My question is 12000k hid's alright with the stock housing? I didnt kno if they would burn too hot for the 20 year old honda head light housing....

 

Stock housings are not meant to house HIDs, they are meant for halogen bulbs. I reccomend getting some projectors.

 

yes, retrofitting projectors would be a good idea, and give you the best light output without risking blinding other drivers.

the hids themselves do not run hotter than standard halogens. in fact they're generally around 35 watts, and thus about half the wattage of stock lights. therefore they produce much less heat.

 

yeah, is there hid kits for the stock headlights, or they just dont fit at all?

 

No, they'll fit, they're just like a regular bulb, it just wont look good. Get projectors bro.

 

^ why wouldn't they look good in stock housings?

 

HIDs arent designed to reflect off the housings like halogen bulbs are. They're meant to be concentrated thru a projector lens.

 

Some more info:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/moderated-threads-55/look-here-see-why-hid-kits-horrible-2491845/

 

^ Great info. not that i was planning on doing it just was wondering

 

Not all cars with hids from the factory use projector lenses.. Ever seen a 99-03 acura tl?

 

Not wanting to put projectors on my car( from the ones i have scene i dont like the looks of them ). I've heard of cutting open the stock housing and putting in a projector lens out of like a newer car that has HIDs stock. any1 done this, any pics? wanting to keep a stock look...

 

just did a quick search and found these links. should prove helpful

http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=60862
https://honda-tech.com/forums/lighting-107/hid-retrofit-club-1108424/
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-2006-2015-79/my-%2Aofficial%2A-hid-retrofit-process-thread-1596034/
http://www.autopia.org/forum/exterio...ofit-pics.html

 

4100k is the way to go.

 

I recently put HID on my crx i think it looks good i got some pics but it really wasnt in a very dark location at the time. but in person they look good. and they do light up pretty good on the street on stock housings. check it.

 

what happens if you swap out lenses? put a HID bulb into the stock headlight but swap out the projector lens instead of the stock one with the guiding lines?

 

here my 12000k

 

yes retrofitting is a better idea....but the hid kit will still work in stock housing...like said the hid actually burns at a lower temperature than halogen cause they run like half the watts of a normal halogen bulb....but anyways heres my 10000k i installed in my stock housing...my kit is a PnP kit i bought off ebay...a cheapo kit for like 80 bucks shipped...

10K HID vs Stock





Both Installed



















10K HID vs Bright

 

ahhhhh damn MASSIVE GLARE in this thread!!!! I've seen halogen bulbs like Osram Night Breaker H4's that put out more light than the 10,000 and 12,000K shown in here.

And yes, some cars came with HID in reflector housings, but again, those housings were designed for use with HID bulbs. But even still, HID reflector headlights are not as good as quality HID projectors.

 

damn i thought mine had a lot of glare.
10,000k and 12,000k hids are complety useless.

 

Wow lots of glare..poor oncoming drivers lol. I think you would be better with a hid projector retrofit imo

 

true, but it is also quite possibly that the camera doesn't know how to compensate for the one bright point of light in the picture and in the process of taking the picture it overcompensates and makes it look a lot brighter than it actually is. i have 6k's in my stock housings and they look nothing like the glare seen in those pictures.

i would also agree that 10 and 12k lights are stupid to have, but not because they have more glare. they are actually less bright than hids with a lower number color temperature rating. 10 is way too blue, and 12 is like violet purple, neither of which makes it easy to see much of anything on the road at night in comparison to decent halogens or 4100k-6000k hids.

 

At least adjust the lights down if you're gonna run them in stock housings

 

Ricey. I drive to school at night in a long dark road, its a 1 way, when i see an on coming car with plug and play hid's , i get so pissed, i can barely see anything other than that huge glare, i swear if i feel like smashing those damn healdights.

 

same here - I just blast them with my 4 high beams... bi-xenon projector highs + stock halogen highs = DAYLIGHT!!!

 

You need a 55W HID kit for your highbeam lamps. Teach those inconsiderate punks what "glare" really is when you flash them. Bonus points for using a 3000K kit, to confuse them even further ("It can't be HIDs, they're not white!").

Bi-xenon lows + 55W HID highs = the blinding light of almighty God reaching through the parted clouds.

Note: I do NOT condone (and will actually yell at you for) running a HID kit in a halogen reflector housing as the main lamps. But, highbeams aren't legal to use when there's other traffic anyway, so go for it.