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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / April 2006hid headlight upgrade?
im looking to upgrade my stock headlights. i wanted to kow if its worth spending 200$ on hid setup. after some research, iv found a bunch of people selling xenon filled regular bulbs claiming theyre hid for under $40. the real hid upgrade is at least $200. is the difference in performance worth the difference in price. i havent heard many people mention the pros and cons of true hid lights.i drive on dark highways often, and the extra light would help. are the benefits worth the price, or should i get the fake hid bulbs? thanks for the help  Signaturejustav6 http://www.automotiveforums.com Fakes that will melt plastic lenses and cook out the wiring harnesses unless rewired with relays. The real things have different shaped reflectors. You would be much better off just buying real driving lights that mount on or under the bumper. These can easily be set up with a relay switch to come on with the high beams. I use Hella 'Black Magic' driving lights and love them. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > im looking to upgrade my stock headlights. i wanted to kow if its worth > spending 200$ on hid setup. after some research, iv found a bunch of [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > http://www.automotiveforums.com > Fakes that will melt plastic lenses and cook out the wiring harnesses > unless rewired with relays. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > http://www.automotiveforums.com Nick wrote: I have the "HID Imatator" that is soposed to be like the real thing, they are good, but not as good as the Actual kit. I drove my sisters 2003 Nissan Maxima that has the HID headlights and they were outstanding, I could'nt believe how much better the real thing was. I dont suggest the fake, but the real thing. As I understand it, you can buy the HID bulbs alone, and put them in your current lenses, but due to the refraction design of the HID lenses, the bulbs don't perform as well in the older lens designs. You would notice some increase in lighting from HID bulb/old lense combo, not as much as if you put in a full HID designed assembly. Why not just turn on your Hi-beams? SignatureKnifeblade_03 http://www.automotiveforums.com |
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