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Nasty Sausage · 03-31-2014, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by frslee

Hello guys,

I'm one unlucky SOB. Police pulled me over for having an HID lights.. he stated that the lights were glaring and dazzling.

He later stated that the lumen output was "fabulous", and "terrific!"

Stevie86 · 03-31-2014, 10:55 PM

I use a standard hid kit from meng motorsports, only been flashed a couple of times from SUVs. Driven in front and behind cops and never been in trouble with them, but then again I use 35w.

OICU812 · 04-01-2014, 02:14 AM

So is there anyone on the boards now that offers the complete retrofit service to either an oem set or aftermarket like winjet? I feel I'm going to need to go this path as well as it makes sense.

cdrazic93 · 04-01-2014, 03:05 AM

I had 35w HIDs in my last car. ONLY because it had HID projector housings. My friend with a Toyota corolla with reflectors copied me and put in 55w 4.5k HIDs in his headlights...

Needless to say, my headlight beam was much more focused and honestly they look stock (a lot cleaner light and I can see so much farther, I never got pulled over once for them.) Now my High beams are different (55w 4.5k HID in reflectors) I only use those when there isn't any streetlights out and it's darker than shit outside.

My friends lights on the other hand, are scattered like spagetti, he's been pulled over multiple times, had to change them out spending hundreds because he never learned his lesson, he didn't even get the same distance as I got with mine.

The lesson to be had: have HID projectors before putting in HIDs, or buy HID projectors for the new bulbs. Don't be my friend and blind everyone.

04-01-2014, 03:05 AM	#60
cdrazic93 Junior Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: a car Location: Probably at school Posts: 4,341 Thanks: 3,184 Thanked 2,512 Times in 1,502 Posts Mentioned: 20 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I had 35w HIDs in my last car. ONLY because it had HID projector housings. My friend with a Toyota corolla with reflectors copied me and put in 55w 4.5k HIDs in his headlights... Needless to say, my headlight beam was much more focused and honestly they look stock (a lot cleaner light and I can see so much farther, I never got pulled over once for them.) Now my High beams are different (55w 4.5k HID in reflectors) I only use those when there isn't any streetlights out and it's darker than shit outside. My friends lights on the other hand, are scattered like spagetti, he's been pulled over multiple times, had to change them out spending hundreds because he never learned his lesson, he didn't even get the same distance as I got with mine. The lesson to be had: have HID projectors before putting in HIDs, or buy HID projectors for the new bulbs. Don't be my friend and blind everyone. __________________ "Ah! What music! They could have never imagined, those pioneers who invented the automobile, that it would posses us like this, our imaginations, our dreams. Men love women, but even more than that, men love CARS!"-Lord Hesketh

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03-31-2014, 10:55 PM	#58
Stevie86 Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: '13 FRS AT "slush" Location: Columbus, Ga Posts: 37 Thanks: 13 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I use a standard hid kit from meng motorsports, only been flashed a couple of times from SUVs. Driven in front and behind cops and never been in trouble with them, but then again I use 35w.

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