HID's, anyone have them on their civic?

[99SiR]

well i'm want to pick up a set of hid's but i've heard every story from they are less bright than a stock halogen to they are amazing. Just wondering if anyone has them in their civic, which light housing you are using (stock or projector), what color or temp you have and what ya think of them.

thanks!

[99SiR]

well i'm interested in hid's so i guess i'll make it broader, anyone have hid's in a stock light housing? How does it preform?

[thich]

it's illegal and don't do it... unless you have a stock projector light housing you'll be blinding every other driver on the road :thumbsdow

[Seanith]

it should be ok if it comes with a diffuser on it.. i should be getting some next year! get 4300k

[99SiR]

4300 would just be yellow like a stock halogen bulb wouldn't it? I like the white look with bulbs so i think i might go with something higher. I wanted purple/blue like the bmw x5's but i've been told you loose alot of light when you go with the higher temperatures. Anyone know what temp the x5 hid's are and if on one of our cars that color would be way worse than a 4300k bulb or fairly similar in light output?

[yohan4ws]

5000/5100 ish are pure white ...
Once you start going higher the light gets more blue/purple hue to it.

I think a lot of confusion sets in when you search ebay for HID light and all those 9006 halogen bulbs keep showing up saying OH way brighter, xenon gas this and long lasting that ... Those are the Sh!tty hid stories you hear.

TRUE HID bulbs are in a D2s or D2r?? light bulb .. theres other types but i know those for sure ...

Do a search on ebay for that, you'll see ballasts, bulbs, and projectors... These are TRUE hids that will light up the roads like the newer maximima's / audi's / nissan suv's etc.

I know 1 piece prelude JDM housing H3 bulbs are the same fitment as the D2S bulbs, but unless you have a proper projector the light beam will look like ass and glare the f*#* out of oncoming traffice ... thats what the projector is for ... which creates a straight cut off light pattern if you pull up to a garage or something ... I think civic is H4 ??

I can post some pics if you want of a 5gen prelude with a true retrofit hid projection system, no glare at all.. near perfect to what OEM would be .. but when it comes to civics i really dont have much know how on the headlight housing.

http://faq.auto.light.tripod.com/car-tested-retro.htm
http://faq.auto.light.tripod.com

wicked site ^^ shows civics with the mods done ..