Looking to buy a HID conversion kit...6000k good enough?

[aaronng]

How do you know if your car needs this (Civic FD2)? I know Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand stock models have HID. Not sure if their headlights have been modified.

To stay legal, you need auto-levellers and headlight washers in Australia. You don't need them in other countries.

The HID-specific headlights are better as they have a better cut-off and will be less likely to blind oncoming drivers. Also, they use D2R and D2S bulbs, which are HID-specific designs. If you buy aftermarket bulbs+ballast for use with your halogen housings, they will be a H-style bulb and the light projection won't be optimum.

If you still want to go HID without the auto-levellers and headlight washers, the next best way is to find out if the Singapore FD2 uses D2S/R bulbs and if they do, to get a set of their headlights to replace your current ones. This way, you will be less likely to blind oncoming traffic.

[NeoNode]

How do you know if your car needs this (Civic FD2)? I know Singapore, Malaysia and New Zealand stock models have HID. Not sure if their headlights have been modified.

Simply, your Civic runs on halogen bulbs, thus the reflectors for your headlights are for halogen use only.


To quote Daniel Stern in regards to installing HID's into Halogen specific optics.

If you go and change the light source, you've done the equivalent of putting on somebody else's eyeglasses: You can probably make them fit on your face OK, but you won't see properly.

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[xenonkuraz]

Simply, your Civic runs on halogen bulbs, thus the reflectors for your headlights are for halogen use only.


To quote Daniel Stern in regards to installing HID's into Halogen specific optics.


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Daniel Stern's website was really helpful. I now regret being conned into buying the HID "kit"...oops.

[aaronng]

The worse one I've seen is an Euro with a kit. Two parallel shadows were projected on the ground like 2 sticks pointing forwards, stuck on to the front of the car.

[MZ3]

I installed my HID the other day..car as halogen projectors. look like HID projectors.. but car came with halogen. The light seems pretty good.. did around 1~2 nights worth of testing to see if i blind on coming cars etc

WITH HID KIT



LIGHT CUTOFF WITH HID KIT (i have since levelled it to match the halogens)


Standard Halogen Bulbs with Phillips Diamond Vision


In the pics.. it looks like the halogens are brighter.. thats probably just my camera... the HID's produce soo much more light. They're currently 6000K.. might put in 8000K