00 Si Headlights
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00 Si Headlights
I need new headlights for my 00 Si. One is fogged over, the other is busted, so I'm just going to get a new pair. I'm seriously considering doing HIDs in whatever headlights since I had those in my previous car and have missed them ever since.
I have a couple options in mind:
1. Projector Lights: the ebay ones are pretty ugly, surely shitty quality, and all have halos. Are there any other options out there for me with projectors? Where can I get them? I'm not interested in retrofitting my own.
2. Stock lights w/ black housing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DEPO-...=p4506.c0.m245 These look pretty good, but I'm not sure how well they would tolerate HIDs and if I'd just be blinding all of the other drivers on the road.
Thoughts/help?
I have a couple options in mind:
1. Projector Lights: the ebay ones are pretty ugly, surely shitty quality, and all have halos. Are there any other options out there for me with projectors? Where can I get them? I'm not interested in retrofitting my own.
2. Stock lights w/ black housing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DEPO-...=p4506.c0.m245 These look pretty good, but I'm not sure how well they would tolerate HIDs and if I'd just be blinding all of the other drivers on the road.
Thoughts/help?
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Re: 00 Si Headlights
Option 1, with a retrofit.
Please don't use a HID kit in a reflector housing, you'll blind people.
Please don't use a HID kit in a cheap halogen projector, you'll kill your own visibility, even if the cutoff is good enough to prevent blinding others. The extra light won't be of any use, and will actually hurt distance vision in the dark. The only real benefit of the additional light from a HID capsule comes from the ability to project a wider and better dispersed beam. More light in a halogen beam pattern will create an overpowered foreground, preventing the ability to see past the end of the beam pattern.
Please don't use a HID kit in a reflector housing, you'll blind people.
Please don't use a HID kit in a cheap halogen projector, you'll kill your own visibility, even if the cutoff is good enough to prevent blinding others. The extra light won't be of any use, and will actually hurt distance vision in the dark. The only real benefit of the additional light from a HID capsule comes from the ability to project a wider and better dispersed beam. More light in a halogen beam pattern will create an overpowered foreground, preventing the ability to see past the end of the beam pattern.
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