it's been said before.....but I can't help it. HID's.

[9ussy]

Focus on the road and don't stare directly into the cars headlights. Keeps you from totaling your car!

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[tdurr]

I just want someone to explain why it's ok for someone to have HID's that put people who do real work on their cars in danger. I literally almost totalled my car that night, it wasn't like oh no I can't see for half a second! It doesn't matter how you aim them in your stock halogen housings, it's going to light the fucking trees up more than the road. When some jackass ricer almost sends you off the road, you will understand.


I would like to thank all the idiots that got so butthurt for making me laugh.

fyi ur the butthurt one who came on IA ranted/bitched bout not being able to focus on the road for half a fucking second. Close ur eyes next time u see some HID's instead of looking into them that way you wont wreck because of the HIDs.

Were they high beam HIDs or something? I've had all kinds of vehicles drive pass me and behind me with HIDs. Yeah, it's normally annoying, but never even been close to me almost totalling my car over. It really sucks when its a lifted truck with HID fogs and lights, right at your eye level if you're in a car. But still, I wasnt about to wreck or risk my life, getting a ticket, or jail time just to throw change at them either.

reps. I have hid's in a E-code housing, I admit it does scatter a lot of light up and to the side but i can stand from 2ft-200ft in front of my car look at the windshield and not be blinded by the light at all. cresting a hill like the op said(i really forget) you will at some fucking point go across the others cars directed head light path regardless if they are HID's or not. Its fucking physics. Light travels in a straight fucking line, it doesn't curve so it could've been kid with a L.E.D flashlight cresting the hill at the same time, at some point both of yall are going to cross the path of each others lights.

Let me explain this as quickly and easily as possible, since I know the topic well. You entire headlight is designed to have a filiment on a bulb in a very specific location. If it is even .1mm off, you beam can be off by 10 feet down the road, or you can loose up to 50% of you usable light.

Now, an HID capsule has no filiment, it has a bubble with halides and salts in it. This bubble is about 8 times the volume/reality of the filiment it is replacing. If the light is designed for halogen, and you used an HID capsule in its place, you are completely ruining the optics of the light. It might appear brigher looking at it, and might appear brighter against your garage door, but 200 ft down the road you have about half the output of your halogen bulb.

Now, headlights designed to be HID are a whole different story. Also, those re-based capsules are running 25K volts through an unshielded cable. This is a fire hazard and an RF nightmare.

its not a fire hazard by any means. You can get that bs outta here. You do make a good point, but keep your personal opinions out post that involve facts unless you state that "i think that..."
I personally have had 1 HID and halogen bulb in my car at the same time, i turned the lights on and wut do you know, my fucking HID sent a clear path of light down the road further the the Halogen bulb. It make it feel like i wasn't even using the halogen bulb. Do some trial's before you come and state what you "know" from reading online. In theory it would make the light output not correct but in practice it doesn't.

Focus on the road and don't stare directly into the cars headlights. Keeps you from totaling your car!

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haha. reps also.

im done posting in this dumb ass thread.

[tnomud]

fyi ur the butthurt one who came on IA ranted/bitched bout not being able to focus on the road for half a fucking second. Close ur eyes next time u see some HID's instead of looking into them that way you wont wreck because of the HIDs.



reps. I have hid's in a E-code housing, I admit it does scatter a lot of light up and to the side but i can stand from 2ft-200ft in front of my car look at the windshield and not be blinded by the light at all. cresting a hill like the op said(i really forget) you will at some fucking point go across the others cars directed head light path regardless if they are HID's or not. Its fucking physics. Light travels in a straight fucking line, it doesn't curve so it could've been kid with a L.E.D flashlight cresting the hill at the same time, at some point both of yall are going to cross the path of each others lights.


its not a fire hazard by any means. You can get that bs outta here. You do make a good point, but keep your personal opinions out post that involve facts unless you state that "i think that..."
I personally have had 1 HID and halogen bulb in my car at the same time, i turned the lights on and wut do you know, my fucking HID sent a clear path of light down the road further the the Halogen bulb. It make it feel like i wasn't even using the halogen bulb. Do some trial's before you come and state what you "know" from reading online. In theory it would make the light output not correct but in practice it doesn't.

haha. reps also.

im done posting in this dumb ass thread.

I am an automotive engineer. My job is designing headlights for cars, amongst other things. I am also one of the fine individuals who works with SEMA and NHTSA on lighting standards in this country. I can back all my statements with documents. I can also prove all of your statements false with equipment. I have beamsetting equipment and light measuring equipment available at any time. If you want to bring you HID kit down here, I will gladly teach you a few things about your illegal lighting.

So, before you go running your mouth about things you do not understand, do your homework. There are folks on this website that know more that what you have learned on Honda-Tech and ricer.com over the last 6 months.