HID on Stock Headlights

[fueled by hate]

ap1's and lexus sc's are awesome projectors. I was about to do ap1's sc's and tsx, but I wanted bi-xenons.

[dOMEmE]

i say as long as you could see the road its all good...

[hpipro4]

Originally Posted by KiLLaS13

why do your HIDs have eyebrows? lol haha

LOL those are the shield on the bulbs....this set-up is not being use anymore! im going toward the retrofitting shit!

[LA_phantom_240]

Originally Posted by fueled by hate

ap1's and lexus sc's are awesome projectors. I was about to do ap1's sc's and tsx, but I wanted bi-xenons.

I want bixenon as well, but I can't find any bixenons I like that I know I could fit in the zenki headlight without modifications to the radiator support. That's why I'm putting TSX projectors in.

[S14DB]

Infinity FX will not fit?

[hpipro4]

anybody have extra pair of tsx projectors they can sell me for cheap?

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by hpipro4

anybody have extra pair of tsx projectors they can sell me for cheap?

Going rate for them is $150-200 if you can find them.

[Brian]

this is the biggest dork topic ever.


stop being such puss holes.


put a plug in HID kit in your stock headlights and stop being babies.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by Brian

this is the biggest dork topic ever.


stop being such puss holes.


put a plug in HID kit in your stock headlights and stop being babies.

seriously.

[Brian]

lol Mike.


thanks for jumping on the ship.

[ixfxi]

its true.... not that i agree with the rebased hid comment... but fuck, people get too damn technical with projectors or car parts in general, like "omg these s2000 projectors are AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!$?@!?$!@?$!@?"

dude, its a fucking projector.. its not holy, its just a piece of glass and a piece of metal.. many of the projectors out there function next to near identical.



its as if these kids have nothing fucking better to do than to sit out at night, line up their cars against a parking lot wall and judge their cutoff patterns...


get over it. but hey, who am i to judge. theyve dedicated entire forums to guys being light nerds nowadays. not like this thread on zilvia makes much of a difference

[LA_phantom_240]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

get over it. but hey, who am i to judge. theyve dedicated entire forums to guys being light nerds nowadays. not like this thread on zilvia makes much of a difference

I'm a pseudo-lightnerd...

lol.

Projectors fascinate me.

[fueled by hate]

^yea, ever pick up a book on optics? Shit isn't just metal and glass. A lot of R&D goes into a well designed projector.

[LA_phantom_240]

Originally Posted by fueled by hate

^yea, ever pick up a book on optics? Shit isn't just metal and glass. A lot of R&D goes into a well designed projector.

I'm pretty sure he understands that... he's just being a dick lol.

[jr_ss]

Mike,

If I install TSX projectors into my factory Zenki housings, will leaving the fluting in the lenses/covers, distort the lighting? Is it better to get the clear lenses? Am I going to cause more glare to on coming traffic by doing this? I'll be retrofitting into USDM headlights and wanted to know before I went ahead and spent the money to get the clear lenses. I'm sure that the clear lense will help with the clarity of the cutoff, but I'm not a huge fan of them.

[KoukiMonsta]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

its true.... not that i agree with the rebased hid comment... but fuck, people get too damn technical with projectors or car parts in general, like "omg these s2000 projectors are AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!$?@!?$!@?$!@?"

dude, its a fucking projector.. its not holy, its just a piece of glass and a piece of metal.. many of the projectors out there function next to near identical.



its as if these kids have nothing fucking better to do than to sit out at night, line up their cars against a parking lot wall and judge their cutoff patterns...


get over it. but hey, who am i to judge. theyve dedicated entire forums to guys being light nerds nowadays. not like this thread on zilvia makes much of a difference

i agree but having projectors verse non is a huge deal to me. HID are worthless in regular headlights. the projector gives you the full effect plus its baller

[Kyosuke]

i could post my beam pattern right now and you guys wouldnt even be able to tell if i retro fitted or not !

[hpipro4]

Originally Posted by Kyosuke

i could post my beam pattern right now and you guys wouldnt even be able to tell if i retro fitted or not !

do it! im sure im not the only one that wants to see!!!

