UMM I HATE CHEAP ASS HIDs

**Destineal** · 02-10-2010, 09:39 AM

I was coming home from work this morning and this nice dodge truck decided to get behind me with these cheap ass , non retrofitted 800,000k blinding the shit out of me HIDs.

**laokid** · 02-10-2010, 09:41 AM

got damn that same guy blinded me 2

**KevinT707** · 02-10-2010, 09:42 AM

I'm not going to deny but I've been rocking eBay HIDs on my non-projector headlights for awhile now

. Perhaps I will retrofit them this Spring/Summer when it gets warmer. Knowing that they are blinding w/out projectors I do point them low.

Trucks with HIDs are VERY blinding though!

**oneSLOWex** · 02-10-2010, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by KevinT707

I'm not going to deny but I've been rocking eBay HIDs on my non-projector headlights for awhile now

. Perhaps I will retrofit them this Spring/Summer when it gets warmer. Knowing that they are blinding w/out projectors I do point them low.

Trucks with HIDs are VERY blinding though!

Agreed. I dont have projectors and have been pricing parts for a retrofit. I keep mine aimed down though....I know still bright but you can not look directly into them when im coming and be just fine. Those trucks like that cant be avoided and I know of several around here with HID headlights and fogs....its fawkin retarded

**bodhi** · 02-10-2010, 09:51 AM

got damn that same guy blinded me 2

**Theycall_Metue** · 02-10-2010, 09:52 AM

x3 hate that shit. i normaly turn my mirrors away so it dosnt reflect the light right at my eyes.
and to be honest it hurts my eye just looking at that PICTURE!

**MongolPup** · 02-10-2010, 10:06 AM

I've always wondered how they don't get pulled over every 5 minutes.

**neon_ert3** · 02-10-2010, 10:09 AM

it doesnt matter if they have hids or not, trucks always blind me!

oh yeah, i rock them hids in my db8 lol

**Barefoot** · 02-10-2010, 11:26 AM

complain to the people selling the kits.

**.:Stirfry:.** · 02-10-2010, 11:33 AM

i bet the majority of the ppl on here have the every day ebay hids.
juss sayin.

**KevinT707** · 02-10-2010, 09:38 PM

This thread makes me want to retrofit sooner!

**Revmaynard** · 02-10-2010, 09:43 PM

That guy blinded me, too.

**ATL86** · 02-10-2010, 10:11 PM

The damn picture blinded me, lol.

**Nguyen128** · 02-10-2010, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by ATL86

The damn picture blinded me, lol.

x2 lol

**BKgen®** · 02-10-2010, 10:33 PM

Holy shit -- That guy blinded me, too.

**sirkus** · 02-10-2010, 10:40 PM

It should be illegal for trucks to have HID's. Regardless the lights blind you, HIDS just make it 10000000000000000000x worse.

Nice car seat btw.. lol

**preferredduck** · 02-11-2010, 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by KevinT707

I'm not going to deny but I've been rocking eBay HIDs on my non-projector headlights for awhile now

. Perhaps I will retrofit them this Spring/Summer when it gets warmer. Knowing that they are blinding w/out projectors I do point them low.

Trucks with HIDs are VERY blinding though!

very agreed, i wouldnt get hid's until i got my projectors even though some people still complai. and the thought that goes through my head is let me pur my stockers in for ya' def dp whay

**ItsBlack** · 02-11-2010, 03:03 AM

I'm glad my rear glass is 17% tint

**preferredduck** · 02-11-2010, 03:03 AM

i was blinded by the light of and 8 ball, good song!!!

**Destineal** · 02-11-2010, 06:08 AM

I got some ebay tint I'm gonna throw on when it gets warmer. I'll have the back window professionally done though..

**AllTheDude** · 02-11-2010, 09:55 AM

Thats why I just have silverstars. I wouldn't want to do that to someone else, because it annoys me so...

**antiv6** · 02-11-2010, 11:46 AM

get window tint

**.:Stirfry:.** · 02-11-2010, 11:47 AM

or dont look

**ItsBlack** · 02-11-2010, 05:15 PM

In the driver's defense, he/she probably doesn't realize how bright they actually are from another cars view. I have silverstars too, but after replacing them I just made sure they worked and called it a day.

**silverDA** · 02-11-2010, 06:34 PM

tight.

**Barefoot** · 02-11-2010, 06:50 PM

after this thread im going to get the brightest hids i can find for the truck and run up on ever honda i see.

**jdmdb8itr** · 02-11-2010, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by Barefoot

after this thread im going to get the brightest hids i can find for the truck and run up on ever honda i see.

hahaha'

its not cheap ass hids, it that the are not projector, i have hids on my bike but i did move the high beam down so it wouldnt blind to much,but i ride with high beams 24/7 on the bike

**§treet_§peed** · 02-11-2010, 07:22 PM

That's why I got mine from Nitro. Never had but one problem, the ballast went out and he hooked me up with another one.

