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Old 06-30-2009, 02:59 AM
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projector and HID help . please?

today i went from halogen to HID finally.

and when i put the HID bulb into my gen 1 projectors, i had a giant black area where light was not hitting the wall in ront of me



anyone know how to make the light output better?

please and thank you
Old 06-30-2009, 09:17 AM
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do you have any pics as an example? That might help a little.
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ill take some tonight
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describe this "black area", what shape?
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Originally Posted by ssyellow
describe this "black area", what shape?
hmm...

ill make a drawing in paint for now because its day time and you cant see the beam in sunlight



lol thats as best as i can do with paint
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gen 1 are the only projectors i'd put HIDs in the others suck for output.
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hmmmm no clue, do Gen 1s have the reflector thing inside of em?
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i wouldnt be able to tell you...

my halogen bulbs filled this black space in beautifully...


i just hate the halogen color output
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Were they difficult to put in?? Reason for asking is i got some Gen 1 halos coming sometime this week and they say that they come with H1 bulbs... I am a little scared about the bulbs b/c i have heard they dont last long.
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halogens are easy as pie to put in-

but for the HID bulb, it takes a little force to get the little clamp thing closed, nothing too bad to worry about. ill post a picture of my h1 clamps, and youll see what i mean
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I have recently made Gen1s and I had HIDs in them as well, I took them right out because the light pattern was very similar to yours.....it sucked. There was nothing I could about it either. The halogens had a nice even spread, the HIDs had the Vshaped "hole" where there just wasnt any light.


You used to have to modify Gen1s to put HIDs in them, and supposedly they looked great, now the bulb slides right in and they suck.

if you trim the knubs on the bulb down to about half the height they are stock it allows the bulb to sit deeper in housing and makes it easier to latch the holddown.
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Originally Posted by Maven
I have recently made Gen1s and I had HIDs in them as well, I took them right out because the light pattern was very similar to yours.....it sucked. There was nothing I could about it either. The halogens had a nice even spread, the HIDs had the Vshaped "hole" where there just wasnt any light.


You used to have to modify Gen1s to put HIDs in them, and supposedly they looked great, now the bulb slides right in and they suck.

if you trim the knubs on the bulb down to about half the height they are stock it allows the bulb to sit deeper in housing and makes it easier to latch the holddown.
so basically im gonna have horrible light output with hids?
what gen projectors do you suggest for good hid output?
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Originally Posted by hossdeuce
so basically im gonna have horrible light output with hids?
what gen projectors do you suggest for good hid output?
I put Silverstar Ultras in and ditched the HIDs, I have 100w Hella H1s somewhere and Ive got retros just waiting to be installed.
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alright. thanks for your info.
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