hid kit problem??

[rhath127]

hi guys.i just had the hid kit installed last wk...and find that its not as bright as the original globes.....

i am seriously thinking of going back and just putting super white globes....

[destrukshn]

really?
most if not all people say they are brighter, which they should be.
what colour rating did you get?
and i'm guessin in a euro?

[jamchen]

ain't u going to change them back anyway? after suggestions from saxman?
i'd say they gave u a very high K HID.. which looks good but the output will be decreased by the increase of the K rate... r u sure they r 4300k?

[rhath127]

thats what the supplier said. Ive already spent the money if i can use it, most likely i will. Could it be that the mechanic who installed them, did something wrong? with normal lights you can clearly see the road in front of you, with this kit i cant see any evidence of the white light on the road.

[rhath127]

......i know it looks all that bright in the pic...but trust me...if i thought they wer as bright or brighter than the original lights - i wouldnt be complaining.

[civiceg9]

is your headlight adjusted? the headlight angel is quite high for halgens so adjust it point downwards abit.
White light is visible only in the dark.
if you have 6000k+ the visible light will be less.

[Honda Enthusiast]

hi guys.i just had the hid kit installed last wk...and find that its not as bright as the original globes.....

i am seriously thinking of going back and just putting super white globes....

Bro, I think I know what you're talking about...

If you don't mind me asking, did you buy the proper HID kit that cost something like $600+ ? There are different types, a friend of mine bought a less expensive kit for around $350 or somerhing laterly and his lights are actually must less bright than my 6000k blue globes... I personally like globes better for the fact that they're firstly cheaper and secondly still maintain the "glow" look in your headlights whereas the HID's tend to be this very concentrated "glare" - some like it, but I personally do not...so yeah, you just really gotta check out what you're installing.

Good luck dude!


SKY

[saxman]

the problem is that despite what the seller told you, you do not have a 4300k hid kit. What you have is much higher k, and do have less lumens output.

You know everything else I'm going to say



other potential issue is that drop in hid kits very often have an incorrect focal length for the housing they're going into(you're putting hids into a housing designed for a halogen bulb... THEY ARE NOT THE SAME). Often times, this causes light to not be aimed correctly, resulting in much less usable light output, even if the lumen output of the bulb is the same.


Park in front of a wall, pointing at it, and take a photo showing the light output of the headlights on the wall... will give a good idea if the focal length is horribly off or not.

[yourfather]

amen to that saxman.

[rhath127]

ok, ive decided to sell of this hid kit and replace it with s/white globes (for the hid look). which s/white globes would achieve this? thanks u guys

[saxman]

if you think the light output is bad with a high k hid bulb, you're going to be horribly disappointed with a high k halogen bulb

[curik]

hang on selling your hid kit. Last time I did an install on a mazda 3 and it was horrible. All turned out to be that I misaligned the bulb in the housing and it had a catastrophic effect. The light was dispersed and dimmer than the stock halogen. After fixing the position and checking everything, everything went perfectly. So make sure the mechanic didnt make this kind of mistake