I've got a 93 coupe. What other Honda or non honda cars have HID systems and bulbs that will fit my car?
Acura TL?

 

I believe all factory equipped cars such as TL (where it's a standard feature) use specific headlight housings that accept the true HID bulbs D2R and D2S (D2R in reflector style housing, D2S in projector style housing).

I think the only hope would be '02 Maxima (since the car comes with standard 9006 low beam bulbs, but has option of HID system). I think most of the kits retrofitting non-HID cars, have bulbs with custom made bulb base (either molded or snap-on i think).

You're probably best off buying a good quality HID kit from a place such as http://www.hids4less.com or http://www.xenondepot.com

I've been looking into HIDs retrofit into my '90 Accord sedan for few months now, and I've seen some butched "retro fits", and i also saw some pretty impressive "DIY" or "plug'n'play" kits such as the two companies i've listed above.

 

just putting HID bulbs into your existing housing isn't going to yield what you want. HID bulbs put out a different pattern of light than a regular incandescant bulb does. the housings have different reflectors that take advantage of the light put out from the bulbs. I've seen some retrofits that turn out pretty good, but they are still leaking light all over the place, not focused. some are just awful. Best way to do it is to mount a projector or reflector originally designed for HID into your existing housing. a lot of work, but worth it IMHO

A good friend of mine had a really bad experience with hids4less, and their work was, lets just say, less than impressive. I would reccomend against them.

 

It's not correct. All 02-03 Maxima come with HID.

 

QUOTE]just putting HID bulbs into your existing housing isn't going to yield what you want. HID bulbs put out a different pattern of light than a regular incandescant bulb does. the housings have different reflectors that take advantage of the light put out from the bulbs. I've seen some retrofits that turn out pretty good, but they are still leaking light all over the place, not focused. some are just awful. Best way to do it is to mount a projector or reflector originally designed for HID into your existing housing. a lot of work, but worth it IMHO

A good friend of mine had a really bad experience with hids4less, and their work was, lets just say, less than impressive. I would reccomend against them.[/QUOTE]
where do they sell these projector and reflectors that you speak of?[

 

Correct. If you want, read up on maxima.org, all the 2002 maxima and altima owners with HID get thier headlights jacked. It was such a problem, that one of the members on maxima.org had special brackets made to cover over the headlight assembly holes, and the bracket was then bolted on up somewhere along the side in engine bay.....

 

simple knowledge... D2R and D2S bulbs are not the same, thats what causes the bad HID conversions. Projector style headlights (and for some odd reasons stock Accord housings) work best with D2S bulbs.

D2R bulbs are generally used in lights with a "shield" over the bulb (such Accords have) but for some reason in Accords they put out weird beam patterns and blind the oncoming traffic more.

http://forums.torontoaccords.com/viewtopic.php?t=2124 <---here is a lil FAQ on HIDs for ya!

 

that would explain the set some guy was selling on TorontoAccordClub board off '02 Maxima. They had 9006 socket base, but they were OEM bulbs...