I've Gone HID - Update Pics & Vids 7/20

by **BLACK V6** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:20 pm

Edit: Update 7/20/09 - Pg. 2

Got my 6000k VVME HIDs in today. Also installed them today. I know, nothing new, I just wanted to share. I'll post some night pics later. And just a quick HID question. I noticed driving home tonight that the glare is pretty bad. It lights up street signs and buildings way up high. I feel like I'm blinding people (and I probably am). What is the best way to reduce this glare?

These pics were taken in broad daylight...

by **MiistahSaan** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:25 pm

u probably installed the bulbs upside down. lol. make sure that one part is like on the bottom. the lil strip that goes along the bulb? or maybe you just needa angle ur headlight down a lil. what kind of hid did u get? did u get the one with both low/high beam? or just low beam?

by **sarki** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:25 pm

congrats! i dont think u can do much about the glare.

by **BLACK V6** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:28 pm

MiistahSaan wrote:u probably installed the bulbs upside down. lol. make sure that one part is like on the bottom. the lil strip that goes along the bulb? or maybe you just needa angle ur headlight down a lil. what kind of hid did u get? did u get the one with both low/high beam? or just low beam?

Yes, the shield is on the bottom. I don't wanna exaggerate the glare. It's not HORRIBLE. I actually like it, it's just that I'd hate to blind other drivers. And its just the low beam with a halogen high attached to it. I drove down some unlighted roads tonight and my hids go higher and are brighter than the halogen highs. Maybe I need to aim my headlights down a bit?

by **SleeperSolara** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:34 pm

BLACK V6 wrote:Yes, the shield is on the bottom. I don't wanna exaggerate the glare. It's not HORRIBLE. I actually like it, it's just that I'd hate to blind other drivers. And its just the low beam with a halogen high attached to it. I drove down some unlighted roads tonight and my hids go higher and are brighter than the halogen highs. Maybe I need to aim my headlights down a bit?

Looks pretty good man.

You need to aim your headlights down abit, from what i've heard when you buy a HID kit.

by **BLACK V6** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:16 pm

So I just need to lower them a bit? I usually don't drive on unlighted roads but I will encounter one every now and then. I would hate to be stuck not being able to see whats in front of me. How much will lowering the angle affect visibility?

by **Toy1mzfe** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:38 pm

Yeah just lower it. every install i did with hids had to be aimed down a lil bit.

Its fine. the effect on hids will still be better than halogens.

by **t3chnique** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:02 pm

Toy1mzfe wrote:Yeah just lower it. every install i did with hids had to be aimed down a lil bit.

Its fine. the effect on hids will still be better than halogens.

^ what he said.
aim them down, it will still be very bright.
you'll be fine on dark roads

by **MiistahSaan** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:09 am

u dont have to lower it too much. u got the foglights for up close. have fun. blind people =) people high beam me all the time thinking im high beaming them

by **jimmm** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:10 am

MiistahSaan wrote:u dont have to lower it too much. u got the foglights for up close. have fun. blind people =) people high beam me all the time thinking im high beaming them

I high beam signal other drivers
ONLY when their lights are so BRIGHT
that I have put on my shades, pull down my visor,
and sometimes reach around my passenger
seat's back pouch and pull out my sunshades
and place them in my windshield, and then, by that time,
they have already passed. So I make a U-turn
and chase them down the highway flashing
MY high-beams, wavying my gun,
and shouting obsenities out the window at them.
Is that considered road rage?

by **stereopaul511** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:16 am

^ Yup

by **ToyoSolV6** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:49 am

jimmm wrote:
MiistahSaan wrote:u dont have to lower it too much. u got the foglights for up close. have fun. blind people =) people high beam me all the time thinking im high beaming them

I high beam signal other drivers
ONLY when their lights are so BRIGHT
that I have put on my shades, pull down my visor,
and sometimes reach around my passenger
seat's back pouch and pull out my sunshades
and place them in my windshield, and then, by that time,
they have already passed. So I make a U-turn
and chase them down the highway flashing
MY high-beams, wavying my gun,
and shouting obsenities out the window at them.
Is that considered road rage?

i dont think so Jim i do that all the time. lol

by **BLACK V6** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:52 am

^Your avatar is interrupting me and this thread. I cannot focus.

by **Dawgz** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:34 am

I like the last pic!

by **BLACK V6** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:19 am

Dawgz wrote:I like the last pic!

I suck at photography so I don't even try. I guess that one was luck. I am gong to aim them tonight and put up some more pics.

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