Converting to HID/Xenon

[brad]

You have reflectors.

I'd look at some high performance halogens.

[li21]

You have reflectors.

I'd look at some high performance halogens.

ahh yes, definitely reflectors..

Half the cars on the road today seem to have HID kits in reflectors , or at least I'm guessing they are reflectors in older civics, lancers and skylines.. Yets i've not had any problems with oncoming glare ..

But I guess this is getting away from the topic of this thread..

[brad]

It's more about where the light will be placed. Halogens appear to have a shield on them to direct the light to the appropriate part of the reflector whereas xenons don't, therefore you get light scatter & inefficient lighting.

Basically, it's "untidy" - as untidy as having halogens in projector housings, which I've never thought to be particularly good lights. I can understand bipassing the headlight washers; I can understand using the manual adjuster in the car to fine tune the height but xenons in an incorrectly designed reflector housing don't do it for me (and yes, I have experienced glare issues - had a ripper last night on the M5).

You do realise that you can buy xenons designed for reflectors? They have a shield/shutter incorporated in them. There's a few UK lighting firms that sell them. They usually have an R at the end of the partno. try autobulbsdirect or convert2xenon in the UK.