Just a quick question about doing the whole black housing headlights.
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Just a quick question about doing the whole black housing headlights.
Im fixing to do the black housing headlighs on my 04 track with HIDS. If i do the mod, will i lose alot of function out of the headlight at night?
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^^that..you have no reflections in the housing to create the high beam(if Iam correct about how the high beams work). I have black out headlights and havent had any problems using just my low beams. Besides wanting to flick them on when jerk offs dont turn their high beams off and I get blinded.
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You probably can't see it just looking at the headlight. If you look at it from above, you probably won't see anything. That's because the piece isn't designed to reflect the light directly up (obviously). It's designed to reflect straight-forward or onto other parts of the housing. My guess is that if you tried to look at the headlight whie on and see it, you won't be able to discern the reflection.
The piece is there and it's metallic for a reason. Painting it black will definitely decrease the overall output, but by how much is another question. I haven't heard anyone make any significant complaints after doing it.
I might do a search to find members who have painted their headlights and PM them. Just in case they don't see this thread.
The piece is there and it's metallic for a reason. Painting it black will definitely decrease the overall output, but by how much is another question. I haven't heard anyone make any significant complaints after doing it.
I might do a search to find members who have painted their headlights and PM them. Just in case they don't see this thread.
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You probably can't see it just looking at the headlight. If you look at it from above, you probably won't see anything. That's because the piece isn't designed to reflect the light directly up (obviously). It's designed to reflect straight-forward or onto other parts of the housing. My guess is that if you tried to look at the headlight whie on and see it, you won't be able to discern the reflection.
The piece is there and it's metallic for a reason. Painting it black will definitely decrease the overall output, but by how much is another question. I haven't heard anyone make any significant complaints after doing it.
I might do a search to find members who have painted their headlights and PM them. Just in case they don't see this thread.
The piece is there and it's metallic for a reason. Painting it black will definitely decrease the overall output, but by how much is another question. I haven't heard anyone make any significant complaints after doing it.
I might do a search to find members who have painted their headlights and PM them. Just in case they don't see this thread.
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as for the blackout. me and another member did mine. blacked out everything but the headlight/highbeam/city light sections. looks great and didnt lose any visibility over stock.
edit:forgot to mention i have 03-05 h.i.d.'s which many have said lack good output
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^^false... i recently changed from stock bulbs to 8000k and my night visibility doubled if not tripled. great improvement over stock imo.
as for the blackout. me and another member did mine. blacked out everything but the headlight/highbeam/city light sections. looks great and didnt lose any visibility over stock.
edit:forgot to mention i have 03-05 h.i.d.'s which many have said lack good output
as for the blackout. me and another member did mine. blacked out everything but the headlight/highbeam/city light sections. looks great and didnt lose any visibility over stock.
edit:forgot to mention i have 03-05 h.i.d.'s which many have said lack good output
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Lumen is a unit of measuring the light output, brightness, of a source. Traditional low-beam halogen headlight produces 1000 – 1200 lumens, while HID outfitted headlight outputs around 3200 lumens.
4100k - 4300k is the ideal HID color temperature to produce the maximum amount of light, lumens, hence the reason while all OEM manufacturers equip their vehicles with these types of bulbs.
4100k - 4300k is the ideal HID color temperature to produce the maximum amount of light, lumens, hence the reason while all OEM manufacturers equip their vehicles with these types of bulbs.
http://www.hid-conversion-kits.com/
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4300k does produce more light output than 6000k or 8000k, that is a fact.
http://www.genesisupgrades.com/hid-c...hart-i-28.html
http://www.hid-conversion-kits.com/
http://www.genesisupgrades.com/hid-c...hart-i-28.html
http://www.hid-conversion-kits.com/
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4300k does produce more light output than 6000k or 8000k, that is a fact.
http://www.genesisupgrades.com/hid-c...hart-i-28.html
http://www.hid-conversion-kits.com/
http://www.genesisupgrades.com/hid-c...hart-i-28.html
http://www.hid-conversion-kits.com/
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