imported_Neothin]

a nice video showcasing ALOT of projecto rreto-fits into a bunch of different cars-



http://www.littodevilperformance.com/hid/gallery/video/final2_hidplanetvid.wmv





a retrofit is the ONLY way you should have HID headlights in a car that doesn't normally come with them. The glare is downright dangerous to other drivers. Be safe, do it right.



a couple of the guys over at scionlife used http://www.hidretro.com/ to have OEM projectors rerofitted into their headlamps.

 

[Chan]

4300k is OEM, anything more than that and you're sacrificing visability for blinding color.







Chan

 

[velobard]

Here's a much cheaper alternative to HIDs I've seen folks talk about favorably on another forum.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOSH...33710QQitemZ8019426762QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

They call it an HIR and while I'm sure HID is still brighter, this doesn't look like a bad alternative, especially for the money. Best of all, it's plug and play for standard 9005-9006 bulbs.

 

[White95Max]

velobard - do you have any first-hand experience with these "HIRs"?

 

[especko]

those look almost like stock headlight bulbs to me, i doubt they will produce the same amount of light.

 

[kursplat]

read and be amazed