[LA_phantom_240]

Originally Posted by jr_ss

Mike,

If I install TSX projectors into my factory Zenki housings, will leaving the fluting in the lenses/covers, distort the lighting? Is it better to get the clear lenses? Am I going to cause more glare to on coming traffic by doing this? I'll be retrofitting into USDM headlights and wanted to know before I went ahead and spent the money to get the clear lenses. I'm sure that the clear lense will help with the clarity of the cutoff, but I'm not a huge fan of them.

Yes, the cutoff will become distorted. Clear lenses are a must. The flutes are designed to distribute the light from the reflector. It wasn't made to have a projector behind it.

Originally Posted by hpipro4

do it! im sure im not the only one that wants to see!!!

x2

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by jr_ss

Mike,

If I install TSX projectors into my factory Zenki housings, will leaving the fluting in the lenses/covers, distort the lighting? Is it better to get the clear lenses? Am I going to cause more glare to on coming traffic by doing this? I'll be retrofitting into USDM headlights and wanted to know before I went ahead and spent the money to get the clear lenses. I'm sure that the clear lense will help with the clarity of the cutoff, but I'm not a huge fan of them.

No one seemed to chime in with the answer I was hoping to hear:
- Get rid of the 95-96 front-end, go 97-98.

You can spend lots of time and money on mucking around with shitty aftermarket clear lensing, taking your lights apart, sealing them, re-sealing them, etc... but nothing will help. Its constant patch-fixing for something thats clearly not worth it.

Some of you may like the 95-96 styling, just like some of you like the early reflector headlights of the S13 Silvia - thats fine, like the looks. When you drive at night, dont be surprised that your light output sucks.

Theres no other way around it, period.


I say the same thing to NB Miata guys as I obviously own one of these pieces of shit myself, the 99-00 headlights are good for one thing: the trashcan. I threw my headlights away and upgraded to 01-05 front-end.

Gotta smash some eggs if you want to make an omelet.

[KoukiMonsta]

Originally Posted by hpipro4

do it! im sure im not the only one that wants to see!!!

x3 msglength

[mxexux]

OK, I've read the whole thread and not seen what I am looking for...

I have an s14 kouki and my head lights have the broken tabs so they don't sit like they should. I was thinking about buying aftermarket head lights like the ones sold on intense that are the "JDM Style" or the vertex ones. My question is: does anybody know if they have a significant cut off and pix of the cut offs would be cool. I probably will go with HID kit in the future and just wanted to know if these aftermarket headlights have a decent cut off.

[mxexux]

^^oh yeah I also forgot to ask if these after market lights use the same bulb as the USDM s14 kouki.

[YoungGun]

Originally Posted by KoukiMonsta

HID are worthless in regular headlights.

No, they look cool.

[Banegraphix]

I have said it before and here it is again if it doesn't help the performance of the vehicle all your doin is adding the "mad tyte JDM-ness son" might as well be driving a Honda. I do understand wanting a car that looks good but you can just get some new lenses and a set of Sylvania bulbs and not run the risk of getting a dumb ticket for modified headlights.

[LA_phantom_240]

Originally Posted by Banegraphix

I have said it before and here it is again if it doesn't help the performance of the vehicle all your doin is adding the "mad tyte JDM-ness son" might as well be driving a Honda. I do understand wanting a car that looks good but you can just get some new lenses and a set of Sylvania bulbs and not run the risk of getting a dumb ticket for modified headlights.

Shut up and get out of this thread.

[ixfxi]

damn whats with the hostility.


hes right though, if you have 95-96 just get the german headlights and use some proper bulbs - the end.

dont expect 2000-2010 lighting when you're driving an 1995 fitted with reflector headlights. want projectors, then you gotta pay to play and go with kouki.

simple as that

[LA_phantom_240]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

damn whats with the hostility.


hes right though, if you have 95-96 just get the german headlights and use some proper bulbs - the end.

dont expect 2000-2010 lighting when you're driving an 1995 fitted with reflector headlights. want projectors, then you gotta pay to play and go with kouki.

simple as that

Even the Kouki has mediocre output.

[S14DB]

Originally Posted by LA_phantom_240

Even the Kouki has mediocre output.

I think he means if you want to retrofit.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Brian

sick

TRY to beat this.

I dare you.