'HID Glare Shield' - a good solution to reduce HID glare?

**mazzipino** · October 27th, 2010 07:45 PM

Stumbled upon this on google, as I was doing some research on retrofits:

DIY coke can curved into a U-shape to prevent reflections from the reflectors going in an upward (glare) direction, therefore the only light that should be reflecting off the reflectors is light shining in a downward angle.

Looks something like this:

Or if you wanna be real professional about it it can be made professionally like this:

Not a bad cut off neither:

Here's some links:

http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/show...-glare-shields
http://forums.mg-rover.org/showthread.php?t=293708
http://www.hachiroku.net/forums/showthread.php?t=700
http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=186085
Or just google it.

So what do others think? A good idea or a recipe for disaster? Judging from the links/feedback, so far so good naman...

**Starex_Gold** · October 27th, 2010 08:13 PM

May bad side din yang Glare Shield.

May Glare Shield yugn Philips HID na kinabit ko sa Tucson, H4 type.

What happened?

Nagka-burnt mark yung Headlight reflector.

Pics:

**mazzipino** · October 27th, 2010 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

May bad side din yang Glare Shield.

May Glare Shield yugn Philips HID na kinabit ko sa Tucson, H4 type.

What happened?

Nagka-burnt mark yung Headlight reflector.

Hmmm, how long did it take before the burnt marks appeared?

**Starex_Gold** · October 27th, 2010 08:29 PM

Minutes after installation sir..

**mazzipino** · October 27th, 2010 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by Starex_Gold

Minutes after installation sir..

Hehe wow that quick huh... maybe the glare shield was too protective and heat was being trapped inside?

Right now I just finished making a pair using coke cans

fixed it into the HID casing and okay naman sya, no more glare and may cut off-line na, unlike before - sabog.

Pics to follow...