Input on HIR vs HID decisions
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Simo, get a new setup from TRS using 35w 4300k bulbs. There really is no reason to use a Halogen bulb, unless you're looking to hit things at night. Jim Chow did a light meter test and found the HID kits we put in 5 years ago were 4x as bright as the factory halogen setup. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Yo, I have the fat tube style too...and I can get more for cheap!
...and the ladies love it.
For all of the chattering there is about HID in stock reflector housings, the LC seems to be better than most due to the shape of the housing. I have mine angled down substantially to avoid blinding others, and they are still probably 2X the output of the factory bulbs. I don't have the coin to drop on projectors, but I really don't see the need to do the retrofit right now even if I did.
TheFuzz said:...and the ladies love it.
For all of the chattering there is about HID in stock reflector housings, the LC seems to be better than most due to the shape of the housing. I have mine angled down substantially to avoid blinding others, and they are still probably 2X the output of the factory bulbs. I don't have the coin to drop on projectors, but I really don't see the need to do the retrofit right now even if I did.
Think again. They produce a huge amount of light scatter.
Well of course they do compared to projectors, nature of one device vs the other. Compared to halogen though, they aren't terrible. Not ideal, but the extra light makes up for it even when adjusted down a bit. No doubt that the projectors are the better way to go, they just aren't worth it to me right now.
Didn't you say that is was easy to out drive the cutoff now that you made the change? I mean your install is great and it does 100% of what you claim, but that cutoff is see everything to see nothing (as designed). It would take me a while to get used to it. As long as I have my HIDs aimed correctly and am not a danger to oncoming motorists, I kind of like the way the light is spread using the HIDs.
Btw, I have a GX470 also, so I am not unfamiliar with shutters and sharp cutoffs.
Yeah, those things are sharp as a razor, I liked the horizontal spread on them also.
And with that said last week, my right fog light (also HID) went out this weekend. Guess he must have heard me talking about him...
