8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - What you need to know about HID vs HID kit

***striker_1818*** · 12-24-2006, 02:45 AM

Call me a joke, talk trash about me and keep giving me bad reps. In fact, do whatever you want.
The fact of the matter is that our headlights are meant to handle 700 lumens...not 1600+ lumens that a stock 35w hid bulb produces. Those extra 900+ lumens is what produces glare...
Do you understand now? Do you understand my graphics?
I'm not trying to change your mind I'm only educating you about HID's.
The reason why you guys "think" it can handle an hid kit thrown in is because of the way the headlight is designed which practically decieves your eyes. You have nothing to compare your "high end hid kit" to a OEM projector headlight with HID's. Have you guys actually taken a look at your headlight to begin with. Take a look at the inside of the reflector so you'd know how the beam pattern actually comes out of your headlight. WIthout a proper shield, your beam will be shifting EVERYWHERE. It will not shift to a single point on which the reflector is being aimed at.
BTW: HID = HID with projectors because that's their main job for which an HID bulb can perform at it's maximum by giving you the meximum performance.
HID kit = Any pnp kit that you throw in your stock halogen reflectors.

12-24-2006, 02:45 AM	#20 (permalink)
*striker_1818* VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Farmingdale, New York Age: 24 Posts: 11,874 I Love Kristina iTrader: 18 / 100%	Call me a joke, talk trash about me and keep giving me bad reps. In fact, do whatever you want. The fact of the matter is that our headlights are meant to handle 700 lumens...not 1600+ lumens that a stock 35w hid bulb produces. Those extra 900+ lumens is what produces glare... Do you understand now? Do you understand my graphics? I'm not trying to change your mind I'm only educating you about HID's. The reason why you guys "think" it can handle an hid kit thrown in is because of the way the headlight is designed which practically decieves your eyes. You have nothing to compare your "high end hid kit" to a OEM projector headlight with HID's. Have you guys actually taken a look at your headlight to begin with. Take a look at the inside of the reflector so you'd know how the beam pattern actually comes out of your headlight. WIthout a proper shield, your beam will be shifting EVERYWHERE. It will not shift to a single point on which the reflector is being aimed at. BTW: HID = HID with projectors because that's their main job for which an HID bulb can perform at it's maximum by giving you the meximum performance. HID kit = Any pnp kit that you throw in your stock halogen reflectors.