I need to know is it necessary. i was looking on Team-Integra.net and alot of guys said they changed there projectors when they upgraded to H.I.D.'s. DO u have to do this. If u dont will it mess up your headlights or something?


Modified by Savannahdc2 at 7:36 PM 10/22/2006

 

huh??? ched?

 

Changed. MY blow

 

The reason many people retrofit OEM HID projectors into their stock housings is because they provide a superior beam pattern over simply installing a drop-in HID kit. No, you don't have to do it and your headlights won't be damaged if you don't. However, the results will be much better if you do.

 

ok, i got it now. well, yes. You should change out your projectors. They are way better than your stock halogens that you have now.

 

Ok where do u gt htem from? And how easy is it to chang out?

 

Here is a good place to start: http://www.hidplanet.com/

 

I think i will past on the projectors. I have seen hids on stock projectors and they had a good cut off. i just need to know if there was a risk in not changing them out. Thanks to all that gave input.

 

i'm not sure if those d2s bulbs will fit on a stock housing...? Will it?

 

it will if they rebase it. a cheap alternative to get that brightness of hid's, can't say the same about the cut off line and glare control.

 

hid retro fit is the way to go. hid in stock projector like a plug and play kit has too much glare and hot spots do a search theres a ton of info and alot of pics to compare

this is THEE pic that convinced me to do a retrofit (cut out housing and drop in new projectors, everything) its juicy.fn's ride

 

dont they sell hid kits that fit the stock housing? If im not mistaken there are quite a few sites that sell them.

 

they sell plug and play hid kits but is that what you really want?

 

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Even if it is what you want, everyone comming the other way would definately prefer if you used a proper HID projector for a HID bulb. The entire reason its illegal to add HIDs to a car that didn't come with them is from people just dropping a "HID kit" into stock halogen reflectors and projectors, and blinding everyone else.

 

i want to do this, but i am weary about chopping up my headlights

 

what kelvin is that integra have? it looks bright. are they his high beams?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CHONCH2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i want to do this, but i am weary about chopping up my headlights</TD></TR></TABLE>

I Do As Well, And Do Not Want To Spend More Then $400, Also Want To Look STOCK. Is This Possible?

 

my thing is this. Dont the 97-01 integras have projectors?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Savannahdc2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my thing is this. Dont the 97-01 integras have projectors?</TD></TR></TABLE>

94-01 tegs do have projectors but they are made to use halogen bulbs and not HID bulbs. Like someone here already mentioned, putting HID bulbs in halogen projectors will cause some glare and hot spots to oncoming traffic

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integra686 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what kelvin is that integra have? it looks bright. are they his high beams?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Standard 4300K HIDs. S2000 projector retrofit.


FYI: Lexus LS 430 & S2000 have one of the best projectors for retrofitting.
TST, TL come pretty close!

 

cops will get you with them bright *** blue plug and play hid kits

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by integra686 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what kelvin is that integra have? it looks bright. are they his high beams?</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NightRider-gsR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Standard 4300K HIDs. S2000 projector retrofit.


FYI: Lexus LS 430 & S2000 have one of the best projectors for retrofitting.
TST, TL come pretty close!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks NightRider. And no I didnt have the high beams on, actually ever since the retrofit, the hi beams were never on

 

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I have a plug n play 4300 KIT (Philips ballast, rebased bulb, etc) that overtime has turned bluish because it lost Kelvin temperature. It's actually pretty bright, but...No where near as bright as a retrofit like juicy.fn's.

Never been pulled over for mine. Maybe I you are talking about guys who buy those nasty *** purple kits---insane 8000k or 10000k type.

I also have another ballast + D2S bulbs I have stashed away for my retrofit that I will do who knows when...