Just a quick question. Do you guys think the 05 will have HID headlights standard? Maybe as an option? The Svt focus had them and they only cost like 18k, seems like it would be stupid not to offer them.
Jason
Jason
I sure hope they are! Not sure what you don't like about them, I mean beyond being much brighter and a far better color spectrum...HairyCanary said:I sure hope it doesn't. I don't care if it's an option, but I don't want them on mine. Yuk.
Dave
Yes, they're much brighter. That is the problem. HID headlights are almost as bright on low beam to oncoming traffic as halogens are on high beam. It's just ridiculous. If they could figure out how to aim them properly, that would be a different story. But I have yet to see an HID on the road (factory or not) that wasn't much brighter than halogen.rhumbline said:I sure hope they are! Not sure what you don't like about them, I mean beyond being much brighter and a far better color spectrum...
HairyCanary said:Yes, they're much brighter. That is the problem. HID headlights are almost as bright on low beam to oncoming traffic as halogens are on high beam. It's just ridiculous. If they could figure out how to aim them properly, that would be a different story. But I have yet to see an HID on the road (factory or not) that wasn't much brighter than halogen.
Dave
As you touch on, the real factor is not the brightness of the HID's per se, but rather, the poor optics of many designs, which is bad in general regardless of how bright the bulbs might be.HairyCanary said:Yes, they're much brighter. That is the problem. HID headlights are almost as bright on low beam to oncoming traffic as halogens are on high beam. It's just ridiculous. If they could figure out how to aim them properly, that would be a different story. But I have yet to see an HID on the road (factory or not) that wasn't much brighter than halogen.
Dave
holler said:hids are a luxury gimmick. they're better because they're brighter. duh. unfortunately this brightness blinds oncoming traffic. i have yet to see a hid system that just did not plain annoy me in traffic.
holler said:hids are a luxury gimmick. they're better because they're brighter. duh. unfortunately this brightness blinds oncoming traffic. i have yet to see a hid system that just did not plain annoy me in traffic.