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Originally Posted by silver01
That was a good write up. But I dont agree that (HID upgrade...The right way) is true. Either way you go projector or a kit, you will be doing it right. Acura was one of the first cars to bring hids and they were not projectors. Also many cars still come with reflector style HIDS. Toyota,Infinity,Mercedes,Lincoln are a few. I not putting down your project it came out awsome, I did the kit but I bought Phillips ballasts and bulds(4100k). I have had them for 3 years now. Projectors light in a more concentrated area were as reflectors shine just as if you had holagens but with more output of light. So it is really up to the user what way they want to go, it not about the wrong or right way.
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You're completely wrong.
Sticking an aftermarket kit into a reflector based headlamp designed for halogen bulbs is not synomous with an OEM HID application that utilize reflector housings instead of projectors. The reflectors for factory applications used by companies like Acura have been specifically designed to distribute the light emitted from an HID capsule (truthfully, there is no such thing as an HID
bulb). Generally, when comparing HID reflector systems to HID projector systems, you will find that projectors are much more efficient and produce a brighter and wider beam pattern and have quickly become the preferred optics system for HID-equipped vehicle manufacturers and retrofitters (besides, retrofitting a reflector housing into another vehicle would be more work and would achieve lesser results than projectors would). Furthermore, HID capsules are broken down into two types: D2Rs, which are designed to work best when used in reflector housings, and D2S, which work best in projectors.
So basically, reflectors and projectors used in the automotive industry fall into two categories: those designed for the optics of HID, and those designed for halogens. Therefore, the only RIGHT WAY to use HIDs in a non OEM application is to retrofit HID projectors or HID reflectors (but again, why would you)into your factory housings. Any other way (regardless of what HID kit sellers will tell you about rebased capsules, which is total crap, and other modifications to make these the "right way") to have HID in your vehicle, is in fact the wrong way.
D-BoB'91- I'm glad someone here is doing it the right way. The retrofit looks great.