New HIDS No ricey Halo projectors please?!!

[gberland]

Heys sup I was actually going to upgrade very soon from my Halogen bulbs to a HID conversion Kit and i was thinking about 6000K So whats the big deal with Projector Housings??? do u really need them?? I was just planning on staying with my stock Head light housings because i like the look of them i just installed a new set of Euro headlight assemblys with black backgrounds and they look great I just want HID now but i dont like the ricey Projectors ?? If i stay with my stock housing will this be to Bright???!

 

[n0xid]

Retrofit?

 

[gberland]

Retrofit?

hey is that a pic of your balt on the bottom of your page?? is that custom or did u buy them like that?

 

[FASTL61]

I run 6000k in my factory housings but the bottome reflector is painted black with the set of the housings,that and i aimed then down a bit and theres no glare,had a buddy drive in front of me at different car lengths and hes said they werent glaring at him at all and i can still see everything

 

[n0xid]

Gen 1's in mine with ccfl halo conversion. But to answer 1 question which hasn't been yet, hid's in the stock housing will have the light going everywhere like a normal light, which is the setup that usually blinds people when your on the road at night. A projector housing will give you a nice cutoff about the height of the light and only put light on the ground where it's needed, not blinding people.

To give you an idea-

Normal housing:

Projectors:

 

[ff_drift_lol]

i've had pilot 8000k in stock painted housings for over a year. no glare, no tickets, no problems. gen 4's are the new projectors, they don't look bad if you ask me and I am very critical of that type of headlight. retrofitting is cool butttt imo those round projector thingies are ugly to begin with. my hid's work fine in stock housings.

 

[FASTL61]

i've had pilot 8000k in stock painted housings for over a year. no glare, no tickets, no problems. gen 4's are the new projectors, they don't look bad if you ask me and I am very critical of that type of headlight. retrofitting is cool butttt imo those round projector thingies are ugly to begin with. my hid's work fine in stock housings.

IMO that's a very generic opinion.

but yet i agree with drift lol never had any problem with my stock housings,but your gonna get people saying one way is better than the other,just how it is.

 

[gberland]

ok SWEET!!! lol The open Stock housing look!! with the light glaring everywere is exactly the look im looking for!!! thanks guys !! lol Ill just aim them down if i have too i think im going with 6000K

 

[dman090]

i have no idea.. would like to know this so i can aim them up and blind the **** out of the huge ass trucks around here

 

[FASTL61]

Quick question guys:

How do you aim HID's in a stock housing?

on the stock housing theres an adjuster screw on the top,look for it and play with it a little and youll see the movement of the light

 

[dman090]

Just get tin foil in there after you bake and open your housings.

i dont feel like opening the housing back up.. biggest pain in the ass ever

 

[ff_drift_lol]

yeah it is an opinion, but when they're much softer and less blinding than my silverstar ultras it says a lot

 

[FASTL61]

Huh?

I'm dumb. How can you aim light that's in a reflector housing?

That screw you are talking about, does it move the bulb? Or something else?

that whole reflector housing moves up and down with the adjuster screw
thus aiming the beam

 

[FASTL61]

good shit

 

[PoweredByLE5]

since when was projectors rice? or how even? most new cars are coming with them stock...

 

[FASTL61]

aftermarket projectors for the cobalt look like they belong on honda's IMO

 

[ff_drift_lol]

really riced out hondas.

nice ones like this one only have one

 

[FASTL61]

hellaflush son

 

[ff_drift_lol]

i think that may have been at the hella flush meet. it was on canibeat though. i had to save it the stance is soooo sick!
but yeah...projectors. fine line between ricey and tasteful. but to each his own.

 

[gberland]

ya i kno on the factory style housing on any Headlight assemblys there are usaully one or two adjusting screws on them for adjustment..........on cobalts there is one screw ......however??? thats a good question I never thought about how this would work with HID conversions LOL well ya anyways if u wanna aim your stock lights make sure to park on a level surface about ten feet away............this procedure is also in your owners manual I guess well see I think ill be ordering them soon !! cant wait

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I run 6000k in my factory housings but the bottome reflector is painted black with the set of the housings,that and i aimed then down a bit and theres no glare,had a buddy drive in front of me at different car lengths and hes said they werent glaring at him at all and i can still see everything

By the way ?? did u have to open your housing to paint those refectors?? or did u buy em like that? However my aftermarket Housings have black back grounds so i dont think ll have a problem?? hmmm