I'm glad your done because honestly every time you post you sound slightly more foolish and immature. Your reasoning is that of a drug addict who says "my coke addiction doesn't hurt anyone but me so leave me alone" when reality it does. Quite frankly you sound more like a 16 year old who justifies his bad behavior by citing more bad behavior "everyone else has them so why can't I?" So you really should stop posting in this thread because you just make yourself look bad.

 

And that is the thing I was looking for because I was unsure of the size of the actual projector lense. I know it isn't going to be cheap but I was gonna wander around a junkyard or something and see if I can't find some that are unharmed and get those for the swap to avoid paying a lot of money. lol. And with those lenses am I able to run Bi-Xenons in them? Talking something like the S2000 lenses. What I am looking for is a sharp cutoff and light output. And the projectors I have have a crappy cutoff line and so so light output.

Thanks for your info as well as an0malous and Omega 5.

 

I would lurch around ebay , the prices are about average and theirs always sumthing on there . Most junkyards Ive tried to deal with are wise to the HID thing . Its hard to get a light with the ballast and bulb because alot of them sell them separately . Check ebay.co.uk too . ITs hard to find people that will ship to the USA , but the prices were cheaper . I got both my Astra bi-Xenon headlights complete , with ballast , active forward lighting frames and computer , bulbs and wiring attached to the headlight still for 65 british pounds , which worked out to about $135 US funds , nother 40 bux to ship ....ching ching ching

U should be able to eyeball the projector holding a measuring tape on the lens . And yes u could run a bi-xenon projector . The S2000 isnt a bi-xenon projector though , its the same projector as the TSX which is a just a low beam and those cars use a traditional high beam reflector . I know theres more , but the only 2.5 bi-xenon I know of personally is from the E46 BMW 3 series . An0malous and Omega 5 can comment on the FX45 , I "think" that one is 2.5 too . 350z , FX35 , porshe cayan(sp?) use the FX45 projector too .

 

Cool, thanks again. And yea, I kinda figured they were wise to it but I still wanted to try...Doesn't hurt to anyway. I know they sell the Porsche projectors on HIDplanet and those are like $300. But thanks again for the info, I will look around and see what I can find.

 

just for comparison purposes...cuz the pics posted on here are ridiculously exaggerated...

exaggeration


reality


yes there is SOME glare...but no where near as bad as the first picture suggests...u can actually SEE my car...not a wall of blinding light...also the halogens in the PROJECTOR fog lights glare too....hmm

in case u cant tell from that pic heres one of just the fogs


in fact all the lights are glaring a little bit which is why u cant judge light output from a CAMERA

and as for the so called "hot spot" issues...i dont have them...
for example...

thats a pretty nice even spread of lights...notice on the small tree to the right how the light doesnt go much higher than a couple feet off the ground

heres another pic against some stuff in my driveway...my house is being renovated so excuse the mess

other than some reflection off the glossy metal surfaces...doesnt look too bad either

yeah theres "glare" but in all honesty like ive been saying all along...its not horrifically blinding that it would cause some poor soul to put himself in a ditch cuz ive blinded the **** out of him...that first pic tho is overexaggerated to the point of insanity

 

... how do you over exaggerate light?
Your not getting the same true affect, because your camera is out of the main beam pattern.
Put your camera in the path of the light, then lets see how you do...

 

2 head on shots of a HID projector .

Retro Im currently working on ....I dont even have the shrouds on Not one ounce of glare .


This one is my headlight

 

how the **** can you call something exaggurated....when theres a car right beside it showing no glare with proper projectors?

your an idiot.
think before you type next time.

 

Oh my....LOL

an0malous....you must have just woken up....look how you typed bro!! LOL

your and idiot SHOULD be "You're an idiot". LOL

 

why would i do that?? i put the cam roughly where an oncoming drivers eyes would be...

u have the garage lights on and ur right up in front of the car..any normal driver passing by u will never see ur car from that angle...i like the look of that astra kit tho

gee thanks

a wall of blinding light is exaggerated...u cant even see the car and as u can plainly see mine arent anywhere near that bad


im not trying to say its AS GOOD AS projectors...im just saying that theyre not AS BAD AS u drama queens are making it out to be

 

Yeah... cause when I sit in my car, my eyes are 6 feet from the ground.... come dude...

 

cam was like 4 feet from the ground at most... not on top of my head

 

 

sorry if thats so hard to believe...digital cams have this great lil feature where theres a screen on the back so u can see the pic ur taking without holding it at eye level...lets u take a pic basically wherever you want...its really sweet

 

What I find funny, is the fact that your still hell bent on the idea that they aren't glaring....
It's like looking at the sky, saying it's blue... and you come in and say it's red... WTF?!?

Obviously you are too immature to accept the fact you have a crap-tastic lighting system in your now... so until the day you can actually grow up....

 

where did i say "theres no glare"???
i didnt say they arent glaring at all...of course theyre glaring
but theyre not as bad as you all would have everyone to believe esp with all the "example" pics being posted in here

i dont get flashed nor do i get pulled over and i think id notice if someone ran off the road after i passed them...simple facts...i have no reason to make **** up...so kill the drama..its like dealing with a bunch of PMSing girls

 

come one guys, this argument still alive??

 

Again...

 

When did he say there is no glare? I see a post where he says there is glare and then shows pictures that illustrate that his glare isnt terrible.

 

With with respect to your comment "then shows pictures that illustrate that his glare isnt terrible" is the exact point I'm trying to make...
The is not such thing as 'isn't terrible'.... glare is glare...
Saying that you have a bit of glare is like a girl saying she's a bit pregnant... either it is, or it isn't...

 

while I do agree that some of the pictures posted here do show glare are on the extreme end...even this picture gets the point across.

look at how the entire housing in this picture is lit up


that is still rediculously bright even without being directly in the focal point of the light.

in the end its really your choice to do what you please, the information is there for you to research and form your own opinion.

 

in the firstt pic that was put up with the comparison how would someone go about to do that which HID do you buy what do you need to do ? Thats what i would like but i need some one to help me out.

 

The one that's not glaring?
Click the blue link in my sig.... Read the article and follow the links.
Also, do a search for 'retrofit'.
And finally, check out HIDPlanet.

 

this...



is not the same as this


no matter how u look at it

ionninja - of course the whole housing is lit up...its a reflector...even a halogen would light up the whole thing


thank you for having the sense to notice

im at work most of the day and its slow this time of the year so i have plenty of time to kill sitting at the comp and arguing my point...which only a couple of people have gotten so far lol

 

^^^ the car on the right.. in your first pic... the lights arent aimed correctly and its also different because of where the picture was taken from....

plus its really blurry and not focused so we cant compare the other car in the pic