Hey guys just got my HID kit like 2 weeks ago put it in as soon as I got it reaimed the headlights the an average cars bumper level.

How many of you guys get flashed by high beams?

Seems like I get flashed like crazy I dont understand.

Heres a few pics btw.





Cool Pic Figured I Would show you guys

 

 

 

 

not bad really bright glare? what brand hids?

 

Cool pics, but lots of glare.

 

They may not be shining into peoples faces, but those have glare like crazy and I'd flash the brights at you too.

 

Great pics. What other bulbs are your running?

When people flash their hi-beams at you, there usually telling you your high beams are on. You probably will get pulled over with glare like that, I hope not but look out.

 

they would be really nice to have if you lived in rural montana, but on city driving, i'm not surprised that you get flashed. looks good though

 

damn it looks like the sun is comin down the street! kinda makes it easier driving down thsoe dark LI roads...what kinda corner blubs are those?

 

i got flashed even before I put in my HIDs...its get ridiculous after a while, but im sure the ones that flash me feel stupid when i flash back and they realize my brights arent even on.

 

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..

 

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

 

The glare IS horrable IN PERSON, thats why your getting flashed. The 9004 housing is the absolute worst housing to put a standard HID bulb in. The light goes everywhere and causes serious glare issues to on comming traffic.

Your lights look good, but they are very annoying to other drivers.

 

It's because the housing for the OEM Maxima lights weren't made for HID, thus they reflect all over the place and blind oncoming traffic, hence why it is 'illegal' for cars that didn't come with HID's to run HID's in many places.

Looking at your car however, there are also too many lights running at the same time. Personally, i'd undo the mod that makes your turning signals come on whenever you turn on the lights, 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. I recall reading on some GTP S/C forums as well with people getting ticketed for too many running lights on the front of their cars. I think the law in some states might've been 6, your car right now has 10.

LEMAR

 

http://www.casperselectronics.com/Me...Category_Code=
You need something like that

Also look at this
http://josch.wilksfamily.com/HIDimages/bueleh4.htm

 

do what i did, put eye lids on so it cuts down the glare a little more

 

 

Halogen Reflector Housing + HID = Glare

 

look at my sig, mine arent even hid;s and i get flashed all the time

 

accually here ill put a bigger pic

 

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

 

i will say eyebrows do help a good amount. also aim them down and alittle to the right. That is what i did and i rarley get flashed, and it still puts an admazing amount of light out on the road.

 

Do you have projectors on thouse?

 

I heard the AE mod helps to reduce glare
I get flashed at almost every night. *** em tho, I CAN SEE!!!!!

Nice pics

 

WTF

 

Only in Atlanta though

 

Oh alright, that makes sence then

 

Thats my thought "*** um" lol if they cant handle the HID heat get off the road I have passed many cops so far with no hassles so ::shrug:: i just dont care

 

Add me to the list of getting flash too. I just put in my Hid's a week ago and I get flash like crazy I am going to get some eyelids to reduce the glare.

 

WTF, that is the worst way to think about it. Have you ever seen your car oncomming? Swap cars w/ one of your friends and drive by see how it looks

 

You think that shield would fit a 9004?

 

You would prob have to modify it.

 

Uhhh ok. I want you to drive towards my car when I have my High beams turned on my HIDs, then we'll see who can handle what.

 

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.

 

way too much glare for my taste. our housing just cant handle HIDs with out some projos.

 

Nice! You got some very cool shots there. I need to get brighter headlights with all the highway driving I do, considering I'm gonna have to work overnights and 6am shifts now. I wonder if painting the top/bottom part of the reflector would help at all with the glare?? Was it an expensive mod?

 

he stated it was $260 shipped for the HID kit, the side bulbs and blinker bulbs are prob another $50 at least.

 

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

 

I'd like to see the beam pattern of that shielded HID setup against a wall.