Hey guys,

I'm stump between adding and HID kit or not...

I understand that because of the OEM reflectors, light will scatter all over the place, therefore causing a lot of glare onto oncoming traffic.

Would aiming down fix the problem? OR does that defeat the purpose of having HIDs? OR is there still a lot of glare onto oncoming traffic?

People with HID's help me out!!!

Thanks

 

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The glare will always be there due to the oem design of our headlight housing. I have the hanabi 6k hid installed and I have it aim down which cuts down on other drivers highbeaming you. I still get highbeam sometimes by onhead traffic but I think it's because they look directly into the light. With the hids aim down, I still get a good field of vision and it's one of the best mods that I have add to my max.

 

hell yeh.. HID all the way.. i have a hella 6000k hid conversion.. i had to aim them down.. they aim about the middle to maybe the top of another cars bumper.. like a little over knee hieght.. even tho i aimed them down.. there still a lot of light even if i still have 96 glass housings.. im tryin to get the 97 heads like Iilac.. definitly get HIDs

 

i have hanabi 6000k kit and i do not get flashed anymore once i aimed them alittle down. If you aim them to far down you will just hit road. BUt i love me kit, and it gets my car alot of attention. i would never trade mine.

 

Same here. I got the Hanabi 7000K HID kit, and i absolutely LOVE IT. I had to aim it down to stop it from blinding people, and after i did that, its been fine and has not bothered anyone.
HID's are DEFINETLY worth it.

 

I have the McCulloch 6000k HID kit and I love it. Best mod that I have gotten so far. Once their aimed properly, you wont make other drivers mad. Not to mention the extra road sign visibility is amazing, even with my lights aimed all the way down, the light carries on far down the road to illuminate road signs.

 

yea... I agree. Getting the HIDs is a good investment. Having it in the stock houising IS pretty bad for glare, but if you aim it down, and as long as the oncoming traffic doesnt "stare" at your lights it should be fine. People often overexaggerate the glare of HIDs in stock housings... I also have the Mcculloch 6000K kit, and it has helped tremendously in terms of visibility, and looks

 

I have the Phillips 4100k. I don't get highbeamed as much as I used to, lol. I guess they got used to me! I absolutly love them!

 

ok here is a newb in hid question?? how do u aim it down is it hard ????? thanx

 

Wierd, yours seem more green/blue than mine. Mine are mostly purple, I wonder why yours shows a different color than mine if we have the same kit...

 

if you want to aim them.. there will be 2 adjuster screws on each housing. .the lower one towards the fenders.. turn them counterclockwise.. like.. lefty loosey to aim them down..

 

i think you might have the 10,000 k kit, we should look.

 

I guess mine are 10000k, oh well, I didnt pay for 10000k, payed for 6000k, but I think 10 looks better. That was a GOOD mixup.

 

I would love to have HIDs, but their cost is a lil too much for a college grad. What if I get them used? Or you would recommend to get new set only??

Thanks

p.s. inclined to spend around $200

 

you can get BlueC's for 390$

 

10,000K? dayam.. i didnt even know they had 10,000K.. i know they have 8500K.. i know i have 6000K hmm.. 10000K would be more purple.. or dark dark purple/blue .. got my HIDs for 370 or so.. i got it here.. www.misterjung.com

 

in waht cases you loose hight beams when going wuth HIDs?

 

i dont have highbeams anymore.. but you can prolly get an HID kit wit high and low beam..

 

you can get high beams but its a couple hundred more

 

I have the 6000K Hanabi's and they dominate all the exterior lights on my car by a long shot. I love them, but the only thing is that the headlights are so bright that it makes my PIAA Extreme White fogs seem yellowish. I want to upgrage to HID fogs so bad. Anybody else interested for a possible GD? We gotta talk to Freddy (97GLES) from NJ.

 

I might be interested depending on price and color. ( I want violet tint)

 

violet tint sounds PRETTY. They will match my headlamps perfectly. All you HID guys out there know how difficult and frustrating it can be to take a stab at matching up the fog lights with HID headlights. Can't be done as far as I'm concerned. But some HID fogs are definitely a possibility. BTW, my 6000K's are best described as the newer Acura's purple/pink HID color.

 

of course it can be done. Matching Fogs with headlights with HIDs. Why not? All OEMs use 4100K bulbs, therefore, if you use their bulbs, you would probably just get a pure white light with a hint of yellow. IF you want to achieve the same "purple" effect as them, get some projectors. Otherwise, you will never get that prismy, shimmering color effect like them.
BlueC, I don't think yours are 6000K. 6kK should look more white with a little bit of blue. Yours almost seems like its white with a hint of purple. Does your lens have a color tint on it? I hope not, because mcculloch said they dont do that... I hope you didnt get a 10kK kit, because that would be a pure show car... with 1800 LUMENS... hardly worth the switchover to HID, imo. Yea, doublecheck what bulbs you got.

But maybe you do have the 6kK's. Taking pics of HID's when you have a crappy camera/lighting source, or if you dont know how is very misleading. My camera sucks, and when I took the pics, the HIDs look slightly green. Its not true. The light is a purewhite with a hint of blue. A lot of the pics that I see, are probably not the same in person either. The same goes for all auto lighting, unless its done right.

 

hey im thinking about buying a set of HID's. I want to get about as BLUE as possible, im kind of new at this so what number is really BLUE? adn a realyl good reliable brand?

thanks!

 

Theres no such thing as "really good and reliable BLUE" HID bulbs. Phillips, Osram, hella stick with OEM colors, and dont go above 6000K. Thos "BLUE" bulbs you are talking about are the insanely high(10kK) TEMP bulbs which are CRAP for vision. If you want that blue, you migth as well get some blue film and cover your normal halogen light with them. It'll be BLUE too.

 

how low did you guys aimed it?

 

My 10000k bulbs are clear, and I dont see any "Blue" light. Its mostly white when its warmed up, with a hint of purple. And no, I dont have bad vision with these bulbs, they give off pretty good light. Its still 10x better than what the stock halogen was.

 

Then they arent really 10k bulbs... you probably have 5-6k. Why do you say you have 10k anyway? You said you BOUGHT a 6k set. You are just assuming you have 10k now because of a few people saying that. Why dont you check out the prt numbers and reference them with the site information to see if you are correct. 10k should have very LITTLE white light, and instead should be a dark purple/blue, depending what type of tint they put on it. Trust me, the light output of "10k"'s SUCK, compared to the 4-6k's, which is what i meant in my original post. it may "look" brighter, but in reality, you get MUCH less lumens, which is your visible light.