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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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im thinking of putting hid's into my crx but the hid only come with two ballast and the crx has 2 different kinds of light bulbs one for highs and one for the lows which one would you all recommend t take p[lace in the high beams or the low beams to anybody familiar with hids
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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The low beams (9006), check the FAQ's there is a nice write up on how to do it in the 9006 housing .
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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so if i wanted to do both high and lows i would have to buy two kits
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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why would you need two hid for? why do u want to put hid in the high beam section for? saying that because you are confuse to where to put it in(low or high spot). btw putting hid in a non projector headlight will glare at other drivers which will blind their *** and crash into you. .
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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No, some companies make a H/L kit for the 9006 housing. Or you can get some EDM housings with single H4 bulbs, HID kit and you have visibility
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:04 PM
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If you retro fit a projecter HID like one from a s2k or TSX into your stock housing it will blind people but if you mod your housing a little and just use a HID buld it can look good.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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will the crx alternater handle the hid... i would like to get a set but i have gauges and a 700 watt sterio system, dont know if stock alternator will hold up
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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say what?????? pretty sure you got it the other way around.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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does anybody know if pilot hid are any good they seem to give a good price for a kit i was going to get the one from jdm carboy but decided to look around first instead http://www.pilothid.com/9006.html
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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 11:38 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Red_ED8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you retro fit a projecter HID like one from a s2k or TSX into your stock housing it will blind people but if you mod your housing a little and just use a HID buld it can look good.</TD></TR></TABLE>
i hope you're not trying to say that retrofits blind people and plug-n-play kits don't...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kixcrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so if i wanted to do both high and lows i would have to buy two kits</TD></TR></TABLE>
YES, if your high and low beams are separate bulbs, you'll need two different HID kits, but i don't recommend you go this way. (you're high beams will be prone to prematurely burning out from flipping high beams on/off).

i believe the oem crx headlights have fluted lenses... BAD for HIDs (retrofit or PnP).

what would be the optimum thing to do is to buy a set of aftermarket projector headlights. then retrofit a set of bi-xenon HID projectors into it. bi-xenon projectors have a shade that slides up and down to allow low beam and high beam in one projector. it'll be a lot of work, but you'll be the happiest in the end. retrofits FTW!
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