Is there a way to tell the difference between the HID headlight housing and the Halogen headlight housing by looking at it? Also, could someone share the part numbers of both. Ive done a fair share of searching for a comparison of the two. Thanks.

 

i believe evo dave knows the answer to these questions for sure

 

anyone? I'm also waiting for evodave to get back to me

 

check out the link below.
http://www.japanparts.com/db/partsli...maker=&volkey=
NON HID

HID

 

Ok straight and simple: HID housing has a fog light integrated in the third bulb housing, whereas the HALOGEN housing has a simple cap/cover, no bulb nor a foglight.
USDM housings have the amber on the upper corner, whereas the JDM housings have the amber on the bottom.

 

ah, thank you, between the description and the pictures, it is very clear

 

Just to elaborate, the non-HID housings have a curved cover the same color as the housing where the foglights normally are, not some flat cover. It actually doesn't look bad, but when I first had a IX back in 2006 (before I upgraded to an SE to notice the difference), I thought maybe I had fogs since it did look like a colorless projector bulb. The foglight looks like a regular headlight housing, kind of like the highbeam.

 

Um.. HID's have fog lamps, halogen do not.

 

Um... yes, it's been said twice already

 

Third time the charm?