Question for those of you with aftermarket HID kits
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just installed a 4300K Techone kit and the beam pattern is a little off. i didn't touch anything on the adjustments, just installed the kit. i can actually see a faint "V" pattern of the lights and there's a stray glare off the drier side. it's weird. i took a bad pic at my parents house.
maybe the bulbs are upside down? lol
anyone have this problem?
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maybe the bulbs are upside down? lol
anyone have this problem?
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Yep, this is exactly what happens with HID "conversions".
You have an HID source in a projector designed for halogen. It's normal for what you have done.
They say the 97+ SC headlights are redesigned and actually take pretty well to the HID conversions. Your other option is a true retrofit with projectors from a car with OEM HID. I recommend the latter, you won't be disappointed.
You have an HID source in a projector designed for halogen. It's normal for what you have done.
They say the 97+ SC headlights are redesigned and actually take pretty well to the HID conversions. Your other option is a true retrofit with projectors from a car with OEM HID. I recommend the latter, you won't be disappointed.
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i expected "glare" but i wasn't sure how bad it'd be, i've seen other SC's with the kits and their cutoff looks better. just wondering if this was normal.
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I had an aftermarket kit and the glare wasnt horrible but I wanted that nice clean cutoff. So I spent the money and had a retrofit done and I am glad I did. I always thought my glare was caused by the bump where the turnsignal is, that usually causes some glare
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Originally Posted by Cannonbear
i expected "glare" but i wasn't sure how bad it'd be, i've seen other SC's with the kits and their cutoff looks better. just wondering if this was normal.
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well, there are ways to get rid of the glare. There is a little hole in the shield on the projector that light escapes through and there is also a tab inside the projector that throws the light off a bit. Your headlight beam actually looks the same as stock just much brighter, so you notice these things more.
You can mod your projector a bit to cure this problem.. here are some images showing what I did to an extra projector.
I took the projector apart and cut out the tab and made a new shield out of sheet metal.
You can mod your projector a bit to cure this problem.. here are some images showing what I did to an extra projector.
I took the projector apart and cut out the tab and made a new shield out of sheet metal.
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/apart.jpg)
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/cutoffplate.jpg)
![](https://www.clublexus.com/gallery/data/500/cutoff.jpg)
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