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Originally Posted by NHRABill
JUst going to say that what has been said already LED HID kits best way to go and more efficient. i a, planning on swapping out the interior lights of my truck with LED lights. Easy job to do and it is pretty cheap. The HID kits I do not like because they are many times too bright and dangerous for other driver on the road (my opinion)
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I totally agree with you on the HID kits being too bright, even the factory HIDs. 35W HIDs are 3x as bright as 55W halogen lumen wise and 55W HIDs are 5x as bright as 55W Halogen bulbs. I think there needs to be brightness regulations not wattage regulations. If auto manufactures went back to 24W HIDs it wouldn't be as bad. Being "properly aimed has little to do with it, if you are on a shiny wet road or meet a car cresting a hill, you still get the full brunt of the brightness.
I have no idea how you plan to focus CFL lamps, halogen lights are focused well because they have a small filament and HIDs are unfocused in a halogen light housing because the position of the filament is moved... the filament on a CFL is just huge