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engee · 05-14-2012, 11:34 AM

Information on lighting:

First and foremost, PnP kits are illegal according to USA DOT standards. That aside, let's start:

Putting a HID bulb into a halogen projector is bad. This has been proven many times that it is probably the worst thing to do and you will probably blind other people on the road due to the poor cutoff. If you really want HID's, please just do a complete retrofit. If you are going to bring up the fact that money is an issue, then why did you buy a $25k car to begin with.

If you truly want a better light output, it would be better to upgrade to higher output halogen bulbs. This would result in higher lumens coming from your halogen projectors than if you were to put in a HID bulb.

Here's a good read for anyone remotely interested in lighting:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html

For the most part though, people are probably getting these kits for the color output. In regards to color output, more info can be found here:
http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...uths-and-Myths

I'm sorry, but this "mod" irks me the most as I'm constantly blinded by this PnP kits where I live. I especially hate the people that put these kits in SUV's and Jeeps due to a higher ride height. It's nice to see that the FR-S is going to join the masses of Civics, Integras, and all the other cars with this mod though. Kudos!

05-14-2012, 11:34 AM	#1
engee Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: Subaru Location: NJ Posts: 478 Thanks: 49 Thanked 146 Times in 90 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s)	HID PnP Kits Information on lighting: First and foremost, PnP kits are illegal according to USA DOT standards. That aside, let's start: Putting a HID bulb into a halogen projector is bad. This has been proven many times that it is probably the worst thing to do and you will probably blind other people on the road due to the poor cutoff. If you really want HID's, please just do a complete retrofit. If you are going to bring up the fact that money is an issue, then why did you buy a $25k car to begin with. If you truly want a better light output, it would be better to upgrade to higher output halogen bulbs. This would result in higher lumens coming from your halogen projectors than if you were to put in a HID bulb. Here's a good read for anyone remotely interested in lighting: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html For the most part though, people are probably getting these kits for the color output. In regards to color output, more info can be found here: http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...uths-and-Myths I'm sorry, but this "mod" irks me the most as I'm constantly blinded by this PnP kits where I live. I especially hate the people that put these kits in SUV's and Jeeps due to a higher ride height. It's nice to see that the FR-S is going to join the masses of Civics, Integras, and all the other cars with this mod though. Kudos!