Wheelman yah they make kits for 9004 bulbs. PM me if you want the site.

 

The lumen output (light output) of a 4300k HID system is around 2.5 times that of even the standard 9005 high beams of a single beam reflector headlight. You can do a Bi-xenon retrofit, where the cutoff shield mechanically lifts up thereby producing light higher up. Same overall light output, just more spread out. The depth of how far a HID low beam will go is just as nice as a Bi-xenon though, the cutoff just limits how high up the beam is, so the ground is still lit up just as much as a high beam would. Unless you go owl watching you don't necessarily need Bi-xenon. As far as retrofits go, bi-xenon projectors because of their mechanical system that lifts the shield up, are more bulky and difficult to retrofit into a housing due to physical size constraints.

Thanks for the kind words, I try to mod my car to be the most streetable DSM I can imagine. Full fiberglass audio system, TSX HID retrofit, 30psi through an FP Green along with full supporting mods all around, AWD, 18" Racing Hart wheels, and a 97 body swap just to name a few. I'll be hitting up the dyno this weekend, I'm hoping for numbers similar to Vr4ever's.


Theres a shot from about a year ago, didnt even wax it or anything for that pic, just a quick 15 minute wash that morning.

 

2g's look so damn good.

 

Not to take away from the thread, but that is a well balanced list. GL on the dyno. 30psi on race fuel is addicting.

 

Thank you, I try to stay away from the DSM ugly car high spool stereotype as much as possible. Unlike 99% of the DSMs out there my goal was never a track queen, it was just as your car is, the ultimate street car, decent spool, good turning, great looks, with all the creature comforts you can have in a street car but still over 400awhp. I had to wait until today when my AEM 3.5 bar sensor came in so I could actually log boost in DSMlink again as my GM 3bar is maxed out, and won't read the boost I'm actually running anymore. I don't mean to take away from the thread, just wanna say thanks for the kind words.

 

I agree completely, I really really dislike HID in a reflector housing. Even in cars that come STOCK with HID in a reflector housing is looks horrible imo.

The only thing to direct the beam pattern is the flutes in the glass/plastic cover. Halogen lights seem to respond "ok" with this set but HID just isn't that great.

Lee- could you take a picture of your headlights on a wall at night about 15-20ft away? This would really tell what the cut off is like on your headlights.

 

that pic was taken at VTCC show right?

 

Yep, I believe Fall '04, one day after getting it back from my home after performing the 1g head/intake/Tb swap as well as upgrading the turbo/downpipe/O2/wastegate. So like I said it literally just got a 15 minute wash.

 

no has yet to mention that when you go over 6 or 8K ( i dont remember ) you start LOOSING light output. so anything over that is strictly for show. another thing to take into mind is that a h.i.d. lamp age; as it ages the color changes it will start off white and when its burned in a bit it goes purple bluish then slowly dimmns to a yellowis orange color. so most of the lux cars with the "purple" hids just have "old" lamps

 

I sure did, I'll even quote myself for ya

As for colorshifting, I didn't mention that you're right. After about 120 hours of usage the typical OEM HID bulb will begin to blue a tad. But thats just natural to HID systems and there's not much you can do about it. But you are correct.