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I have a set of phillips Hid's on stock 2000 civic headlights. My question is you know the reflecter piece inside the headlight that usdm civic's have but Ctr headlight don't have. If my Hid's came with a reflector over the bulb, could i remove the stock reflector piece? Has anyone done this? Tried a search but didn't find anything specific enough. Just trying to find out if there would be to much glare from the housing itself.

6SPD_EK

iTrader: (2)

I have OEM CTR headlamps with autolamps-online HIDs...with the right kind of shield you should be okay. here is a pic of the shield that came with my HIDs


what kind of shield do you have - is it similar to mine above or like the casper shield below


if you have a shield like mine - you can probably take the inner headlight shield out...if you have a shield like the casper shield, I would leave it in

EDIT to see more pics of my HIDs (cutoff too) see https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=644430

see here https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=574577 its fine to remove the shield/diffuser in USDM housings AS LONG as you are using one of the shields above - please NOTE when fiting reflective HIDs in you will certainly have glare/flare but shields similar to those above will reduce glare/flare & help produce a cleaner cutoff BUT you won't get results like OEM HID reflective housings OR retrofitting OEM HID projectors


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the one that i have is more like the one you have, not the casper like one. i'd have to take the bulbs out to be sure its been a while since i have seen them, do you have any pics of your light beams w/o the stock shield?(ctr rather)

Spooled1.6L

funny I just posted the same thing, i have a philips kit with the half shield bult into the bulb. And I removed the Factor shield that sits in front of the bulb while I was inside painting the housings black. I want to know how the light output is effected

6SPD_EK

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"the half shield onto the bulb" you mean this

you still NEED one of the shields pictured above - if you are NOT going to get one, I would still leave the diffuser/shield (that comes standard in USDM housings) in the headlamp...BTW you **** (glare & cutoff) is still gonna be all over the place . I would suggest getting the casper shield & removing the stock OEM diffuser/shield... I edited my post to include more links to informative threads on REFLECTIVE HID retrofits

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Spooled1.6L &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">funny I just posted the same thing, i have a philips kit with the half shield bult into the bulb. And I removed the Factor shield that sits in front of the bulb while I was inside painting the housings black. I want to know how the light output is effected</TD></TR></TABLE>Thats how mine is and no its not like the picture below. I'll try to snap a pic later to show everyone. Sounds like some people have some concern about diffrent bulbs.

Spooled1.6L

No mine are different then the ones pictured. My bulbs have a shield built into them
and its not the shields show that you add on