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<blockquote data-quote="SHiZNiLTi" data-source="post: 4807012" data-attributes="member: 561248">Oh matte stop your hatin&#039; , it&#039;s not that bad you old fart.I&#039;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&#039;s not bad at all.&nbsp; I did tests with my friend driving my car while I drove his BMW 3 series in front of him.&nbsp; 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&#039;s do.&nbsp; It goes both ways matte, the roads aren&#039;t allways smooth so projectors can blind you just as bad as cheap HID&#039;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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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&#039;m just kinda playing around with these cheap $68 HID kits.&nbsp; When I get serious about having great HID light output instead of flashy colorfull light output I&#039;m going to retrofit some Q45 headlights...There are the Q45&#039;s that I was talking about...<img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/2pt0x7d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SHiZNiLTi, post: 4807012, member: 561248"] 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... [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/2pt0x7d.jpg[/IMG][ [/QUOTE]

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