anyone have HID kit for their RSX?
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Re: (iROCKtheSOHC)
Why in the world would you put a high beam HID kit in... that makes 0 sense. You can't turn on HIDs quickly, or you kill the bulbs/ballasts.
PNP kits = teh suck, go retrofit, OEM projectors, or bust.
PNP kits = teh suck, go retrofit, OEM projectors, or bust.
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And my personal favorite, just because I am an HID - aholic...
Check out the WIDTH on those projectors... like 180* of light coming from them, like you have lights on the side of your car, spotlights...
I will argue that a good set of HID projectors like the CTRs will be brighter and more effective at lighting than any reflector based optic.
Check out the WIDTH on those projectors... like 180* of light coming from them, like you have lights on the side of your car, spotlights...
I will argue that a good set of HID projectors like the CTRs will be brighter and more effective at lighting than any reflector based optic.
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Re: (Ocelaris)
Nice retro fit, the cut off is great. Can you adjust the projectors?
But realistically, $300 for a PNP kit vs. $900 for the real deal.... ??
Ultimately you are gaining viewing distance with either route.
Very cool nonetheless
But realistically, $300 for a PNP kit vs. $900 for the real deal.... ??
Ultimately you are gaining viewing distance with either route.
Very cool nonetheless
they looked nice tho
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They are not a retrofit, those are OEM HID Projectors from Honda.
You can do a retrofit, but it will cost you not much less after the time and effort. These are unopened, untouched, perfect.
I have done 3 retrofits, and it's not worth the trouble considering for the EP3 there is an alternative...
The RSX does not have a projector option, so your only way to get projectors in your headlights is a retrofit. The ITR does not have any OEM projectors. The CTR does, as you see.
I have had PNP kits in a halogen reflector... I'd almost prefer halogen because of the awful narrow beam pattern which is exacerbated by the higher output of HIDs. I went from Valeo HID projectors to a HID PNP kit, and I felt almost unsafe because it was so narrow, Halogen reflectors have a very narrow beam pattern, and when you use Halogen that is fine because the filament distributes the light like it's supposed to.
my wife has 9006 rebased HIDs, and it is alot better, some housings do better than others, and some kits are better than others. I would take a rebased HID bulb that is made on a small scale with attention to the focal point over a McCulloch/Catz etc... kit which I did not like at all when I had them.
Until you've had a real HID projector, you don't know what you're missing. The difference between a HID projector and HID PNP kit, is the same as the difference between HID PNP and Halogen. It really is that big of a difference.
You can do a retrofit, but it will cost you not much less after the time and effort. These are unopened, untouched, perfect.
I have done 3 retrofits, and it's not worth the trouble considering for the EP3 there is an alternative...
The RSX does not have a projector option, so your only way to get projectors in your headlights is a retrofit. The ITR does not have any OEM projectors. The CTR does, as you see.
I have had PNP kits in a halogen reflector... I'd almost prefer halogen because of the awful narrow beam pattern which is exacerbated by the higher output of HIDs. I went from Valeo HID projectors to a HID PNP kit, and I felt almost unsafe because it was so narrow, Halogen reflectors have a very narrow beam pattern, and when you use Halogen that is fine because the filament distributes the light like it's supposed to.
my wife has 9006 rebased HIDs, and it is alot better, some housings do better than others, and some kits are better than others. I would take a rebased HID bulb that is made on a small scale with attention to the focal point over a McCulloch/Catz etc... kit which I did not like at all when I had them.
Until you've had a real HID projector, you don't know what you're missing. The difference between a HID projector and HID PNP kit, is the same as the difference between HID PNP and Halogen. It really is that big of a difference.
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Look nice, could you take some pics of them against a wall at 25 feet or so? And a down the road sort of shot, just looking for pattens etc... some reflector HIDs are very good. It's just the efficiency which lacks, even the best Free Form reflector HID tops out efficiency at 45%, where as The better HID Projectors have around a 55% efficiency.
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Beat me to it. Also HID projectors produce a better beam pattern. Look at the new TL's compared to the older TL's.
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Beat me to it. Also HID projectors produce a better beam pattern. Look at the new TL's compared to the older TL's.
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