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northwest florida | Has anyone replaced the halogen h bulbs with HIDs? Other than a pain getting to the bulbs should be a easy mod. Or maybe an LED replacement in Cyclops? just wondering. |
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| The cyclops bulb is HID https://victoryhid.com/s/ |
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Pittsburgh, PA | someone recently told me that the reflective surface for a standard H bulb is not optimal for a HID bulb... i swear i heard this some place else as well.. |
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Pittsburgh, PA | HID Plug-n-Play Kits use halogen style bulb bases (H13, H7, 9007...etc.) that utilize your stock halogen unit for light control. This is NOT the correct way to achieve high performance lighting. This in fact creates excessive glare, un-desirable light patterns & can be dangerous!
Halogen Reflector
A factory halogen reflector housing uses a specific focal point & reflector design to control light output. This design is based around a halogen bulb's 360 degrees of light output or illumination. A halogen bulb creates 360 degrees of light due to it's use of a filament.
HID bulbs have no filament for their light output. Light is created by an arc igniting gases inside the bulb capsule. When an HID bulb is lit or on, it also doesn't emit light in a 360 degree pattern such as a halogen bulb. The light output is more of a controlled pattern with the brightest light (off-white/ slight yellow) being emitted downward & center, and the slightly less bright light (whitish/blueish) being emitted at the ends of the arc.
Essentially a Plug-n-Play Kit takes an HID capsule and fits it onto a halogen style bulb base (H11, H7, 9004...etc.). When these kits are used in a halogen headlight setup, the control over light output is severely diminished. "Hot-Spots", glare & an un-desirable beam pattern are usually the end results.
http://www.hidretrofits.com/ |
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Pittsburgh, PA | http://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/1nih24/a_guide_to_hidxenon_li... |
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