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i wanted to no how bright my lights would be if i installed clear lenses (without a dispersion pattern) on the stock housing?
i mean i know it would be illegal but id say it would look alot better then the
stock yellowish lense that are on right now.
and how would not having a dispersion pattern on the lense affect my visibility ?
now, wat if i installed 8000k hid kit wit the clear lense??
its just a concept i have, maybe to bright for real use but jus wanted to know if neone knew how bright that would be??

examples during day (8000k)


during night (8000k)

well the dispersion pattern is only used for certain types of bulbs correct? so pretty much any aftermarket bulb that replaces our stock ones will not work withouth a pattern?

are you saying that the hid bulbs wont work without the pattern?
i jus thought maybe the pattern was used to disperse the lights around the lense?
so the light from the bulb doesnt appear like its comming from a small point at certain angles or am i wrong?
but wouldnt the lights still work? it would still disperse properly because there is still is a reflector
behind the bulb n that pretty much throws the light out into a certain direction?

The ridges on the lense are used to focus the light in certain areas of the beam. If you were to run clear covers instead the patterend OEM ones you wouldn't be able to see much and would blind all on-comers. Changing the bulb would have no effect on the light dispursment of the OEM lights, HID or otherwise, since the beam pattern is created by the light cover AND the reflective part of the light.
All OEM lamps work like this: The bulb is turned on and then the light bounces off the little metal piece directly in front of the bulb. The light then hits the reflective shield behind the bulb. On our lamps it is a painted surface with little beam direction or few angles. On some lamps you will see many more angles on the back side of the lamp. Those angles are what is "aiming" the beam of light. These are usually newer cars that use a more complex reflector and clear lense. Older cars, like ours, take a third step and finish focusing the beam with the headlamp cover, which is why you mostly see the patterened light covers on older cars. Projector beam headlamps work very similarly, but with some differences that we won't cover here.

I really like the shade of light from those 8000k but man are the kits expensive. I would think about installing them if I could get it done for under 100$ but kits are like 250$ here. Anybody have a contact?

racer3v

PostPosted: May 15 2007, 8:32 PM Post subject: 8000k
I really like the shade of light from those 8000k but man are the kits expensive. I would think about installing them if I could get it done for under 100$ but kits are like 250$ here. Anybody have a contact?

well i know of some bulbs that are 4700k
they are the bluest bulbs u can get for under $100
they are the mtec cosmo blues (not hids tho and are def not legal)
and for a set of 9004s its like $60CAD
hid kits will run u at least $350.00
i found when i switched to mtecs it reduced my visiblitiy by half, its pretty bad
but they look amazing
but im now considering going the hid route because they are alot brighter and safer