I bought some after market halo projector lights and currently have them installed. I want to put HID lights in them. Does anyone know if they are safe or do they have possibility to melt the after market housing. When I bought them they said not to install HID in them. I did not know if they were saying that because they possibly were illegal or not.

 

the housings u got are designed for halogen, u will not get the beam patter and dispersion with HID as u see on the proper projecter retrofits. The beam will be all over the place. Heat wise, they should produce the same amount of heat as your halogens.

 

Oh ok...Thank you! When you talk about beam pattern, will this be better than my original lights I have now. I am hoping to get better visibility than I have right now. I also have the stock headlamps. Do you think those would work better? Thanks for your response!!

 

www.theretrofitsource.com if you'd like to buy a retrofit kit and do it yourself.

http://www.theforumretrofitters.com/ if you'd like to pay someone to do it for you. I've heard they do good work and they've quoted me $325 for a full retrofit that includes shipping to and from.

 

as for better light output with HIDs...you will definitely get better light output. but with that...comes the distraction to on-coming traffic that the glare gives out. a retro-fit would be best due to the fact that you will get minimal if any glare at all, also the added bonus of a retro-fit is great/even/perfect output and cut-off.

if all you want to do is put better output on the road, and don't mind getting hassle by on-coming traffic because of the brighter glare that it gives, i say go for the basic plug-in-play HID kit, it's also real easy to install. if u're meticulous about how your car looks, NOT distracting on-coming traffic and how well you want your lights to perform, go with a retro-fit, but research first. although, nowadays retro-fits are just slightly more pricey then regular HID kits, it involves more work and more mechanical/electrical skills.

what kind of car do you have? and how does the aftermarket headlight look like?

 

I beg to differ simply cuz I believe in that if you're going to do something, do it right without any compromises. To the OP if you're going to have sex and don't want to get the girl pregnant, are you going to bone her while using crappy condoms?

It was foggy here in San Diego last week, and the fog showed how crappy those basic plug and play aftermarket HID kits are. You can see beam patterns aimed almost vertically, and this is coming from HIDs installed in foglight housings.

Sure HID may give out better light output, but what's the point of having better output if you're going to blind the car in front of you as well as opposite traffic?

It's like having an super duper gas stove that gives out more flames than a regular gas stove, but will you be able to boil water or cook food in a pot if the flames shoot out all over the place and not underneath the pot?


Totally agree with you here. To the OP, follow the 2nd advice and get retrofits if you insist on going the HID route. If not, stick with your stock halogens or get better halogen bulbs (GE nighthawks, osram, etc)

 

The phillips extreme will hold you off for a while. I think they're $25 shipped now.