My n my boy were talking bout hid head lights because he's putting them in his jetta. Now I read on the mitsu website that only the MR comes with hid's and the IX only comes wit projectors.. Is this correct.. I just wanna double check on here so I don't do something dumb and order them for when i get the car.

 

the regular IX gsr can have hid if it's equipped with the factory SSL (includes HIDs)

 

the IX MR, SSL, and SE models all come with HID's. only the GSR and RS have halogen.

 

^^What they said.

 

the projectors on the non-HID Evo's are not HID projectors. putting an HID kit on it will still produce a minimal amount of glare, but it'll look better than a reflector type IMHO.

 

I bought a IX w/o HID's and I just bought an aftermarket kit from importimage and they worked great.

 

how much did those run you$$$$$$$$$$ ?

 

ehhh putting HID in a non-HID housing has a very bad output. It scatters the beam all over the place and the visibility is much worse than if you have oem hid.

 

so wait.. im planning to put hids to my 9 gsr as well.. so u guys are telling me that it aint gonna look good?.. i mean is it night and day difference withh the oem jhids on the mr se and ssl?.. if u put it aftermarket hids aand keeping my projector headlights?...

 

"Look good??" I'm not sure I understand, as their function is to light the road in front of the car.

Functionally, yes. I had a RS with the projectors and now have a SE with the HIDs.

 

The light scatter from the halogen projectors with HID bulbs won't be as good as HID projectors.

 

What do you mean by they wont look good? Have you taken a look at stock bulbs? They suck and the HID kit I have is 10x's brighter and they look great and "light up the road" great.

 

Well I'm not goin to be puttin in just the bulb. I'm putting the entire kit in. But thnx. Just wanted to double check it out.

 

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My GTI has 4 beams in its grill - 100w H4s. They are by far the brightest lights I've ever seen on a street car and the stock HIDs aren't that far behind.

HID output is almost directly proportional to heat. If the aftermarket HIDs really are that much brighter, good luck protecting the stock light housings from damage (ie. melting over time).

If you're trying to quote me, that's not exactly what I said, which defeats the whole point of putting something in quotes. Regardless, none of this changes the scattering effect due to the stock non-HID housing.

 

No I am just curious about what you are saying..... I dont get this "scattering" effect you are talking about and I have noticed no such thing. Not trying to insult everyone I am just trying to see where you are coming from.

*BTW when I say take a look at the stock bulb I mean the dims at night they are horrible*