I've heard that HIDs with a non projector housing is a bad idea.
Anyone rollin with HIDs on the 01-03 civics?
Any problems? Pictures? Retrofits maybe? Comments? Anything.

I use to have those ricer-core Halo Projectors and I got rid of them, buuuut I miss my HIDs.

Planning on gettin 6000K or 8000K in my stock housings.

Just need some feedback.

 

I have 6000k in my factory housing. They are pretty bright and have some glare. I'm saving up for a retro-fit , but want to do some more research and plan it out before I buy anything. Some may discourage you from using HIDs in your factory housing, but I won't. I haven't had any problems with them. I wouldn't go any higher than 6000k though, 8000k will be crazy blue, not in a good way IMO.

Good luck with everything.

 

i got 8000k in my 01 civic and yea it has glare and the lights are all over the place not very useful at all but its alot better then the stock ones tho, id definately would do a retro fit

 

In for pics

 

i have 4300k bulbs and ballasts from an older TL in my stock housing with H4 adapters from hidexpert.com. honestly i have a decent cutoff, not too much glare, looks much better than stock and visibility is good, and nobody flashes me.

 

but even with the glare and all that would u say its brighter than the factory bulbs?

 

This is a 10k kit on OEM lights. There is light all over the place.

 

go xenons or go home

 

How do you like it??
Im thinking about getting a 6000K kit

 

yea its alot brighter..or else you can pick up some casper shield on ebay or somethin so it blocks the light from shining up ward and sideways

this is what it looks like i got it off a members thread here

 

i have 8k in aftermarket projectors....

this is what people see when i'm driving towards them at night


and the light output is horrible!

 

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I hated it, I was always getting flashed. I'm running TYC black projectors with a 6k kit now. They are awesome. Very clean light output. There is no hot spots of light. I like them very much. I have got far more compliments with the after markets then the BOH's.

 

i'm in the process of ordering my 6000k kit this week from 3bspec.com. only 140 bucks my friend has their kit on his 96 civ and it looks great. i'll post pics once its done

 

^ 3bspec.com has good hid kit one of my co worker has em

 

Niiiice.
Keep those pics comin'.

Anyone have any say on this kit?

180 Bucks shipped for bi-xenons and a lifetime warranty
One of Honda-Tech's sponsors...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2150901

 

probably should've added that the company seems nice.
I pm'd the company plenty of times and they responded pretty quickly.

Aaaand the bi-xenon kit will work with our cars since it is compatable with both positive and ground switched vehicles.

 

you can get them cheaper

 

Im running bmw hella projectors from an m5, 50watt boosted ballasts, and osram d2s 4300k bulbs. retrofit or casper shields (about to use shortly to allow ample time to do a clear lens swap) are the only safe way to do it. A halogen reflector is gonna blind the heck outa everyone and is gonna just have plain bad output. halogen projectors usually give horrible hotspots and no width, with the exception of audi h7's and the new mx-5 projectors made by stanly/kioto

anywho, enough talking, heres some shots


heres a shot of the color from about 40 feet away


heres a shot of the width from about 25 feet out. aim is a bit off (will be addressed shortly when i do my lense swap) but nothing to bad

 

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Keep those pics comin'.

Anyone have any say on this kit?

180 Bucks shipped for bi-xenons and a lifetime warranty
One of Honda-Tech's sponsors...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2150901

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those arent bixenons. theyre just plug and play HID kits. theres a HUGE difference between a HID kit and a true bixenon retrofit.

heres my old PnP kit from Umnitza. Theyre one of the best kits on the market PERIOD for any car and look at the difference between that and my bixenons(that were unadjusted)

http://www.civicforums.com/for....html


Modified by Curiouz_G at 6:29 PM 6/18/2008

 

im rockin' HIDs. 6k.



here's a pic of the front of my car during a fog.



and aftermarket projectors.

 

so would you still reccomend getting HIDS for stock housing?

 

The plug and play HID kits for under $100 are prolly gonna be really crappy in the stock head lights (designed for halogen bulbs). There will be hot spots of glare everywhere, pretty blinding. Like the other guys said, you can use those shields to help a little... but the ultimate solution would be an OEM retrofit (about a $200 job).

 

i don't really care about the glare on other people, as long as its brighter I'm happy..

 

^ lol just pick those up and add the shield couple more bucks wouldnt hurt..i remember i was behind a cop and it sucks i felt awkward because my lights wer blinding him and had no cut off line im pretty sure he would of pulled me over if i was infront of him tho

 

so the casper shield acts sort of like a projector? or does it just limit the light/directs it..?
anyone have it on their car??