in my case, I'm using a seperate housing for the high beam.Quote:
Originally Posted by DomenEK
you can retrofit bixenon projectors, however, that have use the same projector for high beam and low beam
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in my case, I'm using a seperate housing for the high beam.Quote:
Originally Posted by DomenEK
you can retrofit bixenon projectors, however, that have use the same projector for high beam and low beam
i see what you're saying. so its not really an issue of HID or halogen but the basic position of the light source. the arc of a HID bulb is not much different in size to a halogen filamentQuote:
Originally Posted by saxman
no... the filament of the hid bulb is very different than the arc of a halogen bulb... that's the whole problem... using a halogen bulb, the light source is a basically a point source where the arc is... a very small overall surface area...Quote:
Originally Posted by sivic
the hid emits light from the entire length of the filament, and as such a halogen reflector is recieving light from where it's not supposed to, giving off tons of glare.
made some more progress... this time with the shrouds to further eliminate any extra glare and to make things look better
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010197.JPG
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010196.JPG
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010195.JPG
on with more pictures
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010204.JPG
so you can see the difference in between what happened between today and the last update... this is the difference adding the shroud makes... look at all that extra glare! so much better with the shroud on
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010201.JPGwith
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010200.JPGwithout
and to really show the difference in the light output... I stacked the lights on top of each other, turned them on, and lit up the wall
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010205.JPG
http://www.upshizzle.com/x/P1010202.JPG
Excellent work saxman..
Please post a DIY when your finished,
Your del sol must be looking good these days, post some pics up!
it's in need of hitting the body shop... after that, I'll post up some new pics... have a new front lip waiting to on, but it also needs to have the hood replaced, and then everything front of the doors repainted.
nice retro saxman... what shroud is that?
Needs some more colour tho... try putting a few washers to sligtly increase the distance between the projector and the bowl..or bend the shield slightly towards the bowl...should give it more colour.
N.B. when bending the shield... turn the projector on before bending, this allows you to see how much colour your getting. If you bend it too much it will distort the sharp cut off. Good luck.. looking good mate.
the shroud is a modified 3" air filter to maf sensor adapter
the lights have great color... you just have to consider that these photos are taken like three feet away from the wall. When you shine them at a wall further away, the beautiful blue comes out. I have already color modded both shields.
nice to see someone else on here that knows what they're talking about. It always amazes me how many people in australia think adding hid's to a car means using one of those bulb adapter kits in a halogen designed headlight.
I just pretty much finished the second light, and I took step by step photos, so after I get them all aimed up, the bezel on, and finish the wiring harness, I'll post up a step by step with photosQuote:
Originally Posted by Ferrari
he is in USA so it is not illegal to retrofit HID's to cars that never originally had them...Quote:
Originally Posted by EuroDude
there's actually some debate to the legality of doign this over here... in the end, doing a retrofit with the entire projector assembly is questionably legal, but as it acts just like stock, the chances of ever even being questioned about it are so low, it's really not worrying about.Quote:
Originally Posted by tinkerbell
Using one of those hid kits that allows you to use an hid bulb in a halogen housing, however, are very much illegal, and attract a ton of attention from the cops