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has anyone used these before... if so how were they did they last etc.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BI-XENON-HI-...item4cf76ed9a9
just ordered my headlights off amazon for the black depo's that everyone was talking about a couple post down.. lmk guys..
just ordered my headlights off amazon for the black depo's that everyone was talking about a couple post down.. lmk guys..
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i ordered these http://www.amazon.com/Chevrolet-Cama...1743755&sr=1-1
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=3181
And retro them in. Then purchase an H1 HID kit with the -3 relay harness from VVME. Do it right or don't do it at all.
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This makes no sense? Projectors use all different kind of bulbs as well. H1 projectors are typically from the Morimoto MH1. There are also H3 projectors (crap), D2S, etc., etc.
Why are you putting an HID kit in a reflector housing? It's dangerous, illegal, and really will **** off other people on the road. Do it the right way, get a set of these:
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=3181
And retro them in. Then purchase an H1 HID kit with the -3 relay harness from VVME. Do it right or don't do it at all.
Why are you putting an HID kit in a reflector housing? It's dangerous, illegal, and really will **** off other people on the road. Do it the right way, get a set of these:
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=3181
And retro them in. Then purchase an H1 HID kit with the -3 relay harness from VVME. Do it right or don't do it at all.
not being a dick but how is it dangerous and illegal?
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Why?
1. You are putting an HID in a reflector housing.
2. You are putting an HID in a reflector housing.
Do it once, do it right. I did it wrong and did it twice and I paid money for it.
Go with a true projector if you want HIDs. Other than the fact of it being illegal it blinds people. Why? The glare is HORRENDOUS. Yes, HIDs are bright.... HIDs in halogen housings are blinding, big difference.
1. You are putting an HID in a reflector housing.
2. You are putting an HID in a reflector housing.
Do it once, do it right. I did it wrong and did it twice and I paid money for it.
Go with a true projector if you want HIDs. Other than the fact of it being illegal it blinds people. Why? The glare is HORRENDOUS. Yes, HIDs are bright.... HIDs in halogen housings are blinding, big difference.
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Look through my PB account, you can see the horrible glare. Compare that to any projector... And there is no comparison.
I now run Hella 90mm projectors. IIRC they still aren't intended for HIDs but there is an actual decent cut off and they won't blind oncoming traffic.
I now run Hella 90mm projectors. IIRC they still aren't intended for HIDs but there is an actual decent cut off and they won't blind oncoming traffic.
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Putting his lights in any vehicle that didn't come equipped from the factory is illegal. Read up on you laws, projector retrofits are just as illegal as any other setup.
Hids in stock housings are good on a camaro because they have a cutoff reflector in the housing. Plus for the price and their long life span I suggest them to anyone over the silver star ultras
Hids in stock housings are good on a camaro because they have a cutoff reflector in the housing. Plus for the price and their long life span I suggest them to anyone over the silver star ultras
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And just because they are projectors doesn't mean they are better at reducing glare. If you change out a halogen in a projector housing you are messing up bulb depth, projection angle and can often get less light than a halogen bulb
People tend to stay away from the eBay camaro lights for that reason. Sure they are projectors but they often aren't as bright as a true retrofit
Personally I have been running Hids in camaro halogen housing for over 5 years and I have never once been pulled over for them, or been flashed at
The thought of spending a week and $200 on a retrofit is laughable to me. Why anyone would waste their time and money because they think there's too much glare is silly
People tend to stay away from the eBay camaro lights for that reason. Sure they are projectors but they often aren't as bright as a true retrofit
Personally I have been running Hids in camaro halogen housing for over 5 years and I have never once been pulled over for them, or been flashed at
The thought of spending a week and $200 on a retrofit is laughable to me. Why anyone would waste their time and money because they think there's too much glare is silly
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And just because they are projectors doesn't mean they are better at reducing glare. If you change out a halogen in a projector housing you are messing up bulb depth, projection angle and can often get less light than a halogen bulb
People tend to stay away from the eBay camaro lights for that reason. Sure they are projectors but they often aren't as bright as a true retrofit
Personally I have been running Hids in camaro halogen housing for over 5 years and I have never once been pulled over for them, or been flashed at
The thought of spending a week and $200 on a retrofit is laughable to me. Why anyone would waste their time and money because they think there's too much glare is silly
People tend to stay away from the eBay camaro lights for that reason. Sure they are projectors but they often aren't as bright as a true retrofit
Personally I have been running Hids in camaro halogen housing for over 5 years and I have never once been pulled over for them, or been flashed at
The thought of spending a week and $200 on a retrofit is laughable to me. Why anyone would waste their time and money because they think there's too much glare is silly
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Originally Posted by chrysler kid
The thought of spending a week and $200 on a retrofit is laughable to me.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...rojectors.html
Originally Posted by chrysler kid
Why anyone would waste their time and money because they think there's too much glare is silly
If you want to argue a point, go ahead. But don't stand on a sinking ship and call others "silly" when they point at the holes in your ship.
