For people that have a 5th gen lude, was all just a swap in of the hid's and thats it or did u have to do something special to make them fit right? thanx

 

Whenenver I put my HIDs in without projectors, I was able to put the bulb right in. You may have to bend the bulb holder a little, but it should still fit in.

 

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Don't just put the bulbs in, that'll blind the **** out of everybody. Projector retrofit...

The reason projectors cause problems with cops is because people DONT put projectors in with HIDs.

 

^^ I assume he meant that the reason people get pulled over is because cheap bastards use just the HID bulbs, which causes the light to be thrown all over the place - blinding on coming traffic.

You don't tend to get pulled over if you are using the projectors, because the beam pattern is corrected and no one is getting blinded.

In case you are not aware: It is ILLEGAL, period, to have HID systems in a car that did not come with it. Even if you have projectors.

However, if you have projectors, then you are not violating the spirit of the law since you are not a danger to anyone on the road.

 

you can also retrofit a HID reflector housing.

 

just point them down....tis what i did, and its a last resort for people like me who dont like the way the projectors look in there.

 

I could be wrong... but i think i did remember reading that it is legal to have them in, as long as they have a leveling device (corrects the aim of the projector as the car hits bumps, slight up/downhills. I know 3 series bmws have this.

But again, i could be wrong---or perhaps even my source could be.

IMO, HID & halogen reflector is one of the worst things you can do. Glare to the max.

I can think of no disadvantage from having projectors.

 

i think you are wrong, becuase it is basically illegal to modify lights.

 

how do you figure

 

i have hid lights in my 4th gen lude and i love them. I dont need high beams and I dont get flashed or pulled over for my lights. they arent pointing way down that I cant see. they are just right and i dont blind anyone

 

okay, on the 5th gen there is a little plastic thing that u stick the bulb in, and it has like lil wings on it that the metal wire holds into place, now i cant seem to figure out anything yet for the hid bulb to stay in, wut have u used or wut has anybody else used to elimante this problem, im open to anything!!!!!

 

If you're not ready for a retrofit, maybe you should just get a "kit" that has HID capsules that are sized to fit your stock housing.

 

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What do you mean by this. Ive heard of The projector retrofit, but I havent heard of doing a relector housing retrofit. Any pics by chance?

 

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What do you mean by this. Ive heard of The projector retrofit, but I havent heard of doing a relector housing retrofit. Any pics by chance?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can put for example Volvo V40 HID reflectors. They'll fit the prelude headlight probably. They're not projectors but look like regular H4 and they're HIDs.

 

yeah, a reflector retro is pretty much cutting out the reflector bowl off a HID equipted car using reflectors instead of projectors. Also, relector system uses D2R bulbs for glare control.

 

Anyone have links to pics for the Reflector mod? I already searched so dont like me to the search page

 

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try here http://www.hidforum.com