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Hid's aren't really gonna help in stock housings, you will just blind other people. Unfortunately to do it right, you must retrofit projectors. They would produce the most usable light.
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There is a guy on here who sells the retro plates for around 60 for a pair.. then just get a set of decent hids and ballasts.. you could do your low beams for around 220-250... never have to use your hibeam again..
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Proper HID projectors (not cheap ebay knock-off) will be better than HID in a Halogen Reflector housing.
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for about 150 bucks you can get eurolamp housings (or lmc) that accept replacable bulbs (H7 i believe) and you can buy a set of HIDs to put in them. if you angle them lower down, you wont blind as many people as you think unless they are coming up/down a hill if you are going the opposite direction. it improves the stock lighting atleast 5x i have them in my car and in a friends and have only gotten flashed once in the year i have had them. are projectors better? yes.. but they are also very costly for a good pair.
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Im happy with my LMC housings and HID`s , I do want to upgrade them to projectors in the future , however I needed new housings and they improved my cars light output for a quite affordable price .. they are aimed a bit low so they dont blind anyone either..
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/710357-lighting-faq.html
There is plenty there, especially the section on Projectors.
There are also a few recent threads in this section.
Basically it breaks down as this:
* You shouldn't put HID in Halogen Reflector Housings because it will glare
* Some Halogen Projectors handle HID OK, some don't
* The best solution for the best output is HID Projectors
You'll find more info in the Lighting FAQ.
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