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I'm just trying to point out that his argument is invalid.
There are better reasons to do a retrofit than to reduce glare, however a lifted silverado nearly blinded me yesterday. If that's was his only argument then I find it silly
A retrofit has a better light spread and cut off. Threatening someone by telling them they are illegal is just ignorant.
There are better reasons to do a retrofit than to reduce glare, however a lifted silverado nearly blinded me yesterday. If that's was his only argument then I find it silly
A retrofit has a better light spread and cut off. Threatening someone by telling them they are illegal is just ignorant.
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Originally Posted by chrysler kid
There are better reasons to do a retrofit than to reduce glare, however a lifted silverado nearly blinded me yesterday. If that's was his only argument then I find it silly
Originally Posted by chrysler kid
A retrofit has a better light spread and cut off.
Originally Posted by chrysler kid
Threatening someone by telling them they are illegal is just ignorant.
Originally Posted by chrysler kid
I'm just trying to point out that his argument is invalid.
A Halogen Reflector can't properly handle the output of a HID capsule. HID produces about 50% - 100% more light than an equivalent Halogen Bulb. Also, many HID kits aren't made to the best tolerances and the HID arc doesn't end up in the exact same location as the stock Halogen bulb. Even if the arc was in the exact same place, the shape of the HID arc is different than the shape of a Halogen filament.
With all those variables in a Halogen Reflector, you will get glare (both light outside the normal beam pattern and too much light in areas where the original design only expected a small amount of light).
Some newer Halogen Projectors are designed similar to their HID counterparts and a well-made HID kit will perform alright in them (still not as good as a real HID projector though). The same can't be said by any Halogen Reflector.
You can believe otherwise and do what you want, but it doesn't change facts. Just because you aren't getting flashed doesn't mean that you aren't blinding others. I often don't flash because it will just confuse/annoy the person in front of me instead of signaling the person in the oncoming lane that their lights are blinding.
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Pardon the shitty photo but I took this while driving. The truck driving in front of me had HID's so bright that when he was behind me, I literally could not see and had to slow down and let him pass. As I was taking a shot of him, this other idiot came from the other direction blinding me as well:
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Pardon the shitty photo but I took this while driving. The truck driving in front of me had HID's so bright that when he was behind me, I literally could not see and had to slow down and let him pass. As I was taking a shot of him, this other idiot came from the other direction blinding me as well:
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Putting his lights in any vehicle that didn't come equipped from the factory is illegal. Read up on you laws, projector retrofits are just as illegal as any other setup.
Hids in stock housings are good on a camaro because they have a cutoff reflector in the housing. Plus for the price and their long life span I suggest them to anyone over the silver star ultras
Hids in stock housings are good on a camaro because they have a cutoff reflector in the housing. Plus for the price and their long life span I suggest them to anyone over the silver star ultras
When I'm in my Trailblazer, and the guy coming the other way is in a car, and his headlights are still glaring into my eyes because he slapped HIDs in his stock housings, there is a problem.
Compare this:
To this:
And tell me with a straight face that there isn't a lot more glare with the stock reflectors