surferSteve73

I have been looking into HID conversion kits to see if their worth the investment.
I would like to see if I could get some feedback from others that have done this install.
I found this web site from one of the forms that I go to hid-lights.com.
is this a good deal??? I am looking into the X5 9000K HID Conversion Kits Super-Violet-White, does this kit have every thing that I need to do the install???

Any feed back will be much appreciated

cohlineman

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HID conversions , no matter what anyone who has them says to justify their purchase, are not a good way to spend your cash. They will never look how you imagine them too, the light will be all over the place unless you swap out your headlight to projectors and now you're talking even more money. You'll either loose your high beams by installing a kit or settle for some hi-lo kit that will take a dump on you sooner than later.
The other option is higher wattage bulbs with that "HID LOOK" that will fizzle your wiring harness.
Am I just spewing these things with no knowledge, you ask???
I'll show you the receipts of how much I threw away on this crap!And now I'm back to weak halogens, but with NO problems.
Want HID's? Buy a car that has them( this is what I vowed to myself, but I just can't get rid of my little bug eyed bucket of fun), trust me, I am definitely trying to be a helpfull friend on this one!

voyager2000

Glad i have Morettes and i installed H7 6K in low beam and trust me everybody look at me ,i mean the lights, many people ask me why my lights are so white and shine.I never said the true i only said are special lights.

taerron

did you use the stock projectors in the morretes? i have some uk300's and they have projectors too. what does the beam pattern look like on your lights?

voyager2000

Yes i use the stock projectors with HID system lights and the pattern of light is the correct for US something like this: __/ __/

taerron

you wouldn't happen to have any pics of the HID's shining on a wall or something? Just kinda leary about a beam pattern like ____/ it looks like you would nail anyone with the right lane with the bright light

voyager2000

well! incoming cars comes from the left.
i will try to take a picture to show you.

taerron

I know the oncoming comes from the left, but you pass cars on the left too. so if the light does ___/ then you hit the guys you pass in the mirrors.

voyager2000

OK when i installed the HID.,the lights were so strong that i adjust the beam levels i put a little bit looking down. There are two adjustment screw in the back of the headlamps.

DLUX WRX

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Like cohlineman said, a HID upgrade kit will typically not give the same type of lighting as you would find on a car that came w/ HID's. The projectors or reflectors (depending on which type of headlight you have) you have on your car were designed to be used with halogen bulbs. You will notice alot of glare when you install HID bulbs in a reflector housing and some times not alot of light output when you intall them in a projector housing. If you are going to get a retrofit kit then atleast make sure to choose the proper kelvin range. the 9000k system you are considering getting will put out very little light. stock systems that come on BMW'w and Audi's are all around 4100k to 4300k. The light the put on the ground is pure white. The reason they might look purple or blue sometimes is becasue of the projector that they use. A prisim effect is created when you view the light from an angle. The highest i would recomend is 5000k if you want to have any usable light.
When i get home i'll post some pics of my head lights. I have EDM STi projectors on my 2003 WRX. The EDM's have the right beam pattern ( ___/ ___/ ) so oncoming traffic isn't blinded by the head lights.

voyager2000

I have 6k in my morettes and i have no problem here.

DLUX WRX

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you wont have any problems with 6000k bulbs. its just that you get more usable light with 4100 to 4300k bulbs.

DLUX WRX

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here is a pic of the cut off on my EDM STi projectors. i had to turn down the exposure a bit on the camera so you can can see the cutoff a little better. These are 5000K hid's.

taerron

thats some serious glare

DLUX WRX

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yeah, but not as bad as if i had the stock reflectors. That glare is coming off of the chrome bezel right in front of the projector lens.