hey guys jst wanned to know if halo lights same thing as HIDs? wuts da difference im thinkin of gettin halo projector headlights so any suggestions are appreciated i have a 97 civic also i saw some Xenon/HID bulbs by autozone do they work with the stock headlamps? they have the same plug layout

 

halo's are the dumb led things around projectors. you see them typically on bmw's.

DON"T buy the plug and play hid kits. output is terrible and glare is even worse. you'll be blinding other people on the road.

either buy projector headlight housings OR do a projector retrofit (fit real projectors into your stock housing)

-Luke

 

okay still confused sorry im still a newbie so halo is the ring* around the lights/projectors?? am i correct? also the type of light in there is HID? or i can fit any bulb i want in there? n there is this one called halo* projector* i think halos are cool lol

 

The halo is the glowing ring around the light. Such a light could be built with halogen or HID lights.

A normal bulb lights up by running electricity through a wire till it glows. A HID light is a different critter altogether - runs an electrical arc through a gas capsule that creates the light. The two require different reflector designs to work correctly.

Here's a web page with some interesting comments on HID lights from a guy who works in the lighting industry and put up this page on the side:

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...s/Hid/HID.html

 

ok my i understand the difference now but my question is if i buy these headlights from ebay

can i use the regular bulbs or do i need to convert it to an HID kit

 

You'll need to ask the seller what type of bulbs it takes, and if he doesn't know, RUN AWAY!!!!

 

You can use a regular halogen bulb or you can get HID's to work with them. However, thats not the real issue here. The listing is not telling you what kind of lightbulb those lights use, ie: H3, H4, etc. Most likely they use H3's, because for whatever reason, most aftermarket headlights for civics use H3's. That bulb is not specified for a headlight, H3's are used in fog lights ussually. You will most likely have to convert to H3 bulbs from your standard 9003's, or modify the housing.

 

reaqding the description, it seems as though it uses a different bulb but comes with whatever you need to get it to work on your car... shouldn't be difficult either way