HIDs/Foggies

[JBona]

what would you guys recommend for an HID kit for my 89? Price? Where to find?
also, I want to put some yellow fogs in...any help would be great.

[bank2me]

Hey man my bro bought a kit for like 100 bucks off ebay from hidking, he got the 8k's for his 91 maxima. They look great and were cheap. They are damn bright because his car didnt come stock with hid's so there is no cutoffs so they are bright man. Highly reccomend them.

[Prime 61]

Hey. J I live in mass and sell hids I have 12000k in my 06 expedition and prob putting the same in my 89 dx their like 150 a set with the thin ballasts but can get any color or wattage I don't even need my headlights in the truck cause the fogs are so bright

[Lil Mike]

to put hid's on the accord your going to need a h4 headlight housing and then the hid bulbs but just with that your not going to get a proper cut off and its going to blurry. i would recommend but costs more money is to retrofit some Acura TSX projectors into the h4 housings so you can get a proper cutoff and will look oem. i hate when people drive around in there honda civics with hids that totally blind you because they just stuck the hid bulbs in the housing with no projector.

[JBona]

to put hid's on the accord your going to need a h4 headlight housing and then the hid bulbs but just with that your not going to get a proper cut off and its going to blurry. i would recommend but costs more money is to retrofit some Acura TSX projectors into the h4 housings so you can get a proper cutoff and will look oem. i hate when people drive around in there honda civics with hids that totally blind you because they just stuck the hid bulbs in the housing with no projector.

ill probably try to do this, bcuz i want 4000k-4500k. i dont want my HIDs to be purple, i want to see better. how much $$ are we talkin here? and how would i go about doing it

[Prime 61]

my 12000k are hot white with a light blu tint it looks like day light theres no annoying color line

[bobafett]

color line, meaning cut off??? you want a crisp cut off... if thats what you are talking about.

12,000K are not going to be 'light blue', they should be purple.

http://www.oznium.com/images/hid_photos_compare.jpg

Like was mentioned above, the cheapest way will be some ebay h4 housings, and an ebay < $200 HID kit. It will look like shit and have NO cutoff, and lots of glare. But it will be HID's in your accord.

Lil mike has made the only useful post in the thread, he is dead on that you WILL NEED TO retrofit an OEM setup from S2K, TSX, etc to make this look right.

OP is right, 4000K-5000K I want to say has the highest lumens of light output. May not look as 'cool' but it will definitely let you see better.

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/conversions.html

[Prime 61]

The. Kits I sell the 6000 k are purple the 8000k are bright blue the 10000k are bright white ill try to post a pic of my lights as I'm still new. To the board and I have s 10 headlight conversion it looks factory post pics soon

[bobafett]

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/conversions.html

[bobafett]

color temperature is more of a science and not really up for interpretation... higher color temp results in going from yellow to white to blue to purple i believe. certainly doesn't go back to white as color temperature rises.

[86AccordLxi]

For the love of god don't just throw hid in some shittastic h4 conversion housings. It will just be glary and blind everyone else on the road.

Buy a good set of h4 housings (like Cibie or Hella), but a good set of bulbs (like osram silverstars or the hella +50% bulbs) and enjoy good lighting, good cutoffs, and non-ghetto headlights.

The optics of h4 housings are 100% (really 1000%) not meant for HID's. Don't let ANYONE convince you otherwise, especially someone looking to sell you some shit.

[ghettogeddy]

I Want 6k's My Self There Almost Perfect

[bobafett]

http://www.hid-conversion-kits.com/ this site has clear examples of color temp.

but its true, H4's with gooooood bulbs are decently bright, and are designed to work in a halogen housing/lens

[russiankid]

When you decide on HID's, you need to decide on the power of the system. If you get a standard 35watt system, 5000k HID's will be slightly blue(just an example temp). I have 55watt 5000k in my BMW and the lights are white with a very slight tint of blue. Try to pick temps 4500-600k. Those are usually the belt outputs.

Also as people mentioned, don't go cheap. Your main issue is the housings. You don't want to blind other drivers.

55watt 5000k in projectors.
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/russian03rustler/525i/S6301962.jpg

[JBona]

yeah ive done my research as far as color and temp so i know what i want for that. i just was wondering what i would need to get them into my 3g. you guys have been alot of help, ill post pics whenever i end up getting them

[russiankid]

I have Hella H4 housings and the cut-off is not bad.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e58/russian03rustler/new%20cam%20and%20car/S6300654.jpg

[Lil Mike]

to do a retrofit your probably looking at around $400-$600 to do it yourself.

Pair of TSX Projector:$150-$200
A pair Ballasts: $150 or so
Bulbs: $50 per bulb

if you just goggle DIY: HID Retrofit you get probably 1000000000 hits.

[jpetrovic]

what about thos projector h4 headlights for our car on ebay? they arent pretty... but will they work?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-87-88-89-HONDA-ACCORD-7X6-BLACK-HALO-HEADLIGHTS-H4_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1163Q7c66Q3a2Q 7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec 0Q2em14QQhashZitem120330111518QQitemZ120330111518Q QptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

they have the standard reflective ones. but the black ones are all i could find right now

[jpetrovic]

Russian kid.
Thats a pretty sharp cut off, the right side looks like it need to be adjusted it looks a bit hight from the others... but
I like it :D

[LxAcc510]

what about thos projector h4 headlights for our car on ebay? they arent pretty... but will they work?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-87-88-89-HONDA-ACCORD-7X6-BLACK-HALO-HEADLIGHTS-H4_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1163Q7c66Q3a2Q 7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec 0Q2em14QQhashZitem120330111518QQitemZ120330111518Q QptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

they have the standard reflective ones. but the black ones are all i could find right now


Those are fugly. What about these ones?

http://images.marketplaceadvisor.channeladvisor.com/hi/56/55945/pe_squarediamond.jpg

and

http://images.marketworks.com/hi/56/55945/pc_squareprojector.jpg

That second one...does that cover the need of a tsx projector?

[evil88accordLX]

what about thos projector h4 headlights for our car on ebay? they arent pretty... but will they work?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-87-88-89-HONDA-ACCORD-7X6-BLACK-HALO-HEADLIGHTS-H4_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a1163Q7c66Q3a2Q 7c65Q3a12Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec 0Q2em14QQhashZitem120330111518QQitemZ120330111518Q QptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

they have the standard reflective ones. but the black ones are all i could find right now

i saw an ae86 with those, driving around in the day with his lights up. i almost vomited at how incredibly stupid they looked. for the love of god, pete, buddha, satan, and any others ive left out please dont put these things on your car!

[codyJDM]

Get the hella or autopal 200mm H4 conversion, much better quality than that ebay shit

[MessyHonda]

Get the hella or autopal 200mm H4 conversion, much better quality than that ebay shit

yup i love mine...but now i want HIDs

[LxAcc510]

Get the hella or autopal 200mm H4 conversion, much better quality than that ebay shit

You mean these:

http://i1.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/11/44/40f1_1.JPG

And with that housing we can plug in an hid conversion kit? Oh and another question. To those with knowledge of HID's. I think it's fairly obvious...but the housings do have to be glass...so that the watever degree in K bulb we get doesn't melt anything right?

And as for the hid kit. Type in H4 HID kit in ebay and those would be good conversion kits to use?

Oh and with those autopals or hella housings. We still need to retrofit something like a tsx projector? Fuck...hid's are soo much work.

[LxAcc510]

bmup

[AccordB20A]

to me i dont really see any reason to go HID. comes across as rice if your car doesnt come with them factory.

i have the OEM accord halogen h4 housings with some philips bluevision 9000k 55/60w bulbs, i can see perfect in dry wet and foggy conditions, and the lights even look cool. They are so good all my mates commented and bought them too

win

thats my opionion anyway, at $13 a bulb

[forrest89sei]

Get the hella or autopal 200mm H4 conversion, much better quality than that ebay shit

Yes those Autopals Kick ASS! I put some Osram Silverstars in and bam I can see soo clear at night

[LxAcc510]

to me i dont really see any reason to go HID. comes across as rice if your car doesnt come with them factory.

i have the OEM accord halogen h4 housings with some philips bluevision 9000k 55/60w bulbs, i can see perfect in dry wet and foggy conditions, and the lights even look cool. They are so good all my mates commented and bought them too

win

thats my opionion anyway, at $13 a bulb

Bright ass headlights=Rice? :shifty: fuck that.

Anyway my oem housings fogged up pretty bad. I think i wanna buy the autopal's from ebay then try to find some of those philips bluevision h4s you use