I think your results are proving a point made earlier in the thread that the reflectors are not made for HID drop-in. When you look at every other HID equipped car it will have projectors for the HID instead of reflectors. I did a full retrofit on my Honda CBR (motorcycle) with sweet results and relatively cost efficient.
**If you use a kit, you will not only loose your high beam, but like others have shown, you will scatter light in everyone elses eyes. At best you'll get a nice ticket and at worst you'll cause an accident.
Here are my suggestions based on my retrofit:
- Do your research.
HiDPlanet.com :: Index has a great forum that will teach you all you need to know about good HID retrofitting.
- Purchase a pair of bi-xenon projectors, bulbs, ballasts and harnesses. The bi-xenon projectors are what allows you to keep your high-beam. All you need are ones that will fit in the housing. Take the halogen bulb out and stick a measuring tape in there but I think we have plenty of room to mess with.
- Do not purchase bulbs greater than 6000 Kelvin. The reason for this is that it's proven that visibility drops way down the higher the temp of the bulb. This is why most car manufacturers use 4300 Kelvin ... and probably the same reason that God made the sun to be around that temperature... I suppose that's another conversation.
- If you take your time retrofitting is a lot of fun and has AWESOME results.
- There is a point of no return on this project because you will have to remove the reflector and make some modifications to mount the projector.
Finally it always annoys me when people take pictures of their results out on the road. That's nice and all but the real test for good results is by taking pictures up against a wall. That way it's easy to see how crisp your cutoff is.
If I wasn't getting married in a month and a half I would totally drop the $150-200 to do this project.
