HID's

[fredhurderjr]

Ballasts, Ignitors, Bulbs, wiring - everything you need.

Not HIDS4Less.

Since we're not circumventing the classifieds here, and I'm only putting you in touch with the person who's coordinating this, anyone seriously interested, email me offline, address already provided. Thanks!

 

[herman]

I dont want to be a kit basher, but before you buy a HID kit to any car, verify that intensity levels above the straight ahead line do not increase. This light goes directly into oncoming drivers eyes. I love doing upgrades of all sorts myself, but I will not go as low as annoying/putting other people in danger because of my upgrades. I have been into the HID hobby for a few years now and realized on the way that there is so much confusion regarding HID out there. I wanted to enlighten most car nuts that world class car lighting is not just something you buy at a cheap online store. So I took the initiative to write http://faq.auto.light.tripod.com/ together with 2 others. Also the site http://hanker.tripod.com/headlights.htm is written specifically for the SHO.

If anyone would like to see my current HID project for Gen II, it is linked at: http://hanker.tripod.com/headlight-level3-project.htm

Some people have asked before if I wanted to replicate them. Unfortunatly, my design was not aimed at low production cost, nor will it be sold in enough units to make them attractive. Who would pay over $2000 for set of headlights?

 

[fredhurderjr]

I remember reading the info on your site (last year?) Herman. I was astounded (in a great way) at what you had done.

I totally agree with the cost vs. performance issue. The kit I had did not light up the trees (though I have seen one set on a SHO that does LITERALLY light up the entire street). In fact, it seemed focused a little low, and I was looking at reaiming or changing bulb types (no coating) when I lost the car in an accident.

 

[herman]

Heres a briallant example of glare monster:

Look at the white Grand Prix to the left... would you like to meet this guy on a pitch dark nite???

(The two Gp's to the right all have 55W halogen low beams.

 

[Blast7]

I agree with what you are saying and have been reading your information. I have also been checking out the Philips lighting forum or whatever it is called.

 

[RI-SHO]

They have to be aimed properly too. Because in my TL-S with Stage I HID foglights and stock HID the light level is well below the drivers eyes.

Heres a ground view of them(@startup):

BTW how are the headlights adjusted on a SHO? Because of the way my SHO is dropped more upfront my highbeams aim where my low beam would and my low beam just light up about 5ft in front of me, which sux on pitch black roads unless i switch to my high beams. When I have my low beams on the strongest foward light comes from my foglights instead of my headlights which need to be aimed.

<small>[ August 06, 2002, 12:41 AM: Message edited by: RI-SHO ]</small>

 

[herman]

Aiming overpowered headlamps down so that you dont blind oncoming traffic will most often just be a bandaid. Aiming them lower than optimal, will lit up the road right in front of the car too much, so that much of the light goes directly back to your eyes. This is because of the nature of the DOT pattern - big blurry oval!!!

SHO headlights is supposed to be adjusted by first removing the 3 retaing clips. If you havnt had them off before, they will need to be soaked in liquid wrench first. You can then rotate the black retainer that is part of the headlight mounting screws. This is how its supposed to work... The headlights that I have come over (4 gen II, 1 gen I) cannot be adjusted by turning. you have to take the entire headlight out and use BFH on them. This can be a very time consuming process - using force on a frigile headlight assembly!!!!

<small>[ August 06, 2002, 08:22 PM: Message edited by: herman ]</small>