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I put them side by side to make it more obvious.
The point of highest intensity on the halogen lamp hovers below the -2 degree line.
The point of highest intensity on the HID lamp is much higher; it hugs the H line. The HID lamp aims 2 degrees higher than the halogen!
Every time you change a lamp you have to check the alignment, even tiny differences in the manufacturing process can make a big difference in the direction of the light exiting the lamp house.
The testers did not realign after inserting the HID lamp. It beams its light straight out. It should have been turned down by 2 degrees.
If you compare the test results and compensate for the misalignment then suddenly the HID does not fare that bad. Yes it is still brighter straight ahead, as can be expected with a lamp that bright, but nowhere as bad as the unaligned test suggests.
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This is what I noticed aswell.. While you can't say the test has been tampered with.. It's setently haven't been done right. It's done out of the perspective to do nothing after the installation to prove that young and old people with there hats backwards install thise so the light blinds oncoming traffic.
I am all in your line of thought mcrews.. The general I have my hat backwards type of guy won't realign the HID kits at the dealership.
And no one dispute your fact that it's illigal is most country's because of the I have my hat backwards people.
But that's not to say that HID kits can acualy work good if the right work is put in to installing them.