hid conversion kit

[mikedudley17]

wow, glad i did not purchase, thanks for the enlightenment! i will wait...

and big thanks to xstevex who looks to me like he had quite a bit of fun with this one lol.

[Kinkyllama]

I just recently started selling high quality HID kits with a 18month warranty. I read tons of things like you guys are saying about the glare, blinding other drivers, ect... but on the three cars I've installed HIDs into I haven't seen any evidence of this. 10000k kit into my reno projectors, 12000k kit into regular headlights on an 04 civic, and 4300k kit on a 2007 ion with regular headlights. We drove past each other many times around my house on the city streets and none of them blind oncoming traffic. My projectors cut the light off 100% at the line of the projection. I really regret not getting HIDs three years ago, the only reason I didn't is cause I was always told it'd blind oncoming traffic.

Though the aveo headlights maybe different. I'm installing a 10000kit into my foglights and a 12000k kit into a 94 civic within the next month as well. They are illegal as well, but here in Arizona I doubt I'll ever get pulled over and if the cop doesn't know much about it the HID kits are DOT legal so you can try to show him that in hopes of getting let off.

[Kinkyllama]

Oh also I saw that someone posted HIDs don't always put as much light to the ground as regular halogens. Haven't seen that at all with any of my kits. We put the 4300k kit in my projectors since it has the most lumens just to see how it compared to a BMW 330ci. The light on the ground was just as good, with the same distance, the only thing the HID kit lacked was as much width. Keep in mind the 330ci projectors are probably 3k each or something stupid like that.

[Kinkyllama]

Thought I'd post some pics...unfortunitly these are all I have. This is my forenza w/ reno projectors and 10000k kit. The headlights are sorta AIMed, just need to be dialed in. Worst part about these pictures is I still had my headlight housings tinted DARK which scattered the light slight but even still you can see the cut off line is pretty decent. Also the cars pointing downhill.

[aveodude]

I hate it when kids with their HIDs drive behind me or are coming toward me. I always get blinded even with the 5% tint on my rear windshield. And you cant say that there is no glare. Think about it. When the stock bulbs light up, the bottom portion is lit inside the bulb. When you flick the high beams on, the top portion is lit. In an HID bulb, the whole bulb is lit the whole time. That is like having you high and low beams on at the same time. I stole this from another site but proof is in the pictures.

I'm creating this thread to give you a great visual aid tool. This thread was created to give you guys a quick glance at the performance of a retro over a conventional far chepaer HID kit. I'll let the pictures do the explaining....

UPDATE - Brit video now showing how bad it really is with HID "kits" in halogen designed housings. Don't let the uninformed try to swing your head in the wrong direction. Watch this video
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/videos/...enon_test.html
I'm going to copy the info over from HIDplanet and here it is:



Here are pictures of Halogen housings mated with a HID kit......:stab:


This teg is a prime example of Glare. This is what it looks like to oncoming traffic


Disaster pix. HID kit in Halogen Housing



Now for the good stuff......HID retros :thumbsup:

This is what HID is suppose to look like.. Pictured is a STi


Talk about a Razor Sharp Cutoff. Pictured is a S2000 OEM setup


another S2000 Retrofit… YUMMY


Article stating why the kits are illegal.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/rulings/glare.html


See the difference?.....




Its not just honda's either. Here is a mid 90's Lexus with a HID kit..


Now you guys might be asking yourselves, "well, yeah those aren't a dodge Neon". True, so let me show you the "light" about HID kits in a neon housings versus a retro in a neon housing.



To date, NHTSA has investigated 24 HID conversion kit suppliers; all investigations have resulted in recalls or termination of sales. ...

RM Racing
Astex USA
Kmax International
FET, Inc.
J. Liu LLC
Gourmet Garage
JC Whitney
Lighting Research
SPW Industries, Inc.
Pacific Micro-lite
McCulloch Motors, Inc.
Santeca Electronics
JF Manufacturing
Streetglow, Inc.
Outback Products, Inc.
Nu Performance
GR Motorsports, Inc.
Global Premier
New Clor
Importhookup.com
DG International
MTC Lighting
Umnitza
Liteglow
American Products Company

[Aussie BarinaTK]

hmmm very interestin and omg wot a difference..

now my question is... WHERE THE HELL CAN I GET SOME OF THOSE!!

[mikedudley17]

lol i think im gonna wait til i can figure out how to do a retro and i do the DRL mod.

[whiteraven]

Patience will pay off on the headlights...promise Mike.


The first headlights offered will be for the Gen 1 Aveo, US Spec. headlights. After we see the market on them there could be others as well down the road.

[xstevex]

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT AVEODUDE.
(My headlight beam looks like those retrofitted pictures)


aaaandddd

Thought I'd post some pics...unfortunitly these are all I have. This is my forenza w/ reno projectors and 10000k kit. The headlights are sorta AIMed, just need to be dialed in. Worst part about these pictures is I still had my headlight housings tinted DARK which scattered the light slight but even still you can see the cut off line is pretty decent. Also the cars pointing downhill.

you be smurfin'
how can you see with that blue of headlights, and the picture of the ground... that is just horrible.

[Kinkyllama]

you be smurfin'
how can you see with that blue of headlights, and the picture of the ground... that is just horrible.

Actually the picture lies. That pic is of when I first installed them, and at first they only had a blue tint to them (when the pic was taken), I took the picture and couldn't beleive how blue it looked. Since they have broken in though they have gotten more blue, but still far from what the pictures show