Thread: Hid headlights?
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Old 04-08-2014, 03:47 PM   #12
Matt Cramer
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Re: Hid headlights?

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Originally Posted by catch2otwo View Post
If your going to go HIDs, please either do a projecter lamp conversion or a lens made for the HID. If not you will just scatteryour HID light everywhere, just like those pesky ricers and then oncoming traffic will really hate you. A properly setup HID/projector setup will have very crisp light cutoff to keep the light where its supposed to go.
This. A HID bulb has a totally different light output pattern and the reflector needs to be designed for it to get a good pattern. Putting a HID in a reflector meant for an H4 bulb tends to result in a pattern that's halfway between high beams and low beams with a little extra random light thrown all over the place.
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