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Old 04-11-2008, 03:53 PM   #10 (permalink)
bagwell
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Default Re: How many have fitted a real XENON/HID kit to their Insight??

well I bought one of the cheap ($100) HID kit. I went with a seller with 4800+ sales and 98% positive feedback.
The kit has a HID lo beam and a halogen hi beam.

I had problems from day 1.

when I first plugged them in via the existing harness, the HID bulbs didn't fire up but the hi beams did work when clicked on. The seller told me to swap some of the leads around which made the HID work but when clicking on the hibeam, HID goes out (as it should) but hibeams only come on to about 1/4 power???!?!?!

I switched the leads around every possible combination and finally gave up on having the hi beams work.

I went ahead with the install and went for a night drive --- total glare coming from every which way!
I tried to adjust them but -- its just impossible.

The 6000K color temp looks great - I'll take a pic - but the kit is coming off over the weekend
and of course they won't let me return the kit.

QUESTION -- would a more expensive kit look any different or is our reflector housing just not made for this conversion?
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