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Feb 9, 2012, 07:19 PM
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was in the market for some HIDs for my 2011 Evo X and curious to see if anyone has ever purchased from Xenon Supply? They got a whole kit (bulbs, wires, ballasts, etc...) for relatively cheap...$90. Anyone have any input on them or any other supplier of HID kits or any advice?
Feb 10, 2012, 07:44 AM
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was in the market for some HIDs for my 2011 Evo X and curious to see if anyone has ever purchased from Xenon Supply? They got a whole kit (bulbs, wires, ballasts, etc...) for relatively cheap...$90. Anyone have any input on them or any other supplier of HID kits or any advice?
Feb 10, 2012, 10:20 AM
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Wasn't expecting them to be that much ha. Thanks for the link, makes that $90 kit look like a joke. Still, for the sake of saving a grand or two right now, are there potential issues when putting HID bulbs in the stock headlights, or are projectors the way to go?
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Wasn't expecting them to be that much ha. Thanks for the link, makes that $90 kit look like a joke. Still, for the sake of saving a grand or two right now, are there potential issues when putting HID bulbs in the stock headlights, or are projectors the way to go?
I would check the for sale forum and see if someone is doing a part out. Might be a long shot but better than paying thousands for the OEM HID kit.
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you shouldn't have issues with HID capsules (bulbs) in a halogen reflector. 35W HIDs run cooler than halogens, but you will be blinding everyone as halogen reflectors weren't designed for HIDs. if you MUST get an HID get i would recommend the following:
1) get casper shields (to reduce the glare factor)
2) get/make a wiring harness to make sure your low beams stay on when you use your high beams. otherwise, you'll prematurely kill the life of your HID capsules (and ballasts).
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Feb 21, 2012, 02:25 PM
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never heard of that law. can't tell you how many times i've been blinded by HIDs in trucks or SUVs here in SC. are all projector setups HID ready, because I found some that said they were non-HID, which I thought was weird.
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i've never heard of this either. especially since HID kits in halogen projectors are almost as bad as HID kits in reflector bowls. basically, the housing needs to be designed for use with HIDs, otherwise the beam pattern will be too focused in the center and the cutoff will be awful to non-existent...
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http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html
Small snippet (from a wealth of information) about the law (though no direct references):
What about the law, what does it have to say on the matter? In virtually every first-world country, HID "retrofits" into halogen headlamps are illegal. They're illegal clear across Europe and in all of the many countries that use European ECE headlight regulations. They're illegal in the US and Canada. Some people dismiss this because North American regulations, in particular, are written in such a manner as to reject a great many genuinely good headlamps. Nevertheless, on the particular count of HID "retrofits" into halogen headlamps, the world's regulators and engineers all say DON'T!
http://isearch.nhtsa.gov/files/kim.ztv.html
http://isearch.nhtsa.gov/files/Shih.3.html
http://isearch.nhtsa.gov/files/deetz.ztv.html
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