HID Step In (56k Is A Negitive)
05-23-2005, 06:28 AM
#41
WOW!! Listen to the attitude of some of these idiots. **** Em??? WTF?? Dude I got some HIDs in my I30 an I had the same attitude until I saw what my car really look like to oncoming traffic. That's why I goin to do a retro. But I WISH I saw you comin down the road with all that glare and with that attitude, I'd personally make sure you car landed head first in a ditch.
05-23-2005, 06:44 AM
#43
Originally Posted by maximazation
thats why you make a custom one from scratch, i made one from a 2 inch long copper tube which i cut in half, painted it with black hi temp paint and JB welded it to the base of the HID bulb, and VOILA....HID glare shield which work really well...cuts down about 75-80% of the glare, and since then NEVER got flashed again...NEVER....
heres a pic of my car with the HIDs....you can notice, the beam is cut-off on the bottom of the housing....dont mind the spots, i didnt wash my car for 2 weeks that time..
here are 2 pics of the bulb with the shield
heres a pic of my car with the HIDs....you can notice, the beam is cut-off on the bottom of the housing....dont mind the spots, i didnt wash my car for 2 weeks that time..
here are 2 pics of the bulb with the shield
05-23-2005, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by sonicrunch
Yeah, *** 'em.
Who cares if you blind somebody with your illeagal headlights and sombody's mother/father/brother/sister dies an early death.
As long as you think you might get some *****, because your so bad-***.
yeah *** 'em
Nice attitude... Hope the cop pulls yopu over for your
precious HIDs when you one beer over the limit.
This was a really good post until that ***'em came along.
Who cares if you blind somebody with your illeagal headlights and sombody's mother/father/brother/sister dies an early death.
As long as you think you might get some *****, because your so bad-***.
yeah *** 'em
Nice attitude... Hope the cop pulls yopu over for your
precious HIDs when you one beer over the limit.
This was a really good post until that ***'em came along.
any way im gunna try and make a shield thanks for the input guys deff helped out with the info ill try and fabricate somthing this weekend and take some pics of how it comes out
05-23-2005, 12:37 PM
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I personally don't care when I get flashed, and it's only happeneda handful of times with my 7000k McCulloch Kit. I aimed them down to perfect angle..
Now people know not to cut out infront of me, and slow drivers always move out my way. I get tons of compliments by random people on the street. A lot of newer truck have glare like crazy with their stock lights and fog that bothers me but I don't cry about it. I will never go backto stock from HID's..
And about the police.. LOL what a joke the cops have too much important things to worry about like all the crime..
Now people know not to cut out infront of me, and slow drivers always move out my way. I get tons of compliments by random people on the street. A lot of newer truck have glare like crazy with their stock lights and fog that bothers me but I don't cry about it. I will never go backto stock from HID's..
And about the police.. LOL what a joke the cops have too much important things to worry about like all the crime..
05-23-2005, 12:49 PM
#49
Originally Posted by maximazation
thats why you make a custom one from scratch, i made one from a 2 inch long copper tube which i cut in half, painted it with black hi temp paint and JB welded it to the base of the HID bulb, and VOILA....HID glare shield which work really well...cuts down about 75-80% of the glare, and since then NEVER got flashed again...NEVER....
heres a pic of my car with the HIDs....you can notice, the beam is cut-off on the bottom of the housing....dont mind the spots, i didnt wash my car for 2 weeks that time..
here are 2 pics of the bulb with the shield
heres a pic of my car with the HIDs....you can notice, the beam is cut-off on the bottom of the housing....dont mind the spots, i didnt wash my car for 2 weeks that time..
here are 2 pics of the bulb with the shield
Nice!!! same setup as me...
05-23-2005, 12:49 PM
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i currently have hid's but mine already came with a shield. but i was wondering, if i want a clean cut-off on the top, should i make a shield on the top too???you guys think that would help???
05-23-2005, 01:18 PM
#54
Originally Posted by JetBlackMax83
The glare isnt bad in person it just looks crazy in the pics for some reason but I bought this HID conversion kit off ebay for 260 shipped there Aura HID 9004 Conversion Kit 6000k Lamps With Silverstar amber corner bulbs and Silverstar 1157 Turn Signals with the bumper light rewire and 194 polarg ambers for the running lights along with some pilot h3 for light bulbs
gotta link to your ebay auction?
05-23-2005, 02:18 PM
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http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfashtek
This is the guy i bought um from great seller fast shipping good prices good product
This is the guy i bought um from great seller fast shipping good prices good product
05-23-2005, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by RastaManMax
then probably take out the orange rewired corner light and probably the sidemarker bulb as well. It might make it a little less obvious and ricey looking. LEMAR
05-23-2005, 04:41 PM
#60
For those with HID's, just aim them right!
i took about an hr aiming my hid's and i never got flashed by a cop here in So. Cal and the cops here are major PIGS! Cops would be facing me and never said anything.
i pointed them low, but to the point where i can see well.
i took about an hr aiming my hid's and i never got flashed by a cop here in So. Cal and the cops here are major PIGS! Cops would be facing me and never said anything.
i pointed them low, but to the point where i can see well.
05-23-2005, 07:25 PM
#61
Originally Posted by ScarfaceTHX
How many seconds is your exposure set to? A bic lighter would look like the sun if you took its pic with that camera.
Still not surprised you get flashed though. +1
Still not surprised you get flashed though. +1
05-23-2005, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Xugg
most cars come with orange in the corners, ive tried both white and orange, in person rewired orange corners look nicer but its all personal pref.
05-23-2005, 08:25 PM
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those hids are bright as hell, they look good with the orange corners....
sorry to stray offtopic, but i dont think i had seen this car yet (i definately would have remembered it), looks good
damn thats a sexy car, i love red maximas, and those i30t wheels look hot as hell, mad props to a very clean and sporty max!
sorry to stray offtopic, but i dont think i had seen this car yet (i definately would have remembered it), looks good
damn thats a sexy car, i love red maximas, and those i30t wheels look hot as hell, mad props to a very clean and sporty max!
05-23-2005, 09:45 PM
#65
Originally Posted by maximazation
when i had HIDs, even though i aimed it down as low as possible, it still glared a crap load, and oncoming drivers would always flash me, i made a custom shield and put it under the bulb, the cut-off remained similar, but cut down the glare a lot, since most of the glare comes from the bottom of the housing (light is reflected up), after putting in the shield, no one flashed me ever...i have since sold my HIDs to a fellow org member a while back..now im waiting to buy the cefiro headlights and putting in some hi/lo HIDs..
so after you welded a shield onto your HID Base, did you reaim the lights higher again? or you just left them pointed toward the ground directly in front of your car? I think mine are aimed as far down as they will go at this point. I haven't been flashed since i did this, but at the same time i'm not really getting as much light on the road as i would like. retro fitting seems like a good idea, but seems pretty costly and time consuming to do it right. Also, i feel like the only one in here that doesn't have any welding equipment/experience.....
05-23-2005, 11:46 PM
#66
Originally Posted by lewtion1
so after you welded a shield onto your HID Base, did you reaim the lights higher again? or you just left them pointed toward the ground directly in front of your car? I think mine are aimed as far down as they will go at this point. I haven't been flashed since i did this, but at the same time i'm not really getting as much light on the road as i would like. retro fitting seems like a good idea, but seems pretty costly and time consuming to do it right. Also, i feel like the only one in here that doesn't have any welding equipment/experience.....
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