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11-07-2005, 05:27 PM
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my birthday is thursday and i will have some money rolling in...and i decided i want to spend it on my car...i have seen some HID kits and im not sure what they are...arent they REALLY bright WHITE lights for your car? i have searched and nothing quite describes how it works...i was wondering if anyone can explain them better...or even tell me where to get one for my Civic...its a EG
11-07-2005, 05:40 PM
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If you use sales forums in HAN you can see there is a HAN distributor for the HID's. They are seperate boxes for each light which makes the light brighter, clearer, and just down right beautiful.
11-07-2005, 06:04 PM
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you can get some right here in this same site at the parts classifieds, it also depends what color you want them you can either get them bright white, blue, purple like the beamers or some other colors, but it doesn't come cheap.
11-07-2005, 06:23 PM
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Depending on the kelvin (K) u get determines the color of the light output. The lower the kelvin the more white they are. 4000K being a bright white, 6000K being a white with purple hint like the BMWs and all have, 8000K being blue, 10000K being purplish blue, and 12000 being straight purple. I used to have the McCulloch 8000K kit and it was very much blue. Now I have the 6000K kit which is perfect in my opinion. There are three websites that I know of where you can buy a kit. My car is on www.hidexperience.com under 8000K from when I had the 8000K kit and then there is www.superhid.com and ultrabrightlights.com. Installation is easy as hell too, there's plugs from bulbs to ballast u have to hook up and then u put it in like you would a normal light bulb. Hope this helps!
11-07-2005, 10:58 PM
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HID bulbs don't work well with halogen projectors. You could modify your headlight housings to use a factory HID projector (like one off an S2000 or an IS300 or something)
11-09-2005, 03:33 PM
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How about installing these in your stock headlights to go with the HID kit?
https://www.casperselectronics.com/M...Category_Code=
Would this make it "better"?
https://www.casperselectronics.com/M...Category_Code=
Would this make it "better"?
11-09-2005, 05:22 PM
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I dont think anyone has actually explained what HID is, so I will do it to the best of my ability. If i miss something or get it wrong someone correct me. Basically, HID stands for High Intensity Discharge. Instead of using a filament like normal bulbs, it does something else (im actually not sure what.) It uses a different gas than normal halogen or xenon bulbs. Like some other people have said, the K rating of the HID dictates what color light it will project.
i hope that help somewhat
i hope that help somewhat