Im thinking about Hid in all the lights including highbeam. Opinions?

Im thinking about Hid in all the lights including highbeam. Opinions?

No offense, but I think that is a really dumb idea. How often do you use your high beams for you to blow $150+ dollars on?

I second that, waste of money. actually even worse of an idea than HID reverse lights, which is retarded by the way. regular high beams are blinding enough, and no ones gonna make fun of you for having mismatching low/high beams when you flash the brights.

Since I installed my low beam HID's I've never reached for my highbeams anymore.... then again every other week we get orders for 3 kits from people.....low/highs/fogs!

plus it wont be instant flashing,

it will have to warm up..

not worth it.

yea, hard to flash to pass with HID highs. And agreed on usage.. in all my years of driving, I doubt I have half an hours worth of high beam use combined

I don't have HIDs, and I never drove an HID equipped car on back roads, but out in the boonies, most people make good use of their highbeams. Some places you are more likely to see a deer than another car. If I'm on an interstate and no ones around, I will use them, and I always use them when I can on the back roads. Like I said