HID Install done today!

[Eric H.]

Originally Posted by iconpyro

Those HIDS are nice, but in that picture there is some glare. You mention the ballast... Do you have an autoleveler with HIDS? My audi a4 has HIDs and it has the autoleveler which I love. When people usually mod to HIDs they point them way to high.

If you want to install an autolever you're going to have to probably put in headlights the come OEM for them. If you want to spend a 1000+ on headlights housings and HID's you probably could get it done.

Like I said about the glare, the camera was set with a long exposure and it picks up lots of noise/glare. Changing the height of the lights is a simple manual adjustment. If you lights are not too high now, then you won't be too high when you install an aftermarket kit. It's how your current housings are aligned. The bulb only goes in one way, there is no adjustment on the bulbs.

[SMART]

Originally Posted by Eric H.

Did you get this kit from Supreme Power?

No, I'm in Washington and got my McCullough 800K hids direct.

[Eric H.]

Originally Posted by SMART

No, I'm in Washington and got my McCullough 800K hids direct.

The kit I have is a direct plug in and uses the stock harness. I have not tested the voltage. I always fire the car and the turn it on. Being that I have a pure I do not have auto-on and I didn't think about the function. You raise a good question. Most oem cars, fire the car and then the lights come on so they can have full draw of the 12V battery.

[mvaldes]

Originally Posted by RussBarnes

I guess one of the benefits of being an "old f$" is that we can do things that people just shrug off to age. These lights are too bright to shine in the eyes of many people and when you get older you will understand why. My father-in-law in his 80's used to complain about them a few years ago and as I get older, I can begin to understand why.

When I was "researching" HID's I came across this thread. Here and in other ones there's a good deal of discussion about HID's and how they effect other drivers. For those who are interested, I thought I'd point the way to some of the science behind this. This article comes from The British Journal of Ophtamology. If you don't get too hung up on some of the technical words, it's really quite understandable. (BTW, I'm not an opthamologist and I do have HID's in my Smart.) Why HID headlights bother older drivers