hey i heard you cant put hid's on the low beam side of the integra headlamp is that true?? hear rumors bout it melting and sumthing with the bulb being to long. can u guys help me out point me in the right direction thanks a lot.

Mike

 

u can put it in. who ever told u that u can't lied to u. its illegal but u can still have it in. i have a hid kit in minez for a month now. best investment ever

 

so many people have done retrofits and so have i... i haven't had problems with this nor have i heard any problems rising because of it. i used a6 projectors with the 4300k d2s bulbs.

 

so your saying that i can put hid on both the low beam and high beam sides and they wont be any clearance issues just buy an HID kit to fit my integra and thats it no problems with clearances????

 

just get Silvenia Silverstars. They are a lot cheaper than true HID kits and they are legal. They are pretty bright and white.

 

HID's 6000k

 

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ket 6000k HID's...i'm planning on putting that on my integra.

Just make sure you get 9006 so it will fit into your socket easily...

 

I'd like to add that you should get 9006 D2S (projector).

 

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Too bad they emit less than 1/3 the light of a real HID kit.

Silverstars suck. If you are going to upgrade the stock bulb, Xtravisions cost less than half the price and offer much better light output.

 

silverstars ******* SUCK, why else would they distribute their crappy products to walmart autozone kragens etc... my friend has burnt 3 bulbs out in his stock civic in 6 months... and they are about double the price of the better brands.

 

9006 D2S ???? what the hell is that were can i get that&gt;?

 

d2s is just a hid style bulb. silverstars do really suck compared to hid's. hids will cost the same in the long run when you keep replacing your silverstars. i dont kno if you would want hid's in your highbeam housing. hid wouldnt be effective unless you give them time to warmup. if you flicked your highbeams at someone real quick it would be a super weak light. i got a 6500k for my teg

 

So, no one has had any problems using the stock projectors with 9006 socket HIDs? That's one of the things I wondered about. I can see retrofitting in a civic, but the integra already has the projector housing, I'm just not sure whether they can handle it.

Answers, opinions? thanks.

 

the integra has a halogen projector which doesnt project the hid light as well as if you retroed a hid projector in.

 

But can the stock projectors handle the HIDs w/o any major problems?

 

oh yeah it can handle it with no problems at all. ive had mine in for a month now. it just doesnt project the light as well as hid projectors.

 

Cool, If I do go for HIDs, i'm still debating on retrofitting or going with a much easier plug'n'play unit.

Next question: Does the light color, say "4300k" vs "12000k", affect temperature?

 

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If you mean thermal temperature, then no. However, actual light output of the capsule begins to diminish above 4300K.

 

i th ink he means does it get hotter inside the housing. that im not sure but it shouldnt. still running off 35 watts. that just affects the color temp of what color it shoots out.

 

Integra's stock halogen projectors are designed for Halogen bulbs. They will cause alot of glare and have terrible output compared to HID projectors because they are not in the foci of the projectors since HID bulbs are longer. On the otherhand, Hid projectors will have 'sharp' cutoff lines that will look really cool on your car.

Anything above 4100k will have less output. HIDs will not burn anything if you are using a quality kit; what ever the color temperature is.

Don't upgrade your Highbeams, Hids need a warmup time so you wont be able to flash it. Also, flashing hid bulbs will shorten it's life. you dont want to buy new $200 HId bulbs. Stock highbeams are fine.

IMO go retro. But if you must, buy a quality kit with a harness so you won't short your stock wires. Hope that helped.