and so i just got defected 10 mins ago..

[spastic]

lol wtf 12xxxk hid thats overboard man overkill
mrwillz has like 8k i think that is already epik overkill

[Chriskoss]

SHU-ES1 I can vouch for ****n people like you running over-the-top HID's on a non standard car being ****ing annoying, its like worse than high beams in both on-coming traffic and if your behind another car, its just plain discourteous and annoying so you can think your 'awesome' with your super bright lights, if it was up to me and I was a cop I'd get my batton and smash your lights out and say go fix them with standard lights

You want HID's?.. get them the proper way and stop having a whinge you got defected for potentially blinding innocent motorists

Sorry to be harsh, just sick of some people complaining bout defects when they probably got off EASY with what they got, as others said 8k is overkill and your complaining bout running 12k and getting defected, if I ever see your car I'd highbeam and follow you for 2 hrs just so you know how annoying it is

[defect]

I have to agree with the dude above. its plain annoying.
in saying that, I got 6000k and I think its already blinding on coming traffic.

[albii]

Problem is that you have reflector headlights. Hids on non standard issue reflectors disperses the light in all sorts of directions potentially blinding oncoming traffic.
The vision is some cases is worse than with stock halogen.
You'll find that people running non standard hids in projectors will still get the cut off.
Plus anything over 6000k is gonna attract the men in blue.

[SHU-ES1]

SHU-ES1 I can vouch for ****n people like you running over-the-top HID's on a non standard car being ****ing annoying, its like worse than high beams in both on-coming traffic and if your behind another car, its just plain discourteous and annoying so you can think your 'awesome' with your super bright lights, if it was up to me and I was a cop I'd get my batton and smash your lights out and say go fix them with standard lights

You want HID's?.. get them the proper way and stop having a whinge you got defected for potentially blinding innocent motorists

Sorry to be harsh, just sick of some people complaining bout defects when they probably got off EASY with what they got, as others said 8k is overkill and your complaining bout running 12k and getting defected, if I ever see your car I'd highbeam and follow you for 2 hrs just so you know how annoying it is

lol.. you sick puppy, take it easy.. and if you ever come down to melbourne, feel free to find me and follow me for 2 hours if that's what you want to do.

i merely had questions in regards to my defect, and didn't post to have a whinge or get abused, so if you want to hate on me, go **** yourself. and yes, i knew they were illegal because they were blue but didn't realise the effect it had on other motorists, just thought it was the colour problem and not the brightness. i also mentioned ep3s have hids standard from japan, and they've got the exact same headlight configuration as mine so i don't know what the difference in that is. would a cop give a ep3 a defect for having hids? anyway, all that aside, i hope my 6000k ones will be a lot more pleasent for other drivers.

[spastic]

im sure stock ep3's dont run 12,000k also they have auto levelling systems as mentioned like the s2k's and they have hid housings where as ur car doesn't.

[SHU-ES1]

oh ok, i always thought the ep3 and the eu3 had the same headlights - the shape and location of all the globes are identical! so if i went and got ep3 headlights, it would be legal for me to use hids. i think they come stock with 8000k bixenons. thanks for the info spaz!

[TheSaint]

damn traffic cop scum are always looking for excuses to put yellow lickys on hondas =/

its like they are hostile to what they dont understand

[SHOGUNOVDDRK]

lol.. you sick puppy, take it easy..

I lol'd



IMO I'd change the HID's to something weaker (but then again I'm a anti HID person)


Tyre Underload, did the tyre shop let you know that when you were putting them on?

They really should have.

Good luck on staying defect free

[JohnL]

If you look at the sidewall of the tyre you'll see the size designation (e.g. 195/60/15) followed by a number (e.g. 88) and then the speed rating (e.g. H or V etc). On the tyre sticker (typically affixed in the right rear door aperture, or the right door aperture if a coupe) you'll see the tyre size / load rating / speed rating stipulated for that car by the manufacturer. If the load rating number on the tyre sidewall is a lower number than that on the sticker then it's illegal to fit that tyre on that car.

As an example my nephew's Civic has a sticker load rating of 82, and my Accord has a sticker load rating of 87. If I were to fit 82 rated tyres to my Accord it would be an illegal fitment. It would be OK to fit a tyre with a higher load rating than the sticker rating, but not less.

It's also illegal to fit tyres with a slower speed rating than that on the sticker, e.g. you can't legally fit tyres with an H rating if the sticker says a V rating, but you can fit a V rated tyre if the sticker says H.

[SHU-ES1]

Thank you for that JohnL. I'm looking into finding some 18's with a load rating of 88 or higher now!

[SHU-ES1]

damn traffic cop scum are always looking for excuses to put yellow lickys on hondas =/

its like they are hostile to what they dont understand

Thanks! I'm pretty sure the 12000k lights gave it away, and they just had to find other things to put on the list when giving me a defect. I'm sure they could've done me for more than just those three things. Oh well, I guess that's what happens when I break the law.