Projector Headlight

Old May 15, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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I see this AD on i-club all the time for projector headlights. Just wondering if anyone has picked up a pair. They LOOK like they work well BUT the price of a set $325 doesn't seem to be right. I have an HID kit from tophidkits.com fitted into my stock assembly, so I'm looking for legit HIDs.

http://www.dashzracing.com/Lighting-...FQpciAodRTwlJA
Old May 15, 2010 | 01:51 PM
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Those are just ebay headlights lol
Old May 15, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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HAHA

they're so cheap, I'm almost tempted to buy them just to try them lol
Old May 15, 2010 | 01:56 PM
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AND they charge you 100+ more to put in an hid kit. So as is they aren't hid's
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Old May 15, 2010 | 02:18 PM
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This is all you need to see:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/...8e0d6e51_b.jpg

poor cutoff, glare & narrow beams...

Compare this to what HIDs should look like:
http://www.sportriders.ca/retrofit/cutoff.jpg

Sharp cutoff, no glare, nice beam spread

You can't expect to retro in HIDs without spending bucks or producing an unacceptable amount of glare. An HID into a halogen projector is really not any different from an HID into a stock headlight. The shape of the light source is inherently different on an HID (arc between two points) than a halogen (round coil wound between two points). You cannot have a dual purpose reflector / projector because the physics doesn't work. Something designed to correctly aim light from a wound straight cylinder will not properly reflect light from something that has more the shape of a rainbow.

Just another case of "physics is a *****" maybe more appropriately "everyone is physics' *****"

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Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkJuic3b0x
I see this AD on i-club all the time for projector headlights. Just wondering if anyone has picked up a pair. They LOOK like they work well BUT the price of a set $325 doesn't seem to be right. I have an HID kit from blue hid headlights fitted into my stock assembly, so I'm looking for legit HIDs.
Man I even want to buy them just to try them. The price is too good. lol
Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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I picked them up a couple of weeks ago and they are very easy to install. Literally almost plug and play.

I like them, they're not bad. I get alot of compliments
Old Jul 1, 2010 | 01:54 PM
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Any pics?
Old Jul 1, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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I make sure to take some pictures for you later today and post them up. It's too sunny out right now and the pictures turned up with glare
Old Jul 1, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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https://www.i-club.com/forums/album....pictureid=4343

these ones?
Old Jul 2, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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My friend from back home in Indiana (also an I-Club member) has the black set and he loves them. I got to see them this past May when I went home. They are pretty nice.
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You'll probably regret it in a couple years. These headlights don't really last, and the plastic used on the covering isn't lexan like on the OEM projectors.

Result, they get rock damage.

And yes, I know from personal experience as well as a few other guys who bought these when they came on the market in 2006-2007
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