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hpipro4 · 12-30-2008, 09:07 AM

which housing are you using???

LA_phantom_240 · 12-30-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by hpipro4

which housing are you using???

Don't encourage him...

*Sonic Motor* · 12-30-2008, 11:53 AM

afraid to get blind by people with HID? Why complaint like a lil b*tch...

Fight back with broadway mirrors!

becuz...you shouldn't have to sacrifice better lighting/visibility for shitty halogen lights!

murda-c · 12-30-2008, 12:02 PM

cept for the extreme ugliness caused by those caps in the headlight next to the projectors, the ill fitting clear covers, and the fact that zenkis don't look right with clear covers.

cxlo8331 · 12-30-2008, 12:10 PM

^true!
i'm not a total fan of how the look in the headlight, but you can't deny they look good at night and produce excellent cut off and beam pattern.
not my car btw.
the car belongs to mmm858.
he did the retrofit himself w/ tsx projectors iirc.
pm him for more details.

Rag · 02-28-2009, 07:30 PM

My setup:

Every time i see a car with HID's in anything but a projector i wish horrible things upon them.

If you don't want to retrofit projectors you can go with a budget route; E-code H4 housings. Run a full 10gauge harness with decent relays, then you can run 90/100watt bulbs safely, keep police at bay, pass inspection and most importantly not blind other motorists.

autopal E-code H4's

All of you that insist on using HID in anything but a projector are no better than the morons that drive around in riced out civics and integras. Die in a fire.

ta2maki · 03-01-2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Rag

Every time i see a car with HID's in anything but a projector i wish horrible things upon them.

Not all DOT legal HID kits come with projector optics.

ixfxi · 03-01-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ta2maki

Not all DOT legal HID kits come with projector optics.

Sylvania Xenarc........

more cheap craptastic lights made in taiwan. no thanks

just thought you might want to know that you can basically throw all that in the garbage and a pair of HALOGEN H4 bulbs in a pair of Cibie 200mm ECE headlights will outperform that shitty setup.

LA_phantom_240 · 03-01-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ixfxi

just thought you might want to know that you can basically throw all that in the garbage and a pair of HALOGEN H4 bulbs in a pair of Cibie 200mm ECE headlights will outperform that shitty setup.

Mike, typically we butt heads cause you have a tendency to be a dick, but I gotta agree with you on this one. A friend of mine got the Cibie lamps with some Osram Hyper bulbs in his S13 (of course, with relayed harness using sufficient gauge wire), and the light output is leaps and bounds above stock... and a THOUSAND times better than a drop-in kit.

Unfortunately, he's in basic right now so I can't get pics.

EDIT: Shit, meant to edit this into my last post. Sorry for the double post lol.

ta2maki · 03-01-2009, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ixfxi

Sylvania Xenarc........

more cheap craptastic lights made in taiwan. no thanks

just thought you might want to know that you can basically throw all that in the garbage and a pair of HALOGEN H4 bulbs in a pair of Cibie 200mm ECE headlights will outperform that shitty setup.

Shitty, maybe, but technically legal. Aren't E-coded headlamps illegal for use on US highways?

fueled by hate · 12-31-2008, 11:06 PM

bmar240sx · 12-31-2008, 11:07 PM

Umm more pictures

***enkei2k*** · 01-02-2009, 06:39 PM

sorry for the noob question but if it's cutoff that's the issue, won't those 'eyelids' or whatever sorta help with the glare/cutoff? not necessarily fix it 100% but at least make it not as bad.

cxlo8331 · 01-02-2009, 07:14 PM

^no eylids will do nothing to improve cutoff.

SuperSam · 01-02-2009, 07:51 PM

I personally dont think that its a big deal to have HID's... i havem my self on my s13 w/ the front clip conversion and have 8000k bulbs and i have the triple projectors and not the bricks and the cut off is perfect and nomatter what they are just naturall bright as hell!!! so i still get that random person that flashes their high beams at me but it always turns out to be some old fart!!... i use to hate the too cuz they were so bright and blinded me too when some one would come up on me but thats the direction everyone is going.. theirs just gonna have to be some people thats gonna have to suck it up.... honestly thats the truth... You can bash on me for this if you wan but its still the truth...

*fliprayzin240sx* · 01-04-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SuperSam

I personally dont think that its a big deal to have HID's... i havem my self on my s13 w/ the front clip conversion and have 8000k bulbs and i have the triple projectors and not the bricks and the cut off is perfect and nomatter what they are just naturall bright as hell!!! so i still get that random person that flashes their high beams at me but it always turns out to be some old fart!!... i use to hate the too cuz they were so bright and blinded me too when some one would come up on me but thats the direction everyone is going.. theirs just gonna have to be some people thats gonna have to suck it up.... honestly thats the truth... You can bash on me for this if you wan but its still the truth...