**sTeadFasT** · 02-11-2010, 07:28 PM

I honestly think there's a huge difference between a lowered car with ebay hids (although I'd prefer all people regardless of headlight type (projectors need to be aimed also) to at least take the time to properly aim them) and a jacked up truck that has unaimed reflector lows and fogs. Shoot I got a buddy in a jacked up truck who rides with fogs al lthe time and his halogen are more blinding than most cheap HID's I've seen. I guess they don't ever think because they're jacked up that they need to re-aim their headlights.

What I don't understand (from my biased opinion) is why jacked up trucks can get away with so many illegal or just plain annoying stuff while tuners get harassed.

**S13_Chody** · 02-11-2010, 07:31 PM

just as bad as those damn bikers with AIDS

**smoknlegend** · 02-11-2010, 07:35 PM

ive seen that guy in newnan before, pissed me off cause they are too blue and too high...

**VTECking** · 02-11-2010, 07:35 PM

I saw that guy today and I wanted to give him the bird, but I figured he could just run me off the road and my little s2k wouldn't have a chance.

**§treet_§peed** · 02-11-2010, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by sTeadFasT

I honestly think there's a huge difference between a lowered car with ebay hids (although I'd prefer all people regardless of headlight type (projectors need to be aimed also) to at least take the time to properly aim them) and a jacked up truck that has unaimed reflector lows and fogs. Shoot I got a buddy in a jacked up truck who rides with fogs al lthe time and his halogen are more blinding than most cheap HID's I've seen. I guess they don't ever think because they're jacked up that they need to re-aim their headlights.

What I don't understand (from my biased opinion) is why jacked up trucks can get away with so many illegal or just plain annoying stuff while tuners get harassed.

That's just the way the world works...

**toxxxic** · 02-11-2010, 07:46 PM

hmm. i have non retro-fitted headlights with HID bulbs.

is your car lowered? are you lower than the truck? exactly. its not the HIDS, its the fact that they were shining straight into your window. it would have happened with regular headlights.

raise your car up and quit crying.

P.S. i think i know that guy. does he have matching HID fog lights also?

**S13_Chody** · 02-11-2010, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by toxxxic

hmm. i have non retro-fitted headlights with HID bulbs.

is your car lowered? are you lower than the truck? exactly. its not the HIDS, its the fact that they were shining straight into your window. it would have happened with regular headlights.

raise your car up and quit crying.

P.S. i think i know that guy. does he have matching HID fog lights also?

you also have a back window that is a big as my jewish wee wee

**sTeadFasT** · 02-11-2010, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by toxxxic

hmm. i have non retro-fitted headlights with HID bulbs.

is your car lowered? are you lower than the truck? exactly. its not the HIDS, its the fact that they were shining straight into your window. it would have happened with regular headlights.

raise your car up and quit crying.

P.S. i think i know that guy. does he have matching HID fog lights also?

Well my car comes stock with HIDs. When I changed my bulbs to aftermarket bulbs, I had parked that car in one spot and observed where the top of the beam was shining on my garage wall. I installed one side, and I notice a big difference in where the aftermarket beam was aimed compared to the other OEM side.

(BTW these are cheap bulbs)

This difference is definitely noticable when my car is parked no more than 2-3 feet away from the wall. Imagine if your car was 50 feet away, the beam is going to be shining right into your eyes, let alone I could probably put a lot of glare onto a lot of the truck drivers and such.

It's not that it's our car is too low (though I gotta admit some people are just rediculously low) but more that the aftermarket bulbs that people buy are aimed differently and then they don't take the 10 mins it takes to aim them and test them out on the roads. I'm trying to say that it definetly would NOT happen with regular stock headlights. I don't think the solution is to raise our cars, but to get the drivers to fix their headlights.

One more thing, as the driver behind the HIDs, you can def tell the difference between HIDs that're aimed too high and HIDs that're aimed properly.

**ash7** · 02-11-2010, 09:10 PM

holy smokes, that truck blinded me while i was eating breakfast!

-jonathan

**AV8ter** · 02-11-2010, 09:19 PM

I like how you guys are all claiming the same guy has blinded you when I am sure there is at least 100 trucks in the area, lifted, with gay ass HIDs.........

**sTeadFasT** · 02-11-2010, 09:36 PM

Yeah but this guy has a picture. That right therem akes it special. You know everybody on IA loves pictures.

**Sir_Christopher** · 02-11-2010, 09:50 PM

the only good thing about these Hid's are to rub on my balls and have myself a good ole time

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