I've seen some housings so dark that you can't tell they had an HID conversion done. However, projectors are the "right" (still not perfect) way to do it. As far as I know, there is not a single SN95 housing (projector or reflector style) that is actually designed to work with HIDs, and unless AM has some sort of shield built in to their conversion bulbs I don't see why they recommend reflector style housings.