Today, i picked up the 8000k kit from freddie right before the power outage. (whew!) i waited for night to fall, and when i turned them on, BAM! Nice bright HID discharge that i was looking for. Problem is, it was pretty blinding to the motorist in front of me. Honestly, its REALLY bright. freddie told me to adjust my headlights, but will that limit my visibility of the road?

also, with that law that is suppose to pass tomorrow (15th) regarding HIDS. I've heard numerous things. One was that i would be ticketed if I had HIDS after august 15th. Is this true? how would they know whether or not i purchased it before aug. 15th? should i be carrying around a receipt with me?


thank you in advance for the responses (and the HIDS are GREAT)

 

It doesn't matter if you purchase them before or after August 15. The August 15 date is for people that sell them. It doesn't affect people that have them in anyway. HIDs are illegal period. But if you adjust them the right way you just might not get pulled over. And about visibility it matters how low you aim them. The lower the less, but with 2-3 inches lowered you won't be as blinding and you will have good visibility.

 

so if a cop pulled me over for having bright bluish HIDS, will i get in trouble? all HID kits are illegal?

 

Yeah, he won't pull you over because their blue but because of the glare. Our headlamps are made for halogen bulbs not HIDs, HIDs in our cars give out a scattered light which look's nice but blinds other drivers. Basically you shouldn't get pulled over but it depends where you live, how much glare there is and if you lower them or not. But yes they are illegal, on most kit's, not the better ones it does say in small font "FOR OFF ROAD USE ONLY".

 

how can i adjust them to be lower?

 

search

 

Too tired to type lol so here's some info from the faq

The adjustment bolt closer to the parking/corner lights (outboard of the vehicle) is for the up/down aiming of the headlamp. The one further inboard is to control the right/left aiming of the lamp. You'll need a 10mm wrench to perform the aiming task.

To do the height adjustment, park your car so that the headlamp lens faces are about 25 feet from a wall. This wall should be perpendicular to the ground and level in all aspects. Measure the distance from the center of your headlamps to the ground. Mark this dimension on the wall. From this mark, move down 3.75" to 4" and make another mark. Begin to turn the adjustment bolt so that the centers of your low beam patterns land on that second mark that you made. As for your right to left adjustment, mark the centers vertically and aim so that they point straight out. Bear in mind that sometimes adjusting the right/left bolt can change the setting of the height adjustment slightly.

And here's some links just incase
http://www.autooptiks.com/aiming.html
http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/aim/aim.html

 

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MaximaGLE1, the headlights have i believe are adjusters attached to them. I've tried the search option BEFORE MINSBAGS comment, but its down. Any suggestions?

 

It's down cause you have to donate to use it.... but the info above should be able to help you out

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MaximaGLE1
[B]Too tired to type lol so here's some info from the faq

The adjustment bolt closer to the parking/corner lights (outboard of the vehicle) is for the up/down aiming of the headlamp. The one further inboard is to control the right/left aiming of the lamp. You'll need a 10mm wrench to perform the aiming task.

To do the height adjustment, park your car so that the headlamp lens faces are about 25 feet from a wall. This wall should be perpendicular to the ground and level in all aspects. Measure the distance from the center of your headlamps to the ground. Mark this dimension on the wall. From this mark, move down 3.75" to 4" and make another mark. Begin to turn the adjustment bolt so that the centers of your low beam patterns land on that second mark that you made. As for your right to left adjustment, mark the centers vertically and aim so that they point straight out. Bear in mind that sometimes adjusting the right/left bolt can change the setting of the height adjustment slightly.



thank you very much MaximaGLE1. you have been very informative.