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Old 01-30-08, 03:53 PM
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how bright would hid xenon bulbs be in a gs oem bulb housing, and how bad is the glare?
Old 01-30-08, 04:02 PM
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Just dont do it. The glare is pretty bad. My buddy's setup is able to shine its output up a tree that's 30 feet tall. LOL. It may not seem apparent when you're driving down the streets, but if you're in a very dark warehouse, you can see the light scattering all over the place .
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LOL ... haha is it hecka bright and glares almost everywhere o_O ?
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maybe someone in their teens and early 20s can stand it, but definitely not someone who is older.

I guess you have to see it to believe it
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alright tight tight LOL, sounds good glaring
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you got picutres or anything gsteg, of hid xenon in oem housing ?
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Nope. No pictures from me. My car came with OEM HID anyways. Even if i had HIDs in halogen housings, I wouldn't be proud enough to take pictures
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Besides the output isn't all that great. It will be brighter than the halogens obviously but not great because the light will be scattered.
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yup, VERY scattered. just adjust the bulbs down.
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adjust low beam and high beam ?

cuhz im getting both xenon for them
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and they're coming soon, i hope :X
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What year is your GS? Because if you have DRL you're going to have to disable it in order to put an HID kit in there.
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mines a 2002 gs300, and i heard you get a ticket for the glare it causes ?
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Originally Posted by DarKnight
What year is your GS? Because if you have DRL you're going to have to disable it in order to put an HID kit in there.
DRL is separate from HID low beams.

IF you do the plug and play, make sure you get the 9006 rebased D2R, not the D2S. The D2R will have the shield to prevent from lighting the whole freeway

And stay with 6000k or less....please!
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Chris, I think he wants HIDs in the high beam also


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