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So this is my first hybrid......my first toyota actually. all i can say is i absolutely love it. ive has my time with mazda and misubishi but im now in love with my 2009 hybrid camry. By the way im excited to say that i filled up tonight for 21.50, full tank and that will last me 2 weeks and i drive 20 miles to work and 20 miles home from work.. even with gas so cheap im glad im not a slave to the pump. Since i just bought the car about 6 months ago i dont want to go to crazy yet. So i decided to take a look at getting some HID lights. Well i was concerned for a bit about the hybrid part, and the fact that a lot of HID kits require a relay. The idea of running wires all over the engine bay and messin with relays, just wasnt my thing at this point. i wanted to keep things simple. Well one day i was browesing one of the forums that i frequent ant came across a guy who was selling HID kits for a reasonable price. i sent a few messages and he offered me a digital ballast kit for the same price as a standard HID kit. Well.........a week later i got my kit in the mail. took a look at the parts....not a single bare wire.... just some things to plug in.....Ok..... so its 8pm, im in my dress shirt, pants and a tie.....obviously not in any mood to get dirty.....well, i couldnt wait. so i went outside to the driveway with my flashlight. Plug this, plug that, and no joke about 20 minutes later i was ready to try them out. turned them on.......no go on the passanger side light. oops. i plugged it in wrong. corrected my mistake and about 1 minute later both lights were shining bright. i picked up an 8k kit so it was crazy to get use to at first but now that about a month has gone by im use to it completly.
Anyways sorry for the long story but im honestly excited about my first step with my hybrid, and it was a good one. I highly recommend these kits of your looking for an HID kit. Due to the fact that i dont want to piss anyone off and advertise. All i can say is if you need some info just send me a message and i can hook you up with the same deal. TRUE PLUG & PLAY. or for those who have a kit already i can try to help you out since ive had the chance to install mine already. Well this was my first post in this forum but i hope there will be many more. If you guys ever need any help with the HIDs ill be more then willing to try to help. Nice meeting all of you.
Well i wish you a merry christmas also.
i have yet to be flashed because of the lights and have not even been looked at twice by the cops. trust me there are many cops around dc and the northern virginia area as well as the virginia beach area, all of which i have been driving through on a regular basis. i have put 5k on the car since i put in the lights and have been flashed once. and to be honest with you.....the high beams are still way brigher. its just the color that people are confused about. i honestly have not been flashed once within the last 3 months of normal driving. i spend half of that time driving at night. i do find it funny that my dad calls me every time he thinks he sees me and "my bright lights". just to say hey there bright and i knew it was you. most of that is because where i live is an old people community. but the kit was plug and shine i guess you can say. it worked fast and great. if you dont like it, dont buy it. you can stick with your granny lights.
Ngerald was correct in that when changing from halogen lights to HID’s, you should block the “squirrel spotters” inside the projector housing. The filament placing is different between these two bulb types, which causes the reflector to focus the light at a different position than the original design. Combine that with the increased light output and you create a hazardous condition for those driving toward you at night.
With your 8,000k HID lights I doubt that you provide much more in useable lumen output than a H9 bulb conversion. That would give you 50% more light, use a halogen bulb with the original focal plane, leave the “squirrel spotters” alone and not blind someone at night. HID lights can provide much more illumination than halogens if used in the 4300k range but you should either fix the projector or retrofit HID projectors into your housing.
Remember that even though you might not realize it, you are putting a LOT of light in someone’s eyes that might cause them to have an accident.
Ngerald was correct in that when changing from halogen lights to HID’s, you should block the “squirrel spotters” inside the projector housing. The filament placing is different between these two bulb types, which causes the reflector to focus the light at a different position than the original design. Combine that with the increased light output and you create a hazardous condition for those driving toward you at night.
With your 8,000k HID lights I doubt that you provide much more in useable lumen output than a H9 bulb conversion. That would give you 50% more light, use a halogen bulb with the original focal plane, leave the “squirrel spotters” alone and not blind someone at night. HID lights can provide much more illumination than halogens if used in the 4300k range but you should either fix the projector or retrofit HID projectors into your housing.
Remember that even though you might not realize it, you are putting a LOT of light in someone’s eyes that might cause them to have an accident.
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