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In the last 1.5 years I have had both a 55w 6000k H3 kit in my projectors and also a 35W 6000K H3 kit. In my opinion the 55w kit was SUBSTANTIALLY brighter under the same aiming conditions than the 35w kit.

As far as putting a 55w kit into the OEM 5th gen housing, I would expect that since the housing is designed to for non-HID applications that there would be more glare than with a 35w kit. However, in a projector housing, there was ZERO additional glare as a result of the 55w kit vs. the 35w kit.

If the projector is aimed properly (ie. lower to the ground as opposed to higher) I do not believe that it leads to glare issues. IMO people that simply chime off "projectors with HIDs automatically cause glare" did not bother to aim their headlights and just simply expect everything to work properly without and adjustment or they just dont have projectors themselves and do not know what they are talking about.

You will be happy to know, however, that one of the main advantages of the 35w kits are that replacement parts are MUCH easier to come by and are MUCH more reasonably priced. My 55w kit blew a bulb after a bit more than a year and it was so hard to kit the right bulb (wattage & connection specifications) that I just bought a new 35w kit!