I care enough since it pisses me off when idiots like you blind the fuck out of me and takes me a fucking while to get my "night eyes" back on. All it takes is for you to blind me and have somebody cross the street in front of me 200 feet later for it to be a fucking big deal.

fueled by hate · 01-02-2009, 08:52 PM

maybe people wouldn't flash you if you weren't using rhd projectors.

EDacIouSX · 01-02-2009, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by fueled by hate

maybe people wouldn't flash you if you weren't using rhd projectors.

haha my thoughts exactly... it's not the HIDs...............

SuperSam · 01-03-2009, 01:08 PM

ive already adjusted them.... took'em to some guy that knew how to take'em appart(some old white guy) and fix'd it for me.... for FREE.95 and couldnt even tell the difference(visually on the lamps i mean)... they work great... hate if u want, they're perfectly fine...

LA_phantom_240 · 01-03-2009, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperSam

ive already adjusted them.... took'em to some guy that knew how to take'em appart(some old white guy) and fix'd it for me.... for FREE.95 and couldnt even tell the difference(visually on the lamps i mean)... they work great... hate if u want, they're perfectly fine...

Lies. Boldfaced lies.

You can take em apart all day, but the way those projectors are constructed, you can't just 'fix' them.

warumono · 01-04-2009, 11:56 AM

HID came with my s14, does anyone have a writeup on how to go back to regular lights, is it easy to do? (I know nothing about HIDs or how to install them.) anyhelp would be awesome.

aziankingz · 01-04-2009, 04:31 PM

i put these h4 headlights with silvia projectors retrofitted in them and they arent that bad.. not really blinding to oncoming traffic either.. just smaller beam and light output.

Gordo714 · 01-25-2009, 09:49 PM

awww no more HID for me... one of my ballast flew out my car i dont know what happen just noticed that my right head light was out. and when i got home i popped the hood and the wires were ripped off the ballast even disconected my fog lights on the way down .....sucks.......so if anyone needs a single hid or know some one get at me..........

LA_phantom_240 · 01-25-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Gordo714

awww no more HID for me... one of my ballast flew out my car i dont know what happen just noticed that my right head light was out. and when i got home i popped the hood and the wires were ripped off the ballast even disconected my fog lights on the way down .....sucks.......so if anyone needs a single hid or know some one get at me..........

Good. Time for you to go back to Halogen.

Gordo714 · 01-25-2009, 10:10 PM

yeah i went back already not that bad because when i bought the 5x7 open lense head lights they came with a pair of bulbs....oh well life goes on.

Pacman · 01-26-2009, 01:14 PM

The retro kits don't kook that bad. The one using the TSX housings I like. How do yu retro fit them, take the TSX headlights apart and put in Zenki housings? I'm curious. Maybe a write-up or is there any one around?

Say what you want, its MY car, I make it how I want and can care less what others say about it.

LA_phantom_240 · 01-26-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Pacman

The retro kits don't kook that bad. The one using the TSX housings I like. How do yu retro fit them, take the TSX headlights apart and put in Zenki housings? I'm curious. Maybe a write-up or is there any one around?

Say what you want, its MY car, I make it how I want and can care less what others say about it.

You pretty much take the projectors out of the TSX headlamps, cut up your stock lamps to make them fit and aim correctly, then find a way to hold it all together water tight and all... then just wire up your ballasts, relays, etc.

!Zar! · 01-26-2009, 05:36 PM

There are so many cheap and stupid fucks who are alive.

I wish I could pass judgment against them.

Gordo714 · 01-30-2009, 11:21 AM

close thread this one is a wrap!!!!!!!

Gordo714 · 02-07-2009, 02:08 PM

never mind its still alive
who else has lost there ballast and was stuck with a singe HID???

12-30-2008, 11:53 AM	#3
Sonic Motor www.SonicMotor.com Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 4981 N Irwindale Ave #100, Irwindale, CA Posts: 9,481 Trader Rating: (113) Feedback Score: 113 reviews	afraid to get blind by people with HID? Why complaint like a lil b*tch... Fight back with broadway mirrors! becuz...you shouldn't have to sacrifice better lighting/visibility for shitty halogen lights! __________________ Sonicmotor.com \| Zach @ Sonic Motor \| 626.363.9036 \| [email protected] Check out our website! ( CLICK )

12-30-2008, 12:02 PM	#4
murda-c Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomery County, MD Age: 36 Posts: 3,197 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	cept for the extreme ugliness caused by those caps in the headlight next to the projectors, the ill fitting clear covers, and the fact that zenkis don't look right with clear covers. __________________

12-30-2008, 12:10 PM	#5
cxlo8331 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Feasting on the flesh of the guilty, and drinking the blood of the innocent (714) Posts: 1,751 Trader Rating: (17) Rides Gallery: cxlo8331 Feedback Score: 17 reviews	^true! i'm not a total fan of how the look in the headlight, but you can't deny they look good at night and produce excellent cut off and beam pattern. not my car btw. the car belongs to mmm858. he did the retrofit himself w/ tsx projectors iirc. pm him for more details. __________________ -Carlo

