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    Default HID'S bad idea?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVuSSdZNsZw let me know what y'all think

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    Retro-fit your headlight and get HID.
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    can i get caught with 6000k hid?

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    yeah fuck you cheap HID kit people. With my car as low as it is, it's already hard for me tosee with a halogen shining at me, and I've seriously almost left my lane because of a few people that looked to have their brights on (but could be bad HIDs)

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87 Turbo II
    yeah fuck you cheap HID kit people. With my car as low as it is, it's already hard for me tosee with a halogen shining at me, and I've seriously almost left my lane because of a few people that looked to have their brights on (but could be bad HIDs)
    Dude I feel your pain. I'm so low as fuck to but still get flashed like my brights are on and that is some bullshit. But I've never heard of HID's being illegal

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    I have HIDs and no projectors...and I say to anyone I blind at night

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    Who cares I like them!

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    i had 6oook HID's on my civic with stock headlights. it just took me like 3 days to adjust them correctly. i got mine from nitro good lights and good price.
    You know better; next time will be a ban.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Okie_doke.
    Dude I feel your pain. I'm so low as fuck to but still get flashed like my brights are on and that is some bullshit. But I've never heard of HID's being illegal
    technically if they didn't come on the stock then they are.
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    Anyone that has HID's without projectors is illegal as well as it should be. That is way to much light to just be shining all over the road. Do it right and get some Projectors. On my GTI i have HID but i searched around and bought some projector headlights for pretty cheap. Now i have a crisp line that breaks from light and no light. dont have to worry about blinding anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CoOkIe-MoNsTeR
    I have HIDs and no projectors...and I say to anyone I blind at night
    HHAHHA.....fucked up attitude but i like!!! hahah ....1

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    Even a retro fit with projectors is illegal.
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    I didnt look at the vid but..Who Cares? Ive had HiDs in All my cars for like the past 3 or 4 years Thanks to my Homie Nitro..I have actually Never been flashed or pulled over for them or anything..U just have to adjust them properly..Ill NEVER drive another car without HiDs..I cant see for Shiat without them now LoL
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    Quote Originally Posted by X-Runner
    Even a retro fit with projectors is illegal.
    lol exactly everyone shut the hell up..

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    Quote Originally Posted by B00STedSvT
    I didnt look at the vid but..Who Cares? Ive had HiDs in All my cars for like the past 3 or 4 years Thanks to my Homie Nitro..I have actually Never been flashed or pulled over for them or anything..U just have to adjust them properly..Ill NEVER drive another car without HiDs..I cant see for Shiat without them now LoL
    x2 agreed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by 87 Turbo II
    yeah fuck you cheap HID kit people. With my car as low as it is, it's already hard for me tosee with a halogen shining at me, and I've seriously almost left my lane because of a few people that looked to have their brights on (but could be bad HIDs)
    get window tint


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    Quote Originally Posted by 99hatch
    Anyone that has HID's without projectors is illegal as well as it should be. That is way to much light to just be shining all over the road. Do it right and get some Projectors. On my GTI i have HID but i searched around and bought some projector headlights for pretty cheap. Now i have a crisp line that breaks from light and no light. dont have to worry about blinding anyway.
    cars that have HID's stock still blind....it all depends on how high a person has their lights aimed....


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    dont sweat it. as long as you aim them right you shouldnt get messed with. Plus if there so illegal why do beamers and the new acuras come stock with them><

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    My hid's are legal

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    Quote Originally Posted by 99' LuDe
    dont sweat it. as long as you aim them right you shouldnt get messed with. Plus if there so illegal why do beamers and the new acuras come stock with them><
    Because if its OEM its been made to where it will pass the laws and not blind people like just slapping re-based bulbs in halogen housings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoOkIe-MoNsTeR
    I have HIDs and no projectors...and I say to anyone I blind at night

    Are you going to be laughing when someone hits you head on because your shitty head lights blinded them?

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    pointless and lame, HIDS are the shit!

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    I don't know, I've driven around both the illegal and legal kind and I personally think the legal ones are more annoying..


