Stock Headlights with HID?

[SevenSeries]

Hey I was wondering if stock headlights can have HIDs? *Probably a stupid question*
I didn't want to go projection halos. I just wanted brighter headlights. I was hoping for either 8-10-12k?
Is it just a light bulb change?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Vitaliy93]

Hey I was wondering if stock headlights can have HIDs? *Probably a stupid question*
I didn't want to go projection halos. I just wanted brighter headlights. I was hoping for either 8-10-12k?
Is it just a light bulb change?

Thanks in advance.

yes you can put hids in stock headlights. 8-10-12K will be a downgrade in terms of road visibility. So if you want to see less at night compared to stock headlights, go for the 8-10-12K.

 

[SevenSeries]

What would you recommend for visibility?

 

[DaOne]

6k Max. for the better visibility

 

[SevenSeries]

Oh ok. So Halo Projectors are the only think that will allow 10ks to be visible?

 

[Vitaliy93]

Oh ok. So Halo Projectors are the only think that will allow 10ks to be visible?

No. Best visibility is 4300K 55w.

 

[Ron...]

The higher the light temp you go, the less visability you will have. 4300 is best visability, 5000 is next, etc etc. If you want to see better, get some 5000k light bulbs and pop em in. If you wanna be super cool and conform to everyone else, get 10 or 12.

 

[SevenSeries]

So that is all the 12ks are is just color pretty much?

 

[Vitaliy93]

So that is all the 12ks are is just color pretty much?

all color, little to no visibility.

 

[SevenSeries]

Ok thank you. I was under the impression that the higher the kandle the more visibilty. So what's halo projectors then? Sorry for all the stupid question.

 

[lowlife9]

anything you buy with projectors already in it are garbage they will leak crack and uv coating will break down fast and the light output will also suck from cheap lenses . if anything get a set of morimoto miniprojectors and retro fit your stock headlights there are a million DIYs on the procedure.the morimotos screw in to you headlight so there is no cutting involved. http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=221

 

[SevenSeries]

I just decided to buy light bulbs until I can decide on what I what.

 

[pinoiballa14]

go to ddmtuning and buy hids. i got mine for 80. just get the relay harness, its an extra 12 bucks but that'll save you time from splicing. And i have a 8k hids at 35w. 55w would have caused a glare. and the 35w 8k hids are fine and they will be blue.

 

[lethal6]

go to ddmtuning and buy hids. i got mine for 80. just get the relay harness, its an extra 12 bucks but that'll save you time from splicing. And i have a 8k hids at 35w. 55w would have caused a glare. and the 35w 8k hids are fine and they will be blue.

You get glare regardless of what the wattage is. The glare is because the stock housings aren't made for H.I.D.s and the light scatters. You need to retrofit something that was meant to have H.I.D.s like a projector out of an Audi, Lexus, TSX, etc. if you want to eliminate the glaring/light scatter.

 

[BonyCatfish]

So really, the glare shouldn't be too bad if you get like an 8k 55w because they won't be incredibly bright compared to like 4300s?

 

[lethal6]

Glare is still going to be terrible no matter what Kelvin rating you go with to be honest. 8k will give the on coming drivers a blue/white glare instead of a white or a yellow.

 

[serg650]

You can get Luminics Krypton titanium white, they are really good for road visibility.

 

[97civicMan]

I have 6k hids in mine and have had them for 5 or so years with no problems. Among the full spectrum 6k has the best light output to me. But as my own disclaimer if you do go with the plug n plug hid kit get ready to adjust your headlights. It took me several attempts of adjusting and driving around paying attention on how the light affects oncoming drivers. Now after you get them adjusted you will still have scattered light pattern, it will just be a "little" more controled. Hope that helps.

 

[BonyCatfish]

I have 6k hids in mine and have had them for 5 or so years with no problems. Among the full spectrum 6k has the best light output to me. But as my own disclaimer if you do go with the plug n plug hid kit get ready to adjust your headlights. It took me several attempts of adjusting and driving around paying attention on how the light affects oncoming drivers. Now after you get them adjusted you will still have scattered light pattern, it will just be a "little" more controled. Hope that helps.

Thanks. Can I ask if those 6k you have are 35w or 55w? Because apparently that makes a difference. I saw some really ugly deep blue ones on a silver civic today and I got really concerned about how my HIDs would look if I got them.

 

[lethal6]

If they were really deep blue they were likely 10k. Mine are 8k and they have a very light blue tint to them. 6k ddm kit should be white with a slight blue in 35w and just white in 55w. 55w is not needed though if you want my honest opinion. It seems to be very popular but it is just not needed. The 35w kits are plenty bright enough.