gonzotheman

hows it going everyone! im new here. i been hooking up vw's all my life and my sister just recently gave me her old 1995 civic ex 4dr. its a great car. my last daily driver was my mkv gti witch had xenon lights.

i was wondering what the best HID kit you guys would recommend to go with the stock headlight housings. not trying to do anything fancy, just want to see the road better(commute mostly during night)

thanks!
Nathan

NACvicSi

Honestly if you don't plan to do a projector retrofit don't bother. My EK came with HID's from the previous owner and the light out put is great, but it's not consistent and spread evenly. Either do the retrofit or get some good quality halogen bulbs.

Linked

you think those projectors that are sold on ebay work well with HIDs?

i've been thinking about buying HID's but i were gonna get some ebay projectors first

i really dont care about how "fine" or properly balanced the light beam is, as long as it has the "cut off" and wont glare oncoming traffic

ej1love

hid's in stock housing sucks. somebody prove me wrong...

NACvicSi

Agree

They will work, just not the greatest. All the cutoff line is is a thin piece of metal inside the projector. Compared to the stock head lamps it will be a lot better. I can't decide on retrofit or egay headlights and retrofit. I just can't stand the look of the retrofitted EJ/Ek lights. They just look like a someone who did too much coke and can't get their eyes open enough.

chinochanginc

buy this and call it aday

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H4-43...Q5fAccessories


^ bulbs are from germany.. i have the same brand in my civic and they work great..

NACvicSi

How about not. Just buying that and throwing it in his stock housings is going to have crappy light output. Not to mention those seem really cheap. Just remember for the most part you get what you pay for.

98civdx

no! that is another peice of **** ebay kit!!!. sure they work great and put out a lot of light, but your blinding everyone, and on top of that its ebay!

the projector head lights will work better then stock lights but noithing compared to a good retro fit, check out the retro fit club in the lighting forum.

gonzotheman

does nobody make a good quality headlight that works with HID's? i never bother with any of the ebay stuff.

ej1love

if u want somethin still kinda non rice check out 'tyc' but i think all they make is a 1 piece headlight.

gonzotheman

will they work good with HID's?

ej1love

of course, thats why i mentined it. they are projector headlights...

D3vin

Not trying to advertise but I recently got a set of HID kit from DDM Tuning.

http://ddmtuning.com/

It's a BMW tuning site, so far they have been working wonderfully at night. I do have the 55w Hi/Lo Kit from DDM Tuning or the so called Apexcone. However the company is in China so the stuff will be from China, I haven't really heard bad things about it yet though.

And about the person above who mentioned TYC projector headlights, that brand is pretty much the same exact design as Sonar from ebay. Their projectors looks pretty good if your not into the JDM scene and works pretty damn bright already with the bulbs they give you. Compared to the stock headlights, there was a cutoff which was really nice, and the light output is very dense it looks like it's evenly distributed no unevenly spots or light everywhere like the stock headlights.

Since you have 95 model civic I would get the projectors because I find them to look pretty good, but just not that good on the 96-00 models.

gonzotheman

cool. just double checking, they'll be consistent and balanced? would any HID kit work? i don't want to half *** anything. just trying to get something with good light that i don't have to worry about.

EDIT: these say there for 2/3dr would they work with my sedan?...
http://www.slickcar.com/productdetai...ProductID=3045

ej1love

no, sedan corners are different...

D3vin

Make sure you get the H4 bulbs if your using your stock headlights, if your getting the projectors check what size bulbs it uses. Usually a HID kit consists of the ballast, and a relay harness that hooks up to the battery, and the bulbs.

98civdx

make sure you get the correct bulb type, if you get tyc, youll be fine, they are good, never heard anything bad about them, however the "egay projecotrs" i have heard bad things about. remeber you get what you pay for.

basicly anything that has a projector will be better than your stock hosings, but if you want great results you need to look into a retro fit.

gonzotheman

what type of bulbs should i use with the tyc's? do i need any specific type of HID kit?

98civdx

i dont know what bulbs they use but it will tell you.
no, it doesnt have to be a certian type, as long as bulbs are correct it will fit.