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H.I.D. headlights in production car

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01-25-2006 | 12:33 AM

#31

Red89GTA

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Re: H.I.D. headlights in production car

Just bite the bullet - no half way, 90% is good enough crap.

Standard across the board, overall lower cost since you are only designing/making one type of light. And it will give everyone that "upscale" look.

01-25-2006 | 05:56 AM

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90 Z28SS

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Re: H.I.D. headlights in production car

I retro fitted real HID in my Cobalt SS . After having HID , I dont wanna go without it again . I would pay extra for .

01-25-2006 | 03:31 PM

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TTopJohn

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Re: H.I.D. headlights in production car

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Originally Posted by notgetleft

All the bang for the buck comes from projectors. They let you aim the bright part of the light higher because of the cut off, this is what makes all the HID cars on the market so much better. AFAIK, no OEM is wasting time with a HID bulb in a reflector housing because it would be assinine to put an expensive bulb in a cheap *** reflector when a projector housing is trivial compared to the cost of the ballast.

I must disagree.

Both my BMW with projector HIDs and an 02 Acura TL and a 98 Lexus LS400 with normal reflector HIDs have superior lighting to the normal reflector incandescent headlights in my 99 Camaro and my 99 Grand Cherokee.

As expected, the projetors in the BMW do have the sharpest cutoff, but both the TL's and the LS400's HID reflectors are just about as good to my eye.

01-25-2006 | 06:09 PM

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Z28Marcus

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Re: H.I.D. headlights in production car

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Originally Posted by Chrome383Z

And dangerous because you blind oncoming traffic as well. I'm suprised that there aren't restrictions on these things yet... I hate them.

Indeed some folks would agree with you, but I have not had issue with them even in oncomming traffic (I don't have them on my cars). I think there are problems from poorly aimed set-ups - esp. some of the kits that people install, but this applies to any headlights. Plenty of people cannot seem to grasp that low beams are not supposed to point at the sky.

I find the low-beam headlights from oncomming Trucks and SUVs are far more detrimental to my ability to see at night.

Last edited by Z28Marcus; 01-25-2006 at 06:12 PM.