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Old 01-03-2011, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by speednjay View Post
i think not having enough light see at night is illegal too. i have hids(plug n plays) and i will never ever ever go back to halogen lamps again. the light disperson, glare, and aim is exactly the same is it was before except theres more light ..thats all.
I 100% guarantee the light distribution is not the same as the halogen lamp. Didn't your car come with H7 powered lamps anyway? Those put out quite a bit of light.

Even going from a standard output halogen lamp to a "high performance" halogen lamp will change the light distribution. There is special equipement used to measure this... I wish I had access to it.

Do what I did in this thread: In a dark area, turn off all auto correction and auto exposure settings on your camera. Illuminate a flat wall with one lamp, take a picture, then carefully switch the lamp in the fixture to the other type and take another picture. This will allow for the best comparison possible with "consumer" grade equipement. I would be interested to see the comparison in output between the retrofit HID light and a quality halogen lamp.

-J
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