Originally Posted by
sr20hardbody
Is there really a problem with the HID's. I have after market ones on my car they are 12000k in a projector housing (stock on 2004 solara)... i will be the first to admit they are bright but they look exactly like the stock headlights on my moms acura TL... im not arguing with anyone just curious. They have saved me many times especially in the fog they are great. But to each his own.
A 12k bulb is not bright and is actually dimmer than a standard 4.3K bulb, even worse the light spectrum is completely wrong for night driving which makes it a danger. They need to ban 8k-12K bulbs because they are purely appearance lighting and are not for improving safety for night time operation. The real nuisance is HID's in standard reflectors and or fiting HID bulbs into fog assemblies. Those both should be automatic failures at SI.