Again I'm with Albert on this one. I have other mods and HIDs look great, but losing my high beams is something that I won't do. There's nothing wrong with aesthetics or performance, but I'm very practical when it comes to my car.
-hype

 

Having no high beams is no big deal. Halogen's don't compare when using low beam and you can't drive with high beams all of the time anyway so really, what's the use? Not being able to use high beams is no issue to me or anyone else who has HID's.

 

Situation: You're on the highway in the fast lane behind someone who is going slow enough to be driving on the access road. Europeans commonly flash their high beams to communicate with the driver ahead of them that they wish to pass. While I don't do this on a regular basis it does come in handy from time to time.

Result: The HID owner is forced to sit and wait or ride the driver's bumper to get him to move. Personally I'd prefer a beam flash to being tailgated (just commmon courtesy).

I also use my high beams to signal people from time to time, whether it be when picking someone up or meeting people at a Maxima meet across a parking lot :P
-hype

 

Which leads me to say......

Situation: You're on the highway in the fast lane behind someone who is going slow enough to be driving on the access road. Europeans commonly flash their high beams to communicate with the driver ahead of them that they wish to pass. While I don't do this on a regular basis it does come in handy from time to time.

Result: People up here don't give a damn whether you flash them or not, they're just arrogant.

Hypex, you flash them and they don't move. I found that my people see my lights and they move without me flashing or turning my lights off and on (no lie). I was heading to NYC on a very dark RT15 in CT and people just moved aside.

I know what you mean though.

 

What we call low beams are actually dipped beams. Highbeams are used for high speed driving. With standard halogen lamps, the average driver will "outdrive" his/her lights by the time they reach about 80. Here in the US, we're not supposed to drive above 65...thus, the lack of good lighting required by the DOT and NHTSA.

Highbeams are a necessity, or they would merely be options on cars. A similar thing can be said for airbags...we don't notice them, we don't think we need them...UNTIL, we get into a offset collision at 45 miles per hour.

Deezo, you probably don't need them, but I do. That's why I post about the fact that one will lose them if they install an HID conversion kit. THink of me as the "SURGEON GENERALS WARNING" on a pack of cigarettes.

 

when i want some-one to get out of my way i shut off my hids and turn my strobes on. that works all the time.