HID glare
#1
HID glare
this is for those members who installed HID's without doing the whole projector retrofit thing.
stock housing + hid's= lots of glare!
has anyone with this setup come up with any ideas to reduce the glare and focus the light pattern without the retrofit projector route?
i noticed that there is a "shield" for h4 applications that go around the hid bulb itself and reduces glare.
http://www.casperselectronics.com/Me...Category_Code=
thanx for ur input
stock housing + hid's= lots of glare!
has anyone with this setup come up with any ideas to reduce the glare and focus the light pattern without the retrofit projector route?
i noticed that there is a "shield" for h4 applications that go around the hid bulb itself and reduces glare.
http://www.casperselectronics.com/Me...Category_Code=
thanx for ur input
#2
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I pulled the shielded set up out of a set of Volvo HID's and modified my housing to accept the shielded bulb holder. I have a descent cut off line, great light down on the road and the glare, if any, is very minimal. I've never been flashed, as was the case with the plug-n-play set ups for the 9004 bulbs. It took some work, but I have great headlights now.
#3
Originally Posted by njmaxseltd
I pulled the shielded set up out of a set of Volvo HID's and modified my housing to accept the shielded bulb holder. I have a descent cut off line, great light down on the road and the glare, if any, is very minimal. I've never been flashed, as was the case with the plug-n-play set ups for the 9004 bulbs. It took some work, but I have great headlights now.
any pics? wud be a gr8 help i u cud xplain how u did it.
thanx for ur prev. reply
#4
Originally Posted by njmaxseltd
I pulled the shielded set up out of a set of Volvo HID's and modified my housing to accept the shielded bulb holder. I have a descent cut off line, great light down on the road and the glare, if any, is very minimal. I've never been flashed, as was the case with the plug-n-play set ups for the 9004 bulbs. It took some work, but I have great headlights now.
#5
When I had my HIDs in my 97-99 housing, I added a custom shield that I made from a 2" piece of copper pipe (cut it in half, sanded it, painted it with hi-temp black paint, and JB welded to the base of the bulb), the cut-off was OK, but I say it cut down the glare by about 80%, after installing the shield, before the shield I would constantly get flashed, even by a cop once, but after the install, i was NEVER flashed again. Here are some pics of the cut-off and the bulb. Sorry, don't have a pic of the cut-off on the wall.
Don't mind the spots on the headlight, my car was very dirty at the time..
Heres a pic of the bulb with the shield
Don't mind the spots on the headlight, my car was very dirty at the time..
Heres a pic of the bulb with the shield
#12
Originally Posted by maximazation
The shield sits on the bottom, because light is reflected upwards, so when the bottom half of the light is blocked, it reduces glare.
what happens wen u put the shield on the top? does it change the distance on how far the lights will be shinig on the streets or is it defeating the whole purpose?
#13
Use this site as a guide to make your own HID bulb shield.
http://josch.wilksfamily.com/HIDimages/9006shield.htm
http://josch.wilksfamily.com/HIDimages/9006shield.htm
#14
Originally Posted by wikidminds
what happens wen u put the shield on the top? does it change the distance on how far the lights will be shinig on the streets or is it defeating the whole purpose?
#20
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Originally Posted by wikidminds
this is for those members who installed HID's without doing the whole projector retrofit thing.
stock housing + hid's= lots of glare!
has anyone with this setup come up with any ideas to reduce the glare and focus the light pattern without the retrofit projector route?
i noticed that there is a "shield" for h4 applications that go around the hid bulb itself and reduces glare.
http://www.casperselectronics.com/Me...Category_Code=
thanx for ur input
stock housing + hid's= lots of glare!
has anyone with this setup come up with any ideas to reduce the glare and focus the light pattern without the retrofit projector route?
i noticed that there is a "shield" for h4 applications that go around the hid bulb itself and reduces glare.
http://www.casperselectronics.com/Me...Category_Code=
thanx for ur input
#21
Originally Posted by ruffrida24444
wut about just AEing the healights and painting the bottom of the housing as well. the chevy colorados have a flat black bottom reflector in their headlights. and my friends headlights are still pretty bright.. ?
#23
Painting the bottom part of the headlight will reduce glare, I don't know how the lights will look in the daytime though since it's no longer chrome. You may have to do a photoshop to see, but technically it will work.
#24
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I bought the casper electronics HID sheild and got it yesterday. It didn't fit the housing (couldn't get it inside), and it didn't fit around the socket containing the HID bulb Will be returning it.
#27
Originally Posted by athlon omega
Why did I assumme we had H4 housing? There's nothing like that for us?
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