HID kit lo beams point high

[SubLGT]

Originally Posted By: DBMaster
I don't know all the causes but I am so tired of ultra bright headlights in my face, mirrors, and back window. This happens on highways and city streets where airplane landing lights are far from necessary. I can sometimes tell which ones are aftermarket by the ridiculous colors. Others could be OEM or just mounted high on trucks and SUV's. Still others just seem content to drive with high beams on continuously these days. Maybe I should do like the Blues Brothers and wear dark Ray Bans at night.


You could always install some very dark tint on your windshield to cut down on glare from crazy bright headlights.

But then you would find your current headlights inadequate, and you would have to install some 70W eBay HIDs ( 4 for only $50) in your low beams and fog lamps to compensate for the windshield tint.

People would flash you, but your new tint would protect you. It's a crazy universe, isn't it?

 

[Smokescreen]

gallydif, do yourself and the world a favor and just remove the kit.

No matter what you do otherwise will correct the issue.

 

[901Memphis]

Congratulations on making your truck a mobile blinding device for everyone you encounter on the road. I would recommend installing a brush guard for when the drivers are so blind they run into you head on.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/conversions.html

 

[Vikas]

Your included picture might not be doing justice. I believe the real problem with filament vs HID are the different orientation and different focal point of the two light sources. That picture makes you think they are "close enough" but that is not true.

 

[Vikas]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Many think a big patch of light right in front of the vehicle is a good low beam. Not so. Other posters have made that clear.
+1000
What you want is even spread of light in front of your car going as far as possible. Entire lighting assembly is tuned to achieve that. Having too bright right in front of you and too dim farther hurts your vision. Obviously same is true with the blotchy light pattern. And of course the glare to the oncoming traffic but even if you were to be a **** about that, it still makes you see *less* than OEM assembly. And that is why you don't do it.

 

[gallydif]

Would LED be any better for an old headlight made for halogen? Scotty Kilmer from youtube recommends these.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DXHXN0K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474144680&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=yumseen+led+headlight&dpPl=1&dpID=51y%2BLROZ-KL&ref=plSrch

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K0RpT-fRqDc

 

[901Memphis]

Originally Posted By: gallydif
Would LED be any better for an old headlight made for halogen? Scotty Kilmer from youtube recommends these.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DXHXN0K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474144680&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=yumseen+led+headlight&dpPl=1&dpID=51y%2BLROZ-KL&ref=plSrch

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K0RpT-fRqDc



No absolutely not! Halogen reflectors need halogen bulbs, not hid and not led.

If you really want to try something controversial albeit effective, look into retrofitting ACTUAL hid housings into your oem housings.

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/

 

[UG_Passat]

95 Caprice classic most likely has a patterned lens.

If you put a projector behind it, the patterned lens will still mess up the beam pattern.

you'd have to start with a clear lens assembly and put a tiny projector in there and make sure the rear gets sealed up properly

 

[Smokescreen]

I love watching how people trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

If your car came with halogen bulbs, for safety and performance reasons they need to stay that way. So profound, yet so simple.

 

[DoubleWasp]

Originally Posted By: gallydif
Would LED be any better for an old headlight made for halogen? Scotty Kilmer from youtube recommends these.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DXHXN0K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474144680&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=yumseen+led+headlight&dpPl=1&dpID=51y%2BLROZ-KL&ref=plSrch

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K0RpT-fRqDc


I'd be suprised. Again, our stock housings really suck. I tried everything with my Roadmaster and Caprice. Just awful.

 

[HerrStig]

Until LEDs can be made in the same size and shape as a halogen filament they won't properly interchange in a halogen housing. Optics require very accurate source locations.

 

[gallydif]

Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
Originally Posted By: gallydif
Would LED be any better for an old headlight made for halogen? Scotty Kilmer from youtube recommends these.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DXHXN0K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474144680&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=yumseen+led+headlight&dpPl=1&dpID=51y%2BLROZ-KL&ref=plSrch

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K0RpT-fRqDc


I'd be suprised. Again, our stock housings really suck. I tried everything with my Roadmaster and Caprice. Just awful.

I see what you mean. What did you end up going with?

HID before adjustment


After adjustment

 

[Jetronic]

this is what my factory HID look like




much more uniform lighting, I'd say

 

[SirTanon]

I have the 35W version of that Innovited H11 kit installed in my 2010 Fusion.. and I made the decision to do so after some long and hard thought, and with one MAJOR caveat:

- After installing the lights, if I saw any glare, or a substantial change in lighting pattern from stock halogen bulbs, I would go back to Halogen.

.. After some trepidation and lots of comparison, I left them in - The results were extremely good, IMHO.



... HOWEVER, my 2010 fusion has stock projector low-beam housings, and thus project the HID light in a controlled fashion. I would NEVER EVER install these HID kits into a headlight with a reflector housing. There's simply no control and you just end up throwing the light everywhere. Your best bet is to go back to a good quality halogen bulb that is meant for that housing.. or if you MUST, spend the money and do a PROPER retrofit.

 

[THafeez]

I have the same 35w set 6k and they look amazing. Car came with projectors and I adjusted them properly. No flashes from anyone or the cops.

 

[DoubleWasp]

I'm working on retrofitting projectors into stock style reflector housings. I'm just done with trying to work with these things.

 

[Smokescreen]

That beam pattern would make me

gallydif I challenge that the stock pattern would be much better.

 

[DoubleWasp]

The stock pattern won't have you looking at much at all. You can't see ____.

 

[gallydif]

Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
The stock pattern won't have you looking at much at all. You can't see ____.

+1.

Beam pattern is bad regardles. So far since adjusting them, no flashes from other drivers

 

[Vikas]

But you still can't see ____
Actually I take it back you *think* you see great but in reality your night vision is severely restricted because of all the light being dumped right in front of you. Not only there is no light being put in the distance, your pupils are closed and you can't see anything further.

That is why you don't do aftermarket lights.