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Old 12-24-2006, 02:56 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tim
The very thread title is something of an anomaly. HID vs. HID kit? There are cars that come from the factory with HID but without projectors. Does that make them fall under the "HID kit" category?

Philips makes a bulb rated at 6000K.

HID bulbs "shift light everywhere". I'm sorry, but that's a little silly. How is that different from a halogen bulb?

I'm not trying to be mean, but I just don't know what your point is exactly. I don't think that most people who have bought kits from ebay have been discontent with the results or even been misled. Much as it grates me to admit it, plug-and-play kits are viable options for this generation Civic, because the light is *relatively* controlled.
Those cars with factory hid but without projectors have ...what do you call it hmm oh yeah HID reflectors. Example: G35 which uses D2R bulbs(reflector bulbs)

HID bulb shifts light everwhere as in its beam is uncontrolled thus a shield will control it and make the beam sharp. Example: Projectors.
The differece with Halogen bulbs is that the HID bulbs produce more than twice the lumens a halogen produces...these high intensity discharged light output is controlled by the ballast. That's why you don't find ballasts with our halogen bulbs in our cars.
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