so, how many K's HID is safe to use with this projectors?
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so, how many K's HID is safe to use with this projectors?
the k rating is the color temp, doesn't have anything to do with heat.Quote:
Originally Posted by blk_shadow
4300k should always be used, if you're using hids for functional reasons.
Honestly, no hid's are safe in those headlights though, unless you change out projectors. Not for heat reasons, but for blinding oncoming traffic reasons.
If you want hids, DO NOT put them in those headlights.
ok, so basically these projectors aren't made for hid's
the new cars like the legend, bmws and mercs, all got projectors and hids standard yeah?
yes, but their projectors are designed for hids... just like the cars with reflector with hid stock use reflectors designed for hids, so it's not the same as putting them in stock headlightsQuote:
Originally Posted by blk_shadow
What you could, however, do, if you want hids, is to take a projector from a car that comes with them, and replace the little H3 projector in your headlights with the hid projector. Would work much much better, allow you to actually utilize the output of the hids, and really wouldn't be that much work.
as far as the "throw off" goes its got nothing to do with where they are made or designated to be sold. its just that from the factory the bulb position hasnt been set. you do this yourself to suit your car by adjusting the screw bits in the back. one screw will adjust on the horizontal axis and the other on the vertical axis. for gods sake dont go trying to rotate the projector lenses lol
this is wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by sivic
while correct aiming is important, projectors are designed to be used for either right hand drive use or left hand drive use.
Inside the projector there is a cut off shield that causes the light output to have a defined step. It's supposed to be lower on the side of on coming traffic, and higher on the other side.
Here is the light output of two different projectors... one is for a left hand drive vehicle(the lower beam) and one is for a right hand drive vehicle(the upper beam). (Disregard the size of the step between the two... one is an ece style projector and one is a dot style)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...knownbeam2.jpg
thnx 4 the pics n info saxman & others...
Yesterday I decided 2 re-adjust my front bar as I was unhappy with the way it was sitting after I put in the new headlights (too many "large" gaps between lights and panels).
While I was at it I thought i'll try 2 re-adjust the headlights too...and after a while I got them to a point i was happy with.
However when I went on the road...even though the overall position of the light on the road was much better and more evenly spread out...it seemed the lights are still pointing more towards the right (as if the beams from the projectors aren't horizontally straight...but veer off to the right bout 5 - 10 degrees).
That has been my problem from the beginning...so I may have used the term "throw-off" incorrectly here.
I'll get a friend to take a picture while im driving to show you what i mean, but i dunno when that will happen
Btw, the lights brand seems to be SONAR or sumthin like that
Is there any means to adjust the lights horizontally?
If you can, you want them to be adjusted so that the lower part of the step(step goes like this -------\______ for a rhd car, the lower part of the step would be where the \ and the _____ meet0 is directly directly in front of the vehicle.