anybody done a HID retro on their ralliart yet? i'm not talking about the hid conversion kit. i'm talking about OEM hid retro. just curious because i am planning to and would like some advice from those who had done it already.

 

I don't know, why are you asking me?

LOL, just kidding!

 

do you mean the JDM swap? If so then i'm going to take a gander at no... i checked on the prices... and they said that it'll cost 1300 just to get it over... and i'm not a master of electronics but they said the wiring is completely different.

other than the JDM swap i dunno any OEM Hids

 

no..not jdm. that's way, way, way too much for my pocket. besides, it's RHD (right hand drive). i'm talking about doing a HID retro like taking a HID projector and ballasts from a BMW with xenon lights and putting it in our ralliart headlights.

 

how do you go about doing that?

 

what does RHD have to do with hid's???

 

ok someone explain to me how you are going to convert your head lights to hid's

 

i was talkign to someone about HID's and they said a friend of theirs is doing a benz HID conversion... i'll talk to him about updates and see how hard and if possible to get a DIY post.

 

The angle of the lights. LHD cars have a slight angle to the RHD and vice versa for RHD cars. Its to avoid blinding any oncoming traffic.

 

in all honesty it'd prolly just be cheaper to get a Xenon Kit

then again it says they're not road legal.

 

it is cheaper to get a hid kit rebased 9007, but the problem with that is the glare that is produce from the kit from the reflector headlight meaning that you could blind on-coming traffic plus poor output. so, by having a hid/ xenon projector, the light is more focus giving you a clearer and better output.

 

PM modernracer he currently has this in his RA. He has taken the kit from a BMW and retro fitted the buld into the stock light bulb assembly. The are much brighter from what I can see. PM him, he knows his SHIAT :headbang"

 

...if you have an RA, you shouldnt have any glare, as far as it being RHD, there is no significant difference. why?...cus you can adjust the headlights...i have the cedia conversion on my 03, and everything is pointed out the right way, a lot of the sclc guys have seen my HIDS, and there is not glare, but then again thats on the 03 platfom, but i am looking into doing a projector setup for the 03, y?....just cus.....but its not as easy as it looks

 

mojambo you saw modernracer's converted ehad lights??? where are the pics, i wanna see

 

ok ski... what you do is, you have an HID Kit, with the bulbs, you have a Projector, maybe from an EVO, and what you do is put the projector inside RA housing... heres the equation

#1 housing - fitment area = housing able to fit the projector

#2 HID kit + projector = Retrofitted made to fit our housing in the RA

End product = RA with Evo Projector and HID making the HIDS much clear and powerful. the end