Got and installed my HID kit today. Couldn't really see the difference during the day, so I waited till night to take pics. Kit is a 4300k on a pre.
HID Low beam, no flash:
HID Low beam, with camera flash:
View of the headlight, HID:
Halogen high beam:
Note that the high beam is NOT that bright. The camera didnt want to focus on it and gave it a reallllly long exposure time.
This is the kit I bought: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/hid-k...mZ170263863465 in a H4 package with 4300k bulbs. There isn't really much of a glare problem with this kit (despite what my crappy camera shows) because on the bulb assembly there is actually a glare shield, preventing the HID from shining upwards. If you closely examine a halogen bulb, you'll see it has the same setup: the low filament has a shield, the high does not. This gives it an alright cutoff even without a projector lens in front. A projector still gives a vastly superior cutoff though; I'm merely stating that this particular kit won't blind the hell out of everyone.
While riding home I noticed it was brighter, but the light needs to be brought up a good bit. A majority of the light is going only a few feet in front of the tire. The high beam I didn't actually try while riding tonight. One of my favorite things about it is the headlight doesn't dim when voltage drops at idle. It stays at a constant brightness regardless of electrical load. I like it, but it needs re aiming to be great. I'd also like to make a delayed turn on circuit so I don't have to worry about frying the bulb while cranking.
HID Low beam, no flash:
HID Low beam, with camera flash:
View of the headlight, HID:
Halogen high beam:
Note that the high beam is NOT that bright. The camera didnt want to focus on it and gave it a reallllly long exposure time.
This is the kit I bought: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/hid-k...mZ170263863465 in a H4 package with 4300k bulbs. There isn't really much of a glare problem with this kit (despite what my crappy camera shows) because on the bulb assembly there is actually a glare shield, preventing the HID from shining upwards. If you closely examine a halogen bulb, you'll see it has the same setup: the low filament has a shield, the high does not. This gives it an alright cutoff even without a projector lens in front. A projector still gives a vastly superior cutoff though; I'm merely stating that this particular kit won't blind the hell out of everyone.
While riding home I noticed it was brighter, but the light needs to be brought up a good bit. A majority of the light is going only a few feet in front of the tire. The high beam I didn't actually try while riding tonight. One of my favorite things about it is the headlight doesn't dim when voltage drops at idle. It stays at a constant brightness regardless of electrical load. I like it, but it needs re aiming to be great. I'd also like to make a delayed turn on circuit so I don't have to worry about frying the bulb while cranking.
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