Anyone got pics of HID (non-retrofits) on 5th gen. preludes?

 

i do in my 4th, if ya want pics?

 

I Do. i will take them today and post them tomorrow. i have two sets. Hi and Low beams.
all my ballas are mounted in my bumper and i used relays.

but i will get some snapshots tonight. did you want to see what the look like on aswell?

 

I would like to see this also!

 

ive got hids on my 5th gen too ill take pics once it gets the new engine in

 

here's the only pic i could find at night. the glare was horrible. if possible do a retrofit.

 

yes do a retrofit. i also have horrible glare on my hid

 

i'lll post pics of mine later this weekend.....

 

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Great advice. One of the best I've seen in a couple of days

 

just to clarify this a little more. not only is it unsafe for people on the other side of the road and in front of you, its unsafe for the driver as well. in any rain, or especially fog, its an accident waiting to happen. imagine a wall of light hitting fog in front of you. ull never see 3 feet in front of you and ull eventually hit something.

 

Not to be dumb or anything....but what exactly is "retro-fit", what is the purpose, and how do you do it?

 

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A retrofit is when you take parts from say a TSX(bulbs, ballast, projectors) and put them into headlights that done have them such as Preludes. If you click the link in my sig. it'll take you to my myspace page and there are alot of pics of my past work that I've done. Prelude headlights weren't designed to have HIDs, cause when you put just HIDs into the housings, you'll have major glare, uneven light dispution, and blind on coming traffic, so when you put projectors into your housings, then the light will be spread evenly and you won't be blinding on coming traffic. If you decide that you want HIDs on your car, save yourself the trouble and do it right the first time by having a retrofit done.

 

So how exactly do you do it? Is it expensive? How could I do it to my 4th gen Lude? I'll search it...

 

i heard it's pretty pricey

 

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depends who you get to do it. If I were you I'd go to Brian(prelude1897). He does great work from what I've seen across the forums.

 

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It just takes time and PATIENCE to complete a retrofit. What I do is take your lights completely apart, do a little shaving, and put everything back together. The whole process usually takes me 2-4 days to complete and ship back out. I'm located in DFW area, so I'm not sure how far Richmond is from here. My prices vary depend on the type of setup you're wanting. For an E46 setup, it'll be $600+shipping and for a TSX setup, it'll be $800+shipping. These prices include all the parts(bulbs, ballast, projectors, labor) I would just need your lights to complete the work


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Thank you very much. I really appreciate the compliment about my work. I aim to please

 

Seriously reflectors + HID = crap.

Retrofit is in your best interest.


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