3000K HID Lexus

[SHiZNiLTi 10+ year member]

people dont understand that HIDs are not meant for reflector housings..all they do is blind the shit out of everyone driving towards them, and light up the trees overhead.
VERY dangerous.

Oh matte stop your hatin' , it's not that bad you old fart.

I've actually used some washers to adjust the beam pattern and modified the reflector a little to prevent this scatering of light output which causes glare.

It's not bad at all. I did tests with my friend driving my car while I drove his BMW 3 series in front of him. I actually think that his E46 HID projectors are worse then mine because when he hits a bump the purple/blue cutoff line blinds the hell outta ya worse then what my HID's do. It goes both ways matte, the roads aren't allways smooth so projectors can blind you just as bad as cheap HID's in a housing made for non-hid bulbs.

During the warmup phase an arc of light is created between two electrodes in a glass tube that heats up the metal salts and inert gases. This part of the HID bulb when compared to a stock bulb is not centered with the filament of the stock bulb, using washers helps focus the beam pattern. These salts and gases create a different color at different teperatures during the 15-30 second warmup phase after you turn them on.

3000K has really good light output, it starts out with a neon greenish/yellow color and then goes to a yellow with a tad bit of white(4300k) in it.

Anyways I'm just kinda playing around with these cheap $68 HID kits. When I get serious about having great HID light output instead of flashy colorfull light output I'm going to retrofit some Q45 headlights...

There are the Q45's that I was talking about...

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[Bun-Bun 10+ year member]

Oh matte stop your hatin' , it's not that bad you old fart.
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I'd be careful with the name calling. I know you didn't direct that comment towards me but I am 23 and hate everyone on the road who has anykind of HID. It's blinding.

And my MGM with high quality halogens has more then enough light on the road so I don't understand the purpose in different color higher intensity bulbs for daily use.

 

[matte 10+ year member]

well, theres a right way and a wrong way. what you have now, is the wrong way. an HID bulb is not meant for a reflector headlight housing. when placed in one, you will have no cutoff, the beam pattern will be disgusting, the light will be up in the trees, and you will blind EVERYONE coming towards you. you wont be able to make it look good no matter what you do (not just you, of course //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif )

trust me, im not hating. its a beautiful car! and those lights would look **** sexy if installed properly via retrofit (which you mentioned, so i can see you are on the right track).

im not an old fart either, im 21

 

[SHiZNiLTi 10+ year member]

well, theres a right way and a wrong way. what you have now, is the wrong way. an HID bulb is not meant for a reflector headlight housing. when placed in one, you will have no cutoff, the beam pattern will be disgusting, the light will be up in the trees, and you will blind EVERYONE coming towards you. you wont be able to make it look good no matter what you do (not just you, of course //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif )
trust me, im not hating. its a beautiful car! and those lights would look **** sexy if installed properly via retrofit (which you mentioned, so i can see you are on the right track).

im not an old fart either, im 21

My bad for calling you an old fart. I know what your saying and it's correct in the fact that retrofitting is the correct way to do it, but for now this is still a huge improvement from running stock. I can see much easier at night especially with teh 3000K fogs lighting up the sides of the road.

 

[XaznKewLguyX 10+ year member]

lets see a side shot of the car i want to see how those wheels look.

 

[SHiZNiLTi 10+ year member]

lets see a side shot of the car i want to see how those wheels look.

It's not that good looking from the side yet. I've still got to install my Tanabe lowering kit that will drop it about 2" getting rid of the fender gap and just tucking the tires into the fenders, it's like a 4-5 hour do it your selfer according to most lexus shop manuals.