HID's: Tickets and complaints.

[TGX4776]

I have been doing some research on HID's and I want to know:

what kit you use?

have you gotten any tickets from them?

Are they annoying to other drivers?

do you have clean cutoff?

Basically if it's too much of a hassel it's not worth getting and I want to be polite to oncoming traffic.

[Yamazaki]

Both of my cars have HIDs from the factory. They also both have headlight levelers so I don't bother oncoming drivers and get flashed by high-beams.

But I doubt that helped you with what you wanted to know... :oops:

[TGX4776]

lol yeah, Japanese cops may feel differently

[Yamazaki]

lol yeah, Japanese cops may feel differently
Well, one of the cars is my US '05 Impreza. Like I said, both cars have stock headlight systems.

[HeresMyMind]

I have had OEM retro's in my maxima from 05-07 and my legacy from 07-10 and have never once been pulled over for my lights. i have been flashed maybe 2-3 times for coming up over hills and having people below my cutoffs. I do TONS of night driving also

-B

[ouch1011]

I have Infinity FX replicas retroed into my JDM housings (done by ^^^)

I've been flashed once because I was cresting a hill and the oncoming car was below the cutoff. I don't have any leveling system (as is legally required for any HID system) but I don't really carry much weight in the back so it isn't really necessary. The cutoff is at least as good as the OE FX projectors, with a little more color than the OE projectors. Light output is awesome, very wide, and the bixenons made the high beams almost like daylight.

Prior to that, I had HIDs in the factory JDM halogen projectors. Light output was OK, cutoff was blurry but functional, some glare above the cutoff but not that horrible. Got flashed a couple times in the short time I had them in.

Prior to that, I had a plug and play kit in my Mazdaspeed3's halogen projectors. Result was about the same as the JDM Legacy projectors, with a little bit more focused cutoff. Never got flashed.

Prior to that, I had a plug and play HIDs in my Hella ECE-compliant H4 conversion lenses in my old Probe GT. The cutoff was actually suprisingly good for a reflector lens, glare was very minimal, and light output was fantastic for what they were.

All the plug and play kits were DDM kits, all 4500k 35w kits.

[TGX4776]

Yeah I am going to get him to do a full FX retro when I get the cash. I have decided on those. I hear 4.5k is the best bulbs anyways so I should be good.

[impreza_GC8]

I had a 6000k KLight kit in my 2.5RS with halogen reflectors. The light scatter was horrendous. Kept those in for a year and then took them out. Now I have a 6000k DDM kit in my JDM projector Legacy lights and I love them however the cutoff is a bit fuzzy, but not horrible.

[Reason]

I have 8000k in stock JDM projectors, never been flashed.

[mrgnluke]

I have 4300k in my Gen3 OBK. I have been flashed a few times but i think people just need something to whinge about.
Still trying to get the focusing right though.

[rougeben83]

fx retrofits DIY, no flashing whatsoever, but then again... :p

[anothernord]

Rule of thumb: NEVER put an HID kit into halogen reflector headlights. Projectors are usually a better candidate for installing an HID kit, simply because the light won't go all over the place, but you'll never get the pretty cutoff of a real HID projector.

[TGX4776]

Thanks, yeah my plan is to do it to the JDMs if I decide I want to after using them as stock for a while.

[ouch1011]

Projectors are just generally better for HIDs anyway because even OE reflector HIDs (like 04-05 STis, for example) aren't that great because they can't spread out the light output out far enough. So you get a patch of light right in front of you but not much out to the sides compared to quality projectors.

[stu-nami]

I have 4300k in my Gen3 OBK. I have been flashed a few times but i think people just need something to whinge about.
Still trying to get the focusing right though.


where did you pick yours up at???...and brand?? cost???...

[mrgnluke]

I got mine from a seller on ebay who also allow local pickup.
They have a home office in sydney and the postage they offered outweighed travel costs so i went for a drive.

Cost me AU$90 for 4300k HID converstion kit - with the new, smaller ballasts; which i attached to the base of the light assembly, JDM stylez yo

EDIT: This is the store i used. However, they only ship to Australia.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com.au/mobii

holy jesus, how many times do i have to post this:

ddmtuning.com

[SilentRacer]

I have been doing some research on HID's and I want to know:

what kit you use? Xentec

have you gotten any tickets from them? Nope

Are they annoying to other drivers? Occasionally, don't have them lined up right

do you have clean cutoff? mostly