DJNauTicz

i was thinkin about install a HID kit into my civic
and also i wanna install a HID kit on my foglight either
so in this case do i need to buy 2 set of HID kit??

crazyguy

yes.

franklinhid

yup....make sure u get water proof ones too....especially for the fogs...hint...water and electricity are not friends...lol....yea ALOT say they are water proof...but they are not..beware of those....

Padawan

Be prepared for a very poor beam pattern from both sets of lamps.

DJNauTicz

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Padawan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Be prepared for a very poor beam pattern from both sets of lamps. </TD></TR></TABLE>

how so??

Padawan

The stock Civic headlamp housings are not very good to begin with, and when you install a drop-in HID kit that overpowers the halogen optics, the results are a lot of glare and a splotchy, poor beam pattern. The fog lamps suffer from a similar problem.

If you want to upgrade the lighting in your Civic, pick up a set of Philips X-treme Power bulbs for your headlamps and either Philips Vision Plus, or PIAA Ion Crystal H3 bulbs for your fog lamps (depending upon whether you want white or amber light).

built562

^^^^^^^^^ true

i think you will be happier (and other drivers) with the results from some high quality bulbs for you head lights and your fogs.

davidp423

ya i was wondering the same. should i get HID's or just "better" bulbs they sell at walmart.. like those philips extreme power bubls.. anyone have pictures to show what they look like as compared to HID

Jonknee

I would get the phillips bulbs u said, unless you plan on running projectors with those hid's

davidp423

please elaborate?

mistersparco

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Elaborate on what? There is nothing to elaborate on.

Do you even know how true HIDs work?

OP, please do a retro fit, or get some decent bulbs. Otherwise you'll get poor light ouput and blind the sh*t out of oncoming traffic.

Jonknee

Dude imagine this : driving on a highway at 1 am tired as expletive after driving across california, and u see a damn civic with some ******* lights as bright as expletive, and all you see is the lights,nothign else!, its not fun man.

Libertariat

Do you want better lighting? Or "mAd TytE HiD's!"?

Phillips X-treme /thread

TougeCoupe

you should get them for better lighting not cause the y look cool

jakedoza

WERD!

Libertariat

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Plug and play HID's give worse lighting than oem. My phillips x-treme's light 3x as good as either PnP HID kit I had.

PhoeNix007EG

the Phillips bulbs are just as good if not slightly better-lite distribution wise as a drop in HID kit. just get some bulbs, you'll be happier. and wont blind the S**T out of everybody on the road at night.

Jonknee

well i dont know about pnp being worse than oem, because i had pnp for a month since i had to wait to find some projectors, and the lighting was wayyy better, was wide, **** i could see highway signs light up from a mile away, and nobody flashed thei high beams , i just aimed the lights down, and it was a 5000k

DJNauTicz

i have a projector..headlight.on my civic..so if i install HID in that will that make anything better????

builthatch

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Elaborate on what? There is nothing to elaborate on.

Do you even know how true HIDs work?

OP, please do a retro fit, or get some decent bulbs. Otherwise you'll get poor light ouput and blind the sh*t out of oncoming traffic.</TD></TR></TABLE>

indeed

Jonknee

when i said projector, i meant the hid bulb housing not the egay projectors.

davidp423

anyone have a pic with the philips bulbs on as apposed to stock?

Jonknee

I was searching and i found a thread by a guy named erann or eran idfk and he did a comparison of philips vs stock on his hatch

Libertariat

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonknee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was searching and i found a thread by a guy named erann or eran idfk and he did a comparison of philips vs stock on his hatch</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, just do a search for his threads.

It's also in his sig.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1888068