... i was talking to a local shop about upgrading to hid's from the stock headlamps... they told me that it would not be street legal because the lamp would reflect too much light and blind oncoming drivers... i have never heard this before, is there any truth to this?... if so, what would i need to do to upgrade to hid's and still be street legal?... lemme know... thanks...

 

Modifying your headlight to HID(where I live) is not legal wheather it blinds people or not.

I have HID and it doesn't blind people as I never got flashed since I got them many months ago. You just need shields for them.

 

You can use the stock shields right?? I wanted a pair but I don't want some fehg-ish popo breathin down my neck.

 

this makes not sense because the s2000 has Hids and its street legal so wtf? i never have heard of this where u all from so i remember to never move there

 

Some POPO told me a while ago that if they don't come from the factory it was illegal but I think he was blowing smoke up my ***.

 

yea i think it is bs...but whatever... not a super big concern for me cuz im not getting hids ne time soon just type r healights wit some piaas

 

It's not legal. Even if you use OEM hid from another car it is still illegal.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's not legal. Even if you use OEM hid from another car it is still illegal.</TD></TR></TABLE> How do you figure??

 

The headlight housing for OEM HID equipped vehicles is different then the housing for non-HID oem headlights....the officer is correct. It is technically illegal to put HID's on a non OEM equipped car.....but all quality kits will come with a glare shield to protect other drivers and a cutoff shield to preserve as much light as possible.

This is why taking the OEM HID system of another vehicle is more then just simply the bulb and ballast. Kits for reputable sellers like visualdynamics in Canada to Autolamps-online in England (and a few others that escape my mind right now) are worth the money.


Modified by Apex i ITR at 6:48 AM 5/15/2003

 

Apex is right about the legal issues, most cops won't care b/c they either think it came with the car and they can't see you at night or don't know the law themselves.

 

its illegal where i am from too, but the cops are not too bad about it, but if they pull you over, they will add the HID onto the ticket

 

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Um, because that car has them equipped from the factory. like someone said already, no matter if you swap Hella/Bosch projectors/ballasts bulbs in from a different car into yours, its STILL illegal. And for on-coming drivers sake, don't just throw HID bulbs into your housings, especially if it's an H4 setup