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HID Firestarter?
Posted: October 25th, 2006, 10:23 pm
by PatMX3
Yea, guys i've heard of people getting hid kits, and the bulb temps burning out the inside of the headlight compartment?. Im lookin to get projection lights ,and liking the civic look! . what models should i use with HID?. your oppinionz guyz** gracias.
Posted: October 25th, 2006, 10:45 pm
by PATDIESEL
HIDS burn at an intense level, heat an be an issue if the plastic is sub par. You can buy HID ready Civic projectors, but they will be expensive. Cheap kits are usually not real HI, but rather a colored bulb or maybe Xenon gas filled.
You can build a HID kit using balasts and bulbs and attach that to a Civic housing, but you'll have to guess as to whether the housing will hold up to the heat. Make sure to get a Civic kit that uses better than H4 bulbs. H4 is a fog light bulb not a headlamp bulb and thus the extra heat will surely melt something.
Posted: October 26th, 2006, 8:53 pm
by PatMX3
Thanx PATDIESEL Budd*
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Posted: October 27th, 2006, 7:20 am
by Bling Bling
What about the Helios HID with 6000K lamps? Any info on them with heat issues? Have a local racing shop selling them. It isn't the hi/lo setup though.
Posted: October 27th, 2006, 9:57 am
by PATDIESEL
Post info on them so that we can see what you are tlaking about. I've not heard of Helios.
Posted: October 28th, 2006, 10:46 am
by Bling Bling
Here is the link of a place that sells them. Mind you, I'm looking at a private sale.
http://www.speedtechracing.com/product_page.php?id=4
Posted: October 31st, 2006, 1:51 pm
by PatMX3
Oh, yeah one other thing! anyone tried hooking up HID lights to the existing light housing?. did they melt it?.