Just wondering if anyone here has ever fitted a HID projector, ballast, ingnitor, bulbs from another oem car. e.g. Audi HID projectors to thier integra's??...
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Just wondering if anyone here has ever fitted a HID projector, ballast, ingnitor, bulbs from another oem car. e.g. Audi HID projectors to thier integra's??...
y would u want to do this mate? they cost quite a bit... better off buy after markets ones...
after market kits u buy that are plug and play are crap... they dont last long, they dont come with projectors, just the ballast, ignitor, bulbs and the harness that comes with the kit.
1. the kit utilises the stock projector inside the headlight which is not design for HID bulbs this will produce a really crap light output with a poor cutoff line. Poor cutoff line will blind on coming traffic.
2. Kits comes with harnesses that are simply plug and play, meaning u just plug it into ya headlight plug and thats it. But the problem is, the HID might run for 2 -3 years fine, but it will slowly die. OR it may fry ya cars factory wiring. The bulbs of HID units require a constant 35W to run, but in order to get them started the ballast needs to draw alot of current. Normal halogen bulbs required 7Amps and ~4.7Amps continuous. Where as the HID ballast requires around 13Amps+ to get started. Over time the constant high current consumption will fry a circuit.
So using an oem HID unit from another vehicle and retro fitting it on the honda headlight will produce better lightsource and safer for on coming traffic.
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oh well... then good luck with it...
HID's are illegal unless the car came with them from factory...
just letting u know before u spend a few hunder bucks on it then get dicked by the cops
anything thats nice is likely to be illegal
yeh i know ay.!.. ahhahah man.. OZ always gets the bad end of things..
what's to say that the factory HID doesnt work the same way as aftermarket, and wont 'slowly die' in much the same way?if you go with a reputable brand, i dont think you will have many problems with the life of the unit at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boost
the circuit in the ballast is designed to operate in that manner, so i highly doubt that it would 'fry'.
the only advantage of doing a retrofit of projectors is the cleaner cut off from the lens. light output is still very high and if aimed correctly, you wont be blinding too many people..
+ DC2 already has projector headlights.
Dc2 has projectors designed for halogen bulbs.. not HID bulbs.
HID projectors will give cleaner cutoff, HID using halogen projectors will not give a clean cutoff like HID using HID projectors.
U missed my point, ballast require a high current to initial startup. If you draw too much current from a very thin wire YOU WILL fry wires. Thats all im saying, you can use HID Kits if u like, its up to you.
i have seen HIDs on stock DC2 headlight housings, and the cut off is VERY clean.
I am using a philips HID kit at the moment and have absolutely no problems with it whatsoever.
the OEM HIDs ALSO USE A BALLAST. they're not just bulbs.
the HID kits plug into the headlight connector as a switch, but draw current straight from the battery at start up through a relay. nothing will fry. you're too paranoid.
yeh i know the the OEM HID also uses a Ballast otherwise it wont work.
So the phillips ones you've got are hooked up to the batteries is it and is triggered throught a relay. Is there a plug on each ballast that plugs to each oem headlight plug? Because if it is then it is not running straight from the battery, its powered by the oem headlight powersource.
Oh do you have any pics of your HID at night Mrthanh?
yea mrthan can u please show me too!! i really wanna see, i rekcon dc2 is perfect of hids, wont to do it next week.
Could you also give me the website where you got them from> =D