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Re: HID upgrade...the right way!
We're getting off topic, so I'm not going to address this anymore than by commenting on your last post. The point about the bulbs was nothing more than a technicality and doesn't really pertain to the argument. Yes, I'm familiar with the types of capsules you mentioned, but my point was that they are not truthfully called bulbs, but rather capsules or lamps.
As far as your beam pattern being within spec of OEM HID equipped vehicles, that is a load of crap. Especially if your referring to the 2001 in your sig. About four years ago, with my 99, I started messing with OEM HID equipment and went through a couple of sets of OEM lamps and ballasts, and then moved onto the some of the kits you can now find on Ebay when they first started showing up. There are pictures and posts on this forum to prove it if you care to search back that far. The factory 99-02 headlights are terrible for HIDs, they don't even have a cone over the bulb/lamp to bounce the light back towards the reflector before projecting it forward. In effect, putting HIDs in the stock housing makes them act like nothing more than flood lamps. I really am quite familiar with this setup. Heck, I even tried running a set of aftermarket halogen projector replacements I found off ebay and the beam pattern was still awful.
Since you have an 01, you have one more option. Find a set of Xenarc replacement headlights. That’s what I did after about six months of messing with drop-in kits. It's actually the only fully legal way to add HID and the beam pattern is a world of difference to what you have now, and I'd bet you on that.
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