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Tgrable

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  1. Typing on my phone here. Basic phillips H9 is best bulb ($10) your gonna get. There are 3 types of projectors and internally all are optically different, halogen, hid, led. Just how it works. Yes a rebased hid will fit into a halogen projector but it will not have more usable light. Yes it will blond oncoming traffic with glare. No aiming your lights down cannot solve this problem. That just creates less usable light for the driver. Only way to truly get the best of HID is a true HID retrofit.

    I was under the impression that putting a HID in a Halogen PROJECTOR did not actually have the glare issue of blinding traffic, but you did loose view distance.

     

    In my own personal experience I have also noticed that when you throw an HID in a Halogen projector the glare and issue of blinding other drivers is non-existent (This is a different case completely for a reflector housing). Now if you compared the light on the road with a halogen projector to a proper retro kit with a HID reflector you will notice that close to the vehicle there is little to no different.. but the farther from the vehicle (both in front and to the sides) you get the less light you get from the halogen projector.. so your range and width of light from a halogen projector will be less than from a true HID projector.

     

    That is because of how and where the hotspots are on a halogen bulb vs that of the hid.

     

    That being said depending on where you drive a HID can still be a much better option than the stock halogen bulb in a halogen projector. For most the extra light at close to medium range is more important than the extra distance... you have hi-beams for that.

     

    Just my .2

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