you are right and vary illegal in mi any way's
it is like having your brights on
if done right you will have a cut off line about 3' off the ground 20' out
for any one asking were to get them i have done 4 kit's off of this site
i will dig up some pic's of kit's i have done
http://www.hidtech.com./
this site has a lot of good info
i never bought any thing off of them
http://hidplanet.com/main.html