01-02-2009, 06:39 PM	#13
*enkei2k* Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: over the river and through the woods Age: 39 Posts: 7,160 Trader Rating: (29) Feedback Score: 29 reviews	sorry for the noob question but if it's cutoff that's the issue, won't those 'eyelids' or whatever sorta help with the glare/cutoff? not necessarily fix it 100% but at least make it not as bad. __________________ Ask enkei2k xquizitditz

01-02-2009, 07:14 PM	#14
cxlo8331 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Feasting on the flesh of the guilty, and drinking the blood of the innocent (714) Posts: 1,751 Trader Rating: (17) Rides Gallery: cxlo8331 Feedback Score: 17 reviews	^no eylids will do nothing to improve cutoff. __________________ -Carlo

12-30-2008, 09:07 AM	#1
hpipro4 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: norcal 530 Posts: 1,003 Trader Rating: (71) Feedback Score: 71 reviews	which housing are you using???

02-28-2009, 07:30 PM	#6
Rag Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	My setup: Every time i see a car with HID's in anything but a projector i wish horrible things upon them. If you don't want to retrofit projectors you can go with a budget route; E-code H4 housings. Run a full 10gauge harness with decent relays, then you can run 90/100watt bulbs safely, keep police at bay, pass inspection and most importantly not blind other motorists. autopal E-code H4's All of you that insist on using HID in anything but a projector are no better than the morons that drive around in riced out civics and integras. Die in a fire.

12-31-2008, 11:06 PM	#11
fueled by hate Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: norcal Posts: 290 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews

12-31-2008, 11:07 PM	#12
bmar240sx Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NY Age: 33 Posts: 206 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Umm more pictures

01-02-2009, 07:51 PM	#15
SuperSam Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Anaheim Age: 38 Posts: 34 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I personally dont think that its a big deal to have HID's... i havem my self on my s13 w/ the front clip conversion and have 8000k bulbs and i have the triple projectors and not the bricks and the cut off is perfect and nomatter what they are just naturall bright as hell!!! so i still get that random person that flashes their high beams at me but it always turns out to be some old fart!!... i use to hate the too cuz they were so bright and blinded me too when some one would come up on me but thats the direction everyone is going.. theirs just gonna have to be some people thats gonna have to suck it up.... honestly thats the truth... You can bash on me for this if you wan but its still the truth...

01-02-2009, 08:52 PM	#17
fueled by hate Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: norcal Posts: 290 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	maybe people wouldn't flash you if you weren't using rhd projectors.

01-03-2009, 01:08 PM	#19
SuperSam Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Anaheim Age: 38 Posts: 34 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ive already adjusted them.... took'em to some guy that knew how to take'em appart(some old white guy) and fix'd it for me.... for FREE.95 and couldnt even tell the difference(visually on the lamps i mean)... they work great... hate if u want, they're perfectly fine...

01-04-2009, 11:56 AM	#21
warumono Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: atlanta Age: 36 Posts: 76 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	HID came with my s14, does anyone have a writeup on how to go back to regular lights, is it easy to do? (I know nothing about HIDs or how to install them.) anyhelp would be awesome.

01-04-2009, 04:31 PM	#22
aziankingz Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NYC Age: 40 Posts: 1,735 Trader Rating: (28) Feedback Score: 28 reviews	i put these h4 headlights with silvia projectors retrofitted in them and they arent that bad.. not really blinding to oncoming traffic either.. just smaller beam and light output. Last edited by aziankingz; 01-04-2009 at 05:09 PM..

01-25-2009, 09:49 PM	#23
Gordo714 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 714 Posts: 510 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	awww no more HID for me... one of my ballast flew out my car i dont know what happen just noticed that my right head light was out. and when i got home i popped the hood and the wires were ripped off the ballast even disconected my fog lights on the way down .....sucks.......so if anyone needs a single hid or know some one get at me..........

01-25-2009, 10:10 PM	#25
Gordo714 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 714 Posts: 510 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	yeah i went back already not that bad because when i bought the 5x7 open lense head lights they came with a pair of bulbs....oh well life goes on.

01-26-2009, 01:14 PM	#26
Pacman Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Ohio Age: 36 Posts: 1,149 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	The retro kits don't kook that bad. The one using the TSX housings I like. How do yu retro fit them, take the TSX headlights apart and put in Zenki housings? I'm curious. Maybe a write-up or is there any one around? Say what you want, its MY car, I make it how I want and can care less what others say about it.

01-26-2009, 05:36 PM	#28
!Zar! Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Korea Posts: 14,579 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	There are so many cheap and stupid fucks who are alive. I wish I could pass judgment against them. __________________

01-30-2009, 11:21 AM	#29
Gordo714 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 714 Posts: 510 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	close thread this one is a wrap!!!!!!!

02-07-2009, 02:08 PM	#30
Gordo714 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 714 Posts: 510 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	never mind its still alive who else has lost there ballast and was stuck with a singe HID???