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i think i messed up

i need help!!!


i just installed my new black housing angel eye projector headlights with a 6000k hid kit...but it seems like 2 beams of light go to the far right and left of my car and its really dim in the middle- ahead of the car



i had the same 6000k hid kit on my stock headlights and theyn were a million times brighter



wat do i do??

 
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umm can you aim them? also take some pics... i bet the look is real clean =)

 
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Angel eye projectors were not made to handle HID period. Their design photometrics, and lens placement were all designed around the halogen bulb. HID with its arc positioning throws all of it out of whack. You are better off replacing those projectors with either HID projectors (valeo D2S) or you can settle for the halogen version (H7 and use and H7 HID bulbs) which can handle HID quite well.

 
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so your saying to buy valeo D2S and take apart the headlights and take out the angel eyes?


and still confused about the H7...r u saying to get H7 HID bulbs and put those in my angel eye projectors?

 
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they look bad ***! but when Im driving at night they r dim and weird looking lol

ill try and take some pics tonight

 
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Yeah is cuase ur halogen projectors weren't made for HID, like theres prolly horrible output and a glare like none other... but yea

heres some helpful reading that would have helped u in the 1st place

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...rojectors.html
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/7...eadlights.html

 
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so getting valeo D2S projectors and then i retro fit that in my headlights and then what bulbs do I use with that?>

the stock headlights- 9006? or H1 bulbs i have?

 
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D2S projectors need D2S Hid bulbs.

 
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um yea those ebay projector SUCK. putting hid just makes it worse. they are just horrible and you need to swap it with something better. im actually planning to put in some h7 halogen valeo projectors from audi and use those. they fit right in without much effort into the sonar and tyc projector lamps. but yea you need to open the lamp and swap the projector with something better.

 
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wats the diff. betwen the h7 and ds2?

 
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h7 is halogen lamp based, d2s is hid based. altho they do sell h7 to d2s adapters since the h7 versions do very well with hid too (altho they were designed as halogen only).

 
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so i should just go d2s then?

sry im really confused of which 1 i should get and the fitment/benifit/price of the two

it sounds like the d2s will look better w/hid because its made for it so ill prob. get that

 
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well yea if you want hid go with the d2s. i am doing a halogen setup for mine this time around

 
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ok im def. going with d2s. now on ebay i find some d2s projectors from other cars such as audi...do i just pick any or what?

also in this http://retrofit1.dirtysamurai.com/ it says i need some philips bulbs...but do i really need Matsushita ballasts, 8 #6 hex nuts, and 4 3" Cold cathode tubes (can be found on computer case fans) in my 2005 civic??


sry to ask so many questions...can you give some tips on taking headlight apart (cuz i really dont have a clue other than to stick it in a oven), and is there any modification needed to make the d2s projectors fit?