give me a break, HIDS are so damn popular now, i don't think cops will be that of an *** anyway to give tickets for it

 

i have mucollach 6000k and have never had a problem..the lights look like a lexus color bluish white if i had to compare so its kinda hard for a cop to tell...here is a pic...

 

again...thinking and facts are totally different...cops will always be cops and there is always one out there that will be more than happy to pop you for it...just like some of the Evo guys have gotten popped for their sotck wing...

 

lol your car looks like an IS300 from the front, 6000K is bluish? i thought 6000K is like plain white, i was planning to get like 8000K or something, is that too blue? and what brand would be good? i only know Hella

 

well they might actually be 6500....but they are blu/white at night...a good mix if u ask me

 

oh and i live in San Jose CA. anyone lives around here and can give me some advise on the local cops here? i never got pulled over or anything yet so i dotn know crap

 

will there happen to be like a group of pics showing how different temp HID would look on the same car so i can compare?

 

heres an ebay link with a car with the different temp bulbs installed...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36476

 

the 5000K looks like the stupid $15 white bulbs on mine, but the 8000K looks too blue, might get busted..... maybe i'll go with the 6000K

 

the only reason HID are illegal is because of the serious glare they emit. if your were to put HIDs behind a set projectors than you wouldnt have any problems because zero glare.

 

but i cant fnd any projectors for 04 lancers yet..... what happens if i put HID behind reflectors? will the light be too scattered? why does it produce glare?

 

are there any projectors for any lancer?

keep up the good info, this is definately helping me cause i want to go HID in a few months

 

^ same here i am looking to go hid as well, and this info is really helping me make my decision. one quesiton for someone with hid s will we lose our high beams if we go with a hid kit?

 

all the places i've checked said we lose high beams, but then again, having HID's is like having high beams on all the time, so meh

 

Let me try to help some...because I've had both aftermarket HID in my RSX and have factory HID in my 2003 Nissan Murano.

When you are talking about color, that is referred to as Kelvin, or K. Factory Nissan bulbs use 4300K bulbs. In my RSX, I had 6000K bulbs. The higher the number, the more blue the light is. The lower the number, gets closer to natural sunlight. Also, the higher the number gives you less seeing visibility...meaning the light output is dimmer. IMO, anything above 6000K will be a waste of money because they may look cool, but you won't be able to see sh*t with them. Projectors do help a lot because they concentrate the beam in a focused lens but not necessary as my RSX didn't have them. Lots of OEM cars dont have them, though most are leaning towards projectors now because of effeciency. Some examples of non-projected cars and Lexus IS300, Infinity QX56, G35, I35, M35, Nissan Altima, and the older Acura line-up to name a few.

As far as legality goes, the reason they are illegal in most states is that the reflective lenses for halogen are different that for HID lights. If you look closely, you will see different cut patterns in the reflective part of the lens.

Just my .02