Looking for anyone with an 06' civic with HID's without the retrofit. Just curious how a plug and play kit looks? Pictures would be great or any sites where i can view how it looks.

TIA

 

I predict that this post will light up like a batsignal to the "retrofit elitists" lol
AKA seanjean

I mean i have retro but my eyes are bad so i did it

 

found this guy on CSi - the link

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So that was his post on - 07/22/06 04:28 PM, then his next post on - 07/25/06 01:56 PM, well I'll quote. . .

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and i just have to throw this in there.... seein is how I posted what you asked for

my HID retrofit cut off


p.s. - just do the retrofit, you can buy an extremely nice kit from http://www.hidplanet.com which consist of everything you need need minus the time/patience it takes to do the retrofit

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Type X &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> "retrofit elitists" lol
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elitist, hahaha, i'm far from that, **** my retrofit isn't the best, it's gettin the job done (ie light output and not blinding anyone) but is far from perfect, but hey it was my first retro ever, the work is hard and i thoroughly enjoy my hard work...

but none-the-less, i posted what he asked for, and of course i gotta throw my 2cents in

and I did it all w/out being a retro elite ***** (at least i hope thats how i came across)

 

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and I did it all w/out being a retro elite ***** (at least i hope thats how i came across) </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol u bash anyone who mentions HID without using projectors playboy

 

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if it's any reconciliation homie. . . . i'm done bashing... as u can clearly see from this post

so as you quoted, i wasn't trying be a *****, but obviously to you I must have been :shrugs:

 

I hope they are putting out a HID kit that just pop's in because we should not have to start cutting **** to make it fit.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ...WillSI06... &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hope they are putting out a HID kit that just pop's in because we should not have to start cutting **** to make it fit. </TD></TR></TABLE>
the reason your cutting **** to make it fit is because the car did not come with it. . . and if the car did not come with it then they will not make kits for it because technically speaking, doing the HID retrofit is not legal. . . BUT You can pay people to do it for you check out http://www.customlightz.com

 

I emailed the guys at customlightz... $850 for a retrofit? Made me think again.

 

I think that's BS all you need is the bulbs and a separate box with enough juice to run it there has to be a kit ive seen so many honda's with them.

 

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well then your referring to Plug n play kits... so what in the hell are you complaining about?

 

there is a difference between retrofit and an HID kit though. the retrofit will actually have projectors in the headlight housing so it will give u the clean crisp lines similar to an s2000. an HID kit that u just wire up the balasts and throw the bulbs in ur stock headlight housing will be bright, just not crisp and defined. thats my understanding of it anyways. if i get the time and money, im gonna do it. $850 isnt too bad of a price provided that they do all the customization, provide new headlight housings, ballasts, bulbs, etc. now if its just 850 for labor, then that does suck. DIY!

 

Its simple there should be projector kits you can buy that slide right in is that too much to ask for. I was not trying to be an ******* but yes ive seen kits before but maybe they werent projector but they looked good to me.

 

damn that's a big difference

 

ha that was my car with the hid pnp, let me tell you hid is hid and its fine the way it is.... but id suggest you go with the retro cause, it makes your lights look pimp during the day, and at night you have that beautiful cutoff point , i just had 400 lyin around so i decided to get it, but in a couple of months im getting a retrofit done, so in fact i wasted $ :/ ............ and the reason my light went out when i went to lunch was cause one of the wires were lose that i soldiered together.

 

do it right and do the retros..its gonna be worth it..

 

I have to agree with the retrofit guys. Inless you get the bulbs from a DC5R w/ balast, the output is just glare heaven. The ITR's bulbs are coated with some anti-glare glaze which is why the HIDs on the DC5R are crisp without use of projectors. Wish I knew what it was on the bulbs so we could just apply it ourselves!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ScuDC5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have to agree with the retrofit guys. Inless you get the bulbs from a DC5R w/ balast, the output is just glare heaven. The ITR's bulbs are coated with some anti-glare glaze which is why the HIDs on the DC5R are crisp without use of projectors. Wish I knew what it was on the bulbs so we could just apply it ourselves!</TD></TR></TABLE>

what?

I have NEVER heard of that "coating" majority of the OEM non projector hid setups
the reason for "anti glare" is that most of the bulb is covered up by a special " cover" which refracts the light with the designed housing.

Maxima OEM hid bulbs have a "spray" on them which covers half the bulbs
while Acura's didnt ( this is for 00 model year TL vs Maxima) which we installed in my 00 civic ex 6 yrs ago.

there have been members on honda-tech that have actually CUT out the housing of a 00 TL and input that onto a 00 civic ex headlight so it will give off the non glare

NOTHING to do with magic DC5 R bulbs

 

Would it be safe to assume HID lights are illegal in California?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hellzcivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Would it be safe to assume HID lights are illegal in California?</TD></TR></TABLE>
yes that is correct... but i've driven by helllllla cops with my retrofit and oem fogs (with the lumnics 2500k yellow bulbs) and they dont even turn my way

 

thanks for all the posts guys...just wanted some pictures to see how bad it looked. I understand the retrofit is the way to go. I was also just curious exactly how easy a plug and play kit was...

 

at least i provided what you asked for in this post unlike others ey

 

Another couple questions...which plug and play kit do you guys reccomend if i was to go that way?? Also, they say the higher the temperature the less light output. Like a 10000k HID will have less light output then say a 5000k HID. If i went with one with less light output, i was thinking it might have less glare. Do these operate at a higher temp where it will possibly melt the inside of my light assembly?

McCulloch - $350
Phillips - $460
XenonDepot (phillips) - $440
What others do you guys reccomend??


Modified by SpoolnG2 at 4:16 PM 8/10/2006

 

Does no one make a replacement set of headlights with projectors? For example, on my 95 coupe I have projector headlights with an HID kit. If someone made projector headlights for the FG wouldn't that be helpful?

 

What does retro fit mean??

thanks in advance.

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