Anyone interested in an HID group purchase?
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mity2
I like Pro3 and all I got was this crappy CT.
Cory281 said:
sure, until you get pulled over by an a-hole cop. strangely, its perfectly fine for a car to come with these from the factory, but illegal for those to install them when they want to achieve higher nightime vision and be safer to themselves and society by lengthening their viewing distances and accuracy at night.
Flghtmstr1
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I don't know if I am 100% correct about this, but it is my understanding that the legality issue with aftermarket HID setups is that the light is too bright for the other drivers on the road, since it is coming out of a housing that was not designed for the different light characteristics of an HID system. In other words, if you put an HID bulb in a stock housing, it's going to be lighting up EVERYTHING (including other drivers' eyes) instead of just the road, as it is supposed to. Someone correct me if I'm wrong about all this.
It really is a shame that it is illegal, though. HID technology is vastly superior to halogen; if I had my druthers it would be offered as an option on every new vehicle.
It really is a shame that it is illegal, though. HID technology is vastly superior to halogen; if I had my druthers it would be offered as an option on every new vehicle.
Stang|ess said:That sold me, count me in. How were you planning on installing them? Getting the shroud and bezel from the hidplanet guy, or just installing them straight? If you do get the shroud and bezel, LMK.
I emailed John about his services, but haven't gotten a response yet.
I'd love to have that "factory" look like he makes, but am wondering what's involved with the "kit" he sells. I'd have to have to cut apart the light to install it.
We'll see when he responds. ILYK.
san~man said:
The kit is nothing more than the bezel and shroud you fit into your housing to properly control the light. It looks better than projector housings, but kind of expensive. To cut open the lamp, you just stick it in the oven to melt the adhesive.
I emailed him a few months back, and this is his reply.
If you do go with him, then only 1 of us have to send a sample to him. But which one... we'll have to arm wrestle to see
mity2
I like Pro3 and all I got was this crappy CT.
san~man said:
Damn it! i need low/high to get it pass inspection.
my local inspecter told me that as long as its function as it was intended(having low beam and high beam), he'll pass the inspection without aim test
Stang|ess said:That sold me, count me in
Shipping to Hawaii is covered. Shipping for our Canadian brothers/sisters is an additional $10.00.
thomas91169 said:
It's not even the same thing. A car coming from the factory with HID's has a projector or reflector housing designed to create a proper cut-off line for the HID light. Halogen lights have lights designed for halogen lights. When you install an HID kit into a Halogen-based reflector headlamp, the light is nowhere near aimed correctly.
THIS is what a properly designed HID headlamp's cut-off line will look like. An aftermarket kit in a halogen housing will not produce the same cut-off
BigChiefSmokem
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Are these HID kits top of the line? How do they compare to more expensive or cheaper kits? Is there a warranty?
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