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Old Jan 20, 2002
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i can't even see the road on my projector

i bought them at r speed but when i turn it on the light got a thind line, that i can't event see the road i don't know how to make it disapear if you know let me know so i can adjust them. thansk
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But when you turn what on, what got a thind line? What is thind. English please!

Projectors suck, they don't have enough reflective area to produce enough light and they tend to focus it more and not spead it out like the stock headlights. They also tend to melt if you have high powered bulbs. That's because they're plastic. The stock headlights are ceramic. Ceramic is able to withstand much higher temperatures. If you're not satisfied, then return them.
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<< But when you turn what on, what got a thind line? What is thind >>


turn on the projectors, i guess [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
a thin line, i thik thats what he meant, a thin line that doesnt light the road, is that correct vietnam?
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turn it on
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my projectors are bright as hell.....the only problem i have is that they are silver and it reflects up.....making it very difficult to drive in fog.
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the stock lights are NOT ceramic cause mine are melting. if u want brighter light get som HIDs out of the junk yard from a bmw.
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i thought they are suppose to be brighter..
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i just put in some black projectors in a week ago and they look sick on my silver car. but they look kinda ugly with the lights on [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG] cause i have hyper white parking and turn lights and the high/low beam bulbs are yellowish color. does any one know the size of the lights in the high/low beam so i can get some wanna be xenons?
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I took my projectors apart and removed the deflector in the low beam. They are much brighter now. Used a hair dryer to heat up the seam to get them apart. The low beams are H3 bulbs and the high beams are H1 bulbs. Cant find anything brighter, but you can get the HID knockoffs.
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Projectors focus light, hence the name PROJECTOR. Our stock lights spread the light.
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try to get a brighter head lights..it might help wif ur projector.
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1.... if projector headlights suck then how come every single high end automobile has them from the factory (bmw lexus etc?)

2..... i recently installed a set of DOT certificed TYC projector headlights and i am ABSOLUTLY in love with them....the low beams are extremly wide and extremly concentrated where they should be (on the road) and the high beams work excelent as well

3.... our stock headlight assemblies are not made out of cermic, they are plastic as well

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does any one have xenon in their projectors?
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Different headlight designs
Projectors direct the light downwards and that prevents rain drop from reflecting back into your eyes causing glare. The drawback is that the lens mechanism reduce light output somewhat.

That's also why high beam projectors are not common.
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Will these melt the headlights/wires?
PowerBulbs

Also anyone using these?
Philips VisionPlus
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projectors in high end???.......................they have HID.........WAAAAAY brighter than normal..........they dont have to worry about reflecting
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u want bright get xeon..haha.
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You mean these?
Real Xenon gas discharge bulb do not have filament but electrode and noble gases.

Is there a housing that also accomodate the high beam? ... all the ones I've heard are low beam only.
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mwwhonda: Um... I think not.

1. I wasn't talking about projectors in general. I was talking about the projectors that people have right now. Not the TYC either. Need more input from people on those.

2. Again, I wasn't referring to the TYC's. I like that style. I haven't heard anything bad about them yet. Yet!

3. They are too plastic. Have you broken a headlight to find out? If you have and you have determined that they're plastic then more power to you. Mine got broken when I was in my accident and the chrome part near the bulb is ceramic! Hence the higher resistence to temperatures than those cheapie plastic projectors. That's mainly why I think they suck!
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