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Originally Posted by RedDevil
That's bad.
I have an aftermarket HID kit in my car. It has been tested and properly aligned by my Honda dealer. And nobody has flashed their lights at me so far, in over 10.000 km of use.
Because I knew what I did and why, and made sure it worked.
First of all, my car has projector lenses. I bet they use the same lenses whether you get them with OEM HIDs or not.
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....bet not......
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Originally Posted by RedDevil
I had halogens and they produced very little stray light, to the extent that other road users seemed to overlook me at night. One lady almost slammed her car into me, driving along a long line of slow moving traffic and apparently my car was the 'hole' in the line!
I chose the color carefully; 5000K which appears plain white.
When I got the HID kit I carefully measured the position of the electrodes (they were at the exact same position as the middle part of the filament of my halogens) and when I fitted them I made sure they were positioned right, though my Honda dealer readjusted thenm all the same afterwards.
I am very happy with my HID kit and although I see a lot of badly aligned HIDs around, I am pretty certain that mine is not among them.
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I appreciate all the work you went thru.....
But if you'll look at the govmt fail chart, you'll see that the HID build produces 10 times more light......causing the fail.
Granted, the hid bulb was tested in a halogen lamp.....but that doesn't change the properties of the hid bulb. The fact is the hid bulb creates an entirely different and much brighter light.
Does using a halogen designed projector 'help' reduce some glare....yes....but that doesn't make it correct.
IF the same projector is used, how is the extra light compensated?
DO you really believe that Honda would sell a car with inadequate lighting (illegal, below govt standards) ? Just to save money on a bulb......?
also, I would also 'bet' that the local Honda dealer did not 'test' your set up.
dealer don't 'test' lights. they aim them using the chart I provided in the early post. They have no way to determine 'brightness'. Also, I 'bet' they would not install them. It's against the law. They aimed them for you.
big difference.
Again, thank you for being more diligent than 98% of those who by kits.