clemsonteg

my roomate wants to get a set of tyc projector headlights and hids for his 99 civic, but in this pic it looks like there is a place for 3 different bulbs and im pretty sure he only has 2, i keep telling him its probably not a good idea, does anyone have any expierience and is there actually 3 different bulbs there?

Padawan

As far as a bolt-on HID option, these are probably a decent choice. The need for the extra bulb is due to the fact that the stock headlights use a dual-filament high/low beam.

clemsonteg

so this would split the regular dual beam into 2 single beams, and if he got a hi/low set of hid's there would be no use for the spot on the otherside of the projector?

Padawan

I confused these lights with the housings that TYC offers for the '92-'95 Civics, which are DOT-approved HID units. The ones you showed here are just halogen housings. If your friend wants to install an HID setup in these, I would suggest retrofitting some OEM HID projectors into them (these can be found at places such as HID Planet. If he buys a high/low H4 HID kit, it simply won't fit in these housings.

clemsonteg

i did some research on them, hes got no computer where hes at right now so im doing it for him, these projectors split the regular dual filament into the 2 seen, an h1 and an h3 instead of the stock single h4, so he would have to go with an h1 kit and have an h3 high beam

Padawan

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Correct. Not ideal, but better than an H4 kit in the stock housings.