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Originally Posted by JSM1284
Do NOT put kits in reflector housings! Either do a Projector retro or keep the halogens. Go to WWW.HIDplanet.com Become a member on the forums, Go to the University section and READ READ READ. |
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Never put HID kits into reflector housings. I'm glad you decided to take it off. That is the smart thing to do. There is no good way to put HID kits into halogen reflector housings. The reflector was designed to reflect light that emits only 800-1000 lumens of light. Because this light is about 25-27% less intense than light from a 4300K HID bulb (which is about 3300 lumens), the light that is reflected is not blinding, and the reflector works fine. But you throw in a bulb that is 4x more intense into the mix, and it WILL blind people because the light will be reflected every which way around the reflector, and eventually, out through the lens on to the sides, into other drivers' eyes, and into the sky, with not much light actually going where you want it to, which is on the ground in front of you. Projectors concentrate this beam in front of you and light up just the road (and in my case, all 5 lanes of freeways and highways lol), and they are cut off at a certain point so as not to blind anyway.