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    Quote Originally Posted by 99hatch
    Anyone that has HID's without projectors is illegal as well as it should be. That is way to much light to just be shining all over the road. Do it right and get some Projectors. On my GTI i have HID but i searched around and bought some projector headlights for pretty cheap. Now i have a crisp line that breaks from light and no light. dont have to worry about blinding anyway.
    99 TL has hid w/o projectors i think

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    Quote Originally Posted by K20Z1
    99 TL has hid w/o projectors i think
    As do some Ford cars but the housing/reflector is not the same as one for the halogen bulb.
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    point is, HID's are the shit. If you whine about being blinded....find a way to deal with it. therapy, suicide, etc.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by NissanTun3r
    point is, HID's are the shit. If you whine about being blinded....find a way to deal with it. therapy, suicide, etc.....
    Point is, H.I.D.s with a projector retro is even better. But H.I.D.s FTW
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoOkIe-MoNsTeR
    I have HIDs and no projectors...and I say to anyone I blind at night
    lol x2..

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    i will have to find the artical i read but all car's oem or not are not approved in the us. i doubt if you have a car w/oem that you will get a ticket but there not approved by the d.o.t in the us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by green91
    Are you going to be laughing when someone hits you head on because your shitty head lights blinded them?


    Yeah...probably.

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    most (almost all) recent acura comes stock with HID so i'll just tell the cop my car comes with it..if i happen to get pulled over..

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    Quote Originally Posted by NissanTun3r
    point is, HID's are the shit. If you whine about being blinded....find a way to deal with it. therapy, suicide, etc.....
    Well that's a cocky attitude. You'll never go back to halogens because you've gotten used to light that makes it hard for others to drive? Well, tough shit. You =/= the rest of the people on the road. The blinded has nothing to do with hurting my eyes, and everything to do with controlling a vehicle that is worth a lot to me in both money and sentimental value. Spilling a drink is nothing to get pissy over, crashing a whole car because of a cocky ass hole feeling safer replicating the sun is NOT worth it. I don't car if you have aftermarket HIDs, I don't care if they're stock, projector, retro-fitted, or w/e, so long as it is directional, non scattered, and doesn't look like a normal car's hi-beams, I am happy for you and I'm happy they help you see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87 Turbo II
    Well that's a cocky attitude. You'll never go back to halogens because you've gotten used to light that makes it hard for others to drive? Well, tough shit. You =/= the rest of the people on the road. The blinded has nothing to do with hurting my eyes, and everything to do with controlling a vehicle that is worth a lot to me in both money and sentimental value. Spilling a drink is nothing to get pissy over, crashing a whole car because of a cocky ass hole feeling safer replicating the sun is NOT worth it. I don't car if you have aftermarket HIDs, I don't care if they're stock, projector, retro-fitted, or w/e, so long as it is directional, non scattered, and doesn't look like a normal car's hi-beams, I am happy for you and I'm happy they help you see.
    you'll hate to see me on the road

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    This is the same argument that has been going on since HIDs first came out for after market purchase.

    I have passed many many many cars with every difference of K values and have NEVER been blinded to the point that I can't see what ahead of me. Even the "unbalanced" ones.

    Honestly, I am blinded more when I pass a fool with his brights on than any vehicle with HIDs.

    Until the day DOT starts taking more action and start pulling over EVERY car with HIDs, Nitro will be payed a visit EVERY time I get a new car.

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    Even Evo's get flashed at from the opposite lane! The most annoying brightness of lights is those people with the super bright yellow lights that seem like it's all on high beam and especially when they're right behind you. From trucks, it's even worser! But dam, H.I.D lights on old cars looks good when driving IT, but looking at it from in front, it just doesn't look right. Two big dots of blue circles which aren't usually the same size. Sometimes one's brighter and bigger then the other. :]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paree4g63
    Even Evo's get flashed at from the opposite lane! The most annoying brightness of lights is those people with the super bright yellow lights that seem like it's all on high beam and especially when they're right behind you. From trucks, it's even worser! But dam, H.I.D lights on old cars looks good when driving IT, but looking at it from in front, it just doesn't look right. Two big dots of blue circles which aren't usually the same size. Sometimes one's brighter and bigger then the other. :]
    that would be the 3k's. people flashed all the time. lol i did try to angle them down though. didnt help that i had brand new H4 conversion housings either.


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