01civicrider

alright so i got pulled over last night cus i have 12000k hid's (purple). and the cop didnt even kno of they were illegal or not but he still gave me a ticket lol. he said i can only have the factory bulbs in there or its illegal. i cant have those "super white ones" or silverstar bulbs. i was like wtf ok. now i gotta put my old 10000k bulbs in. cops gotta ruin everythin i swear.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

well 1. purple headlight is illegal, 2. hid in halogen housing is illegal. just the way it is.

01civicrider

hid's in a halogen housing is illegal??
i didnt kno that. damn.
well i knew it was illegal but its like i see alot more cars with them nowadays drivin around. but the funny thing was he said it was a harm to other drivers vision lol. thats why i got a ticket

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

well yeah, cause it has alot more glare above the cutoff line. technically modding a car headlamp that came from the factory with halogens is illegal. even retrofit, altho it will be much safer and look just like a real oem hid car if done properly. but yeah so many people have those kits now and the ban didnt deter anyone. if anything kits are so cheap (<$100) that they are getting put on more and more cars.

kcari

iTrader: (5)

well what he says is true... at least our cars are low - i hate raised trucks with HID. Heres my neighboor and imagine where the light would shine at a lowered car.

lordhelmet

iTrader: (3)

Thats what I dont understand. How are lifted trucks not illegal. Those ***** blind me all the time.

RallyeRedRider

^^
They are illegal in some states. Just like lowering your vehicle is illegal in some states. But just as the "tuner" crown finds ways to get around no cats, lowering, HID's, CAI, etc, the 4x4 crowd finds their own ways around things.
I get bigger adrenaline rushes going 1.3 mph, through crazy sections of trail, on insane angles, 1 wheel in the air, almost tipping, then I do hitting up some fast sweepers or sharp hairpins.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

even stock trucks blind me. i drove a truck at night before and couldnt believe how high the cutoff was. its halogen but it was still shining in every car i passed.

kcari

iTrader: (5)

cops around here are more biased against lowered cars than lifted cars - even though they tend to drive much more aggressively

dj_cronic_metal

**** happens stay with 6000-8000 most cops don't know. Atleast out here in phoenix their not being dicks about it. I don't see many people getting ****ed with for them. Lots of people run them in a halogen housing.

lordhelmet

iTrader: (3)

I know, I know. I wheel in a land cruiser. that **** is fun. its just bullshit that people in trucks can get away with that ****.

01civicrider

ya im always gettin blinded by trucks. but 12000 isnt blinding at all really. my old 10000k were brighter. but i wish i had just gotten 8000k.
but ive been seein so many random cars with hid's now. like soccer mom vans and oldass buiks. its sad lol.
but i knew i had a ticket comin my way with those bulbs.

aznprid214

iTrader: (5)

yeah. I'm running 10000k I think or 8000k and its eh so so. Not as bright as I thought. More blinding people I think. but haven't decided on what to do. Either get different bulbs or just go back to stock and just run hid fogs. All in all, it always comes back to, you get what you pay for i guess...

01civicrider

ya i think ima go with 8000 i thinik. i like the 10000 but ya i kno wat u mean it seems blindin to people. i wan2 get the hid fogs too thoough...they should make hid sidemarkers..just thought bout that

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

well technically, 8000k is brighter. and 4300k is brightest. as you go up the kelvin color temp scale, brightness goes down. oem 4100k hids are 3400 lumen, philips ultinon 6000k is only 2400 lumens.