HIDs illegal?
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RE: HIDs illegal?
Yes HID kits are illegal. They're especially annoying when put in a regular reflector housing as mentioned before. Since there is no focusing, the light is refracted everywhere. the ones u see in cars with reflector housings such as older TL's are a diff type of HID than the aftermarket kits. they have a shielding to focus the light better and reduce the glare, just throwing this out there before someone brings it up.
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RE: HIDs illegal?
ORIGINAL: Mwall
If you put HIDs in non-projector housinging your an idiot, and you SHOULD BE PULLED OVER. Its honestly a really ignorant and immature thing to do.
If you put HIDs in non-projector housinging your an idiot, and you SHOULD BE PULLED OVER. Its honestly a really ignorant and immature thing to do.
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RE: HIDs illegal?
I really agree with this (not putting HID's in a halogen housing). The glare that it creates is a big issue for other drivers. That is the reason I won't be doing an HID retrofit on my bike unless I get a set of HID projectors. If you are blinding other drivers with the glare from your headlights, doesn't bode well for your own safety. I'm not talking about blinding them just because your light is brighter than normal, but the extra light isn't being directed properly to the road.... its going into the eyes of other drivers. Some guy did a really nice projector retrofit a couple months ago and was selling it for a good price. If I had the money, that's what I would do.
I really think people should re-evaluate doing HID swaps with the stock halogen housings...
I really think people should re-evaluate doing HID swaps with the stock halogen housings...
If you put HID's in non-projector housinging your an idiot, and you SHOULD BE PULLED OVER. Its honestly a really ignorant and immature thing to do.
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RE: HIDs illegal?
ORIGINAL: jutsin
There are cars that come factory with HIDs that are not in projectors, take for example my buddys acura cl. And no, I'm not an idiot btw, and if i was, it wouldn't be because i installed different headlights than came factory so that i could see better, be seen better, and make my bike look better.
I really agree with this (not putting HID's in a halogen housing). The glare that it creates is a big issue for other drivers. That is the reason I won't be doing an HID retrofit on my bike unless I get a set of HID projectors. If you are blinding other drivers with the glare from your headlights, doesn't bode well for your own safety. I'm not talking about blinding them just because your light is brighter than normal, but the extra light isn't being directed properly to the road.... its going into the eyes of other drivers. Some guy did a really nice projector retrofit a couple months ago and was selling it for a good price. If I had the money, that's what I would do.
I really think people should re-evaluate doing HID swaps with the stock halogen housings...
I really think people should re-evaluate doing HID swaps with the stock halogen housings...
If you put HID's in non-projector housinging your an idiot, and you SHOULD BE PULLED OVER. Its honestly a really ignorant and immature thing to do.
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RE: HIDs illegal?
Find me a car with factory HID bulbs w/o projectors. There is a difference between sylvania silverstars(halogen, witch the acura has) and HID's.
There are cars that come factory with HIDs that are not in projectors, take for example my buddys acura cl. And no, I'm not an idiot btw, and if i was, it wouldn't be because i installed different headlights than came factory so that i could see better, be seen better, and make my bike look better.