Advantage and Disadvantage of HID Lights

[bryant77]

Hindi mo na makita yun road dahil sa glare coming from the HID ng kasalubong mo. Napadelikado pag kasalubong mo siya kase, hindi mo alam kung may tatawid ba na tao dahil masisilaw ka. Muntik na nga ako makabangga dahil sa nakakasilaw na HID.

Please be responsible when using a HID.

[DBanker]

I really hope this law (proper hid installations) can be implemented here in phils. ang hirap mag drive pag nasalubong mo or nasundan ka ng jerk na naka HID.

agree, but sad to say, pipols up there are "reactive"; not pro-active! .. however, sana may makabasa nitong thread natin na can initiate... lalo na i think HID lights here dito sa atin sa 'Pinas ay "shall and will remain"

[Djerms]

AFAIK the stock lights of some civic FD and Corolas are now on HIDs and they aren't fitted with projectors.

It really boils down to aiming.

[yapoy86]

if you can't beat them, join them

yan lang ang basic principle kung bakit madaming naka HID ngayon...

sa totoo lang kung malinis headlamps mo with proper voltage and aiming , a 55/60 watt bulb is enough to see the road clearly..

its ok if you use your HID properly pero most drivers dont..

[kiatsy]

For me, it all boils down to payabangan or ignorance. Who needs HIDs in the city? It is either the owner/driver is ignorant or unschooled or downright buang!

It is like driving an armored tank to make some check deposit to the bank!

Sana nag night rally race. Pero nasa city sila!

[OTEP]

Disadvantage: libo agad ang gastos mo if a bulb burns out like what happened to my brother's Montero.

The Starex halogen headlamp bulbs cost only Php150.00/ea (same brand that's on my Patrol).

[mxn]

thanks sa lahat ng nagreply sa threads na to..i hope makarating to sa mga drivers that are not responsible in using HID lights.sna cla..hehe!

[rion]

AFAIK the stock lights of some civic FD and Corolas are now on HIDs and they aren't fitted with projectors.

It really boils down to aiming.

atleast both vehicles have seperate low and high beams... they don't have cutoff in their bulbs... a single beam low lamp is permanently assigned to a low aim...

but a reflector with MIX of both low and high beams on a single lamp has cutoff's... the intense light will cause the low cut-off reach the high beam areas making it sabog...

and I have to speculate, if the vehicle stock lights are official international standards... does a corolla or a FD in the U.S, UK, Japan has stock HID in them?

because the vios XXX is not... dito lang ginawang XXX version yan.

if you can't beat them, join them

hehe... no problem as long as we don't cheap... este... cheat...

Pros:
1. love the look
2. hands down...

Cons:
1. 5000k-up are less visible on the road compared to stock lights.

look at the ROAD, NOT the CAR...

blue is barely visible on the road...

2. the HID is using thousand volts, if an accident occurs leading exposure of the unit, it will electro-cute you.



if it's sabog, it ain't cool... it's rude...

[mxn]

so guys anung mas maganda na gamitin maliban sa HID lights?

[cablespy]

advantage: you get attention

disadvantage: it not be the kind of attention you're looking for