do the ep3r's in japan or europe come with factory made HID or is it not even an option? just curious if the reflective lamps for the ep's have an oem HID setup...

 

There are HID's available for the EP3, pure JDM'ness and expensive as hell.


Steve

 

got any links to a place that would sell them?

 

"Type R H.I.D. Headlamp - Black Chrome
Pair WIth H.I.D. Bulbs and Ballast
$1,550.00"

Fizz Auto

 

The jdm headlights look really nice, but too much for HID

 

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seriously, don't they make kits for around 500? or less??

 

Yes they do. Xenon Depot makes a kit for that price.

The thing with the JDM one.. you get the black chrome housing headlight.

 

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The thing with the JDM one.. you get the black chrome housing headlight. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i could easily black out the headlight myself .....who needs JDM ...pssshh

 

That's what I did, blacked it out myself. Later on I'll get the Xenon Depot kit.

 

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nice work

 

anymore pics

 

of my car or the headlights?

I have to scrounge around for headlight pics but pics of my car are in my sig.

 

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i could easily black out the headlight myself .....who needs JDM ...pssshh </TD></TR></TABLE>
not sure if you guys know too much about HID setups, but oem is always gonna be better than an aftermarket kit. The lighting and beam pattern will be much better and less blinding on an OEM HID housing and bulb. But if you're just looking to upgrade from halogen and have better looks, by all means go with a phillips or any other after market HID. The EP headlights are blinding enough with halogen, i can't imagine what it'd look like to oncoming traffic with a non HID housed headlamps.

 

I my CTR headlights.

 

Anybody know the exchange rate for germany? When I had my VW you could sometimes buy stuff cheaper(even with the shipping) in Germany then when you buy it here.

 

Hey, thats MY car with the REAL JDM HID's Thanks for posting a shot of my car on here.

 

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If so.. tell us alittle about it, like how its focused, how much it cost and so on...


Modified by Team at 12:20 AM 8/19/2003

 

hey look its me

http://www.xenondepot.com/ephatch.html


with jdm ctr's and Xenondepot.com high/low beam 5000k HID

 

I like the Ep3 R headlights, but I can not stand the stock chrome headlight, on any Honda for that matter. ;}

 

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wow awesome....

 

I heard over the weekend that they are banning HID's or at least stopping sales sometime this month.

 

What I'd like to know is why anyone would want HIDs in the first place. I'm all for personalizing one's vehicle, but just what is it that HIDs do that makes people want them so much?

 

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wow awesome....</TD></TR></TABLE>

what he said

 

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Well I dont know about that, but in VA its illegal to have HID's unless there stock...

 

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Appreciate the reply George. I've noticed in the past that folks who have gotten aftermarket HIDs have tended to post pictures of the car (with the lights on), but not a from the driver's viewpoint. I'm concerned that the general fascination with HID lights is how car owners feel they make the car look, and not how they make the car work better, leading to the factors you've mentioned on why the movement to curtail their use is underway. Again, I'm all for personalizing one's vehicle, but not at the expense of the rest of the driving population.

Previous generations of Civics sold USDM have had pretty pathetic lighting IMO. My 92 DX and SI and my 95 del Sol had some of the worst lighting I've experienced. My '03 Si however seems to have pretty adequate lighting, on both the low/high settings. Perhaps I'm not driving fast enough at night!