hid conversion

[chrisjimenez00]

Hey just wondering if any of u guys have added hids to ur car?...I've checked around and they all say u need to retro fit the housing and some other s***...my boy works at shop where they do all that s*** and he quoted me 250-280 and that's for a sealed beam H4 conversion and for the hid kit...then he told me the cheapest hell do it is 235 on the side...what do u guys think?...is that a good price?

 

[phatintegra]

The beam of light will scattered if you don't retro fit. If you retro fit the headlight the beam of light won't scattered all over the place.

 

[310lissikcrx]

The beam of light will scattered if you don't retro fit. If you retro fit the headlight the beam of light won't scattered all over the place.

What do u mean by retro fixin it? B.c I was thinkin of cuttin around the bak of the light and molding my own housing for the hid... That's what I've been told to do as well

 

[johnnymass]

Check out hidplanet.com. I think you're on the right track but don't have all the info

 

[Andy Mishra]

its so nice to visit here a nice thread. Am so impressed with your such a good hard work, its definitely a good and diferent idea for others, you guys are doing good work good luck, keep it up..

 

[phatintegra]

Sorry for the late respond I just got back from traveling.

What I ment by retro. Is where you swap a projector from another vehicle into your headlights. So the beam of light won't scattered all over the place. If you use for an example TSX projectors the light will be sharp.

 

[michaelfranti76]

I added on mine. Changing the bulbs, it's not that hard on your integra but some folks have problems because they don't have the right screw-driver for the little cover. If I remember correctly the cover is held on with a security torx screw.

If you go with a set of HID's the HIGHEST color temp that I would go with is around 6000K. The higher the temperature, the less light you will get with automotive HID's. Once you get to the purple ones in the 10K range you have the same amount of light as with a regular halogen bulb!

As far as brand and quality, it is VERY true that you get what you pay for. Cheaper HID bulbs will fail prematurely, run hotter (risk melting things and starting fires) and will have a low light output vs. better bulbs. As well some cheap bulbs can rattle around and move slightly while driving causing other issues.

I personally would get the OSRAM CBI 5000K HID lights. They are some of the brightest bulbs on the market and as well are 5000K with no loss of light output over 4300K bulbs. The second bulb I would suggest is the Philips 81522+ bulbs. They are 4300K but they are a bit brighter than the stock bulbs.

You should check what HID Kit they provide and then you can tell if it's cheap or not.