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So with a SS-III projectors conversion, you can have HID low beams and what high beams to match?

I have recently converted to Projector style low beam and newer style high's, I have 35W 8000k in the projectors and 35W 6000k in the high beams. And once aimed correctly improves night time visibility quite alot, and does not bother anyone, lows are on constantly at nights, and the highs pretty much only on a long dark roads, or for punishing the guys with H.I.D's in there halogen housing

i feel like everyone is way overdoing the halogen housing if you angle the lights correctly it wont be too bad i drive daily and commonly see hid in older cars and am not blinded.... even if i was its for a minor second and im not BLINDED just its a bit bright lets not exagerate it.... if someone hit me and said it was due to my hid i would laugh thats a horrible excuse in lue of their inability to drive.
if you want to stick to your guns saying projectors are necessary then why not take all trucks/ suv off the road they are bright to me yet i live and have yet to complain.... sorry soccer moms ur SOL

Angling the lights does not account for using a beam pattern designed for a bulb with a horizontal filament on a system which involves a vertical arc discharge.

It's akin to saying you can use a transmission off an A-series on an S-block if you drill new bolt holes. Just because you can sort of make it fit does not mean it works properly and safely.

More importantly, North American cars are stuck with U.S. Department of Transportation headlights which require 50 per cent of the light to be aimed upwards (1950s regulation aim to illuminate unlit overhead signs). There is no way to angle such headlights to prevent throwing a lot of light too high (as in towards oncoming drivers) while still properly illuminating the road ahead.

Projectors are not necessary (Nissan Altimas have HIDs in a reflector housing meant for HID lighting). Proper beam patterns, matching the light source, are.

I don't know what your local laws are, but if you're the one with HID's in a Halogen housing then it's your car that will get defected or whatever local law enforcement calls it, Over here that means your car wont be legally allowed on the road until it's fixed and inspected. Also your insurance would refuse to cover you for dangerous/illegal mods once they found out and investigate (these bastards are out to save their capitol more so than to fix your car) which means you'd be stuck with the cost of repairs for your own vehicle, while your insurance company tries to sue you for damage to the other vehicle.

It's really a cheap precursor for disaster, and just because it hasn't happened yet to you doesn't mean it never will.

You wont be laughing then...

I'm certainly not laughing when I'm coming around a corner at night and am blinded by some f**kwit driving a car like yours and I have to slam on the brakes because I can't see whether or not I'm going to cross over the centre line if I keep going.

Well.. to be honest, if a housing it not designed for H.I.D bulbs, it will scatter light and blind ppl, and trucks/suv's lights bothers us because the lights are higher up, so we get hit with the beam of light on its way to the road, depending on how close you are to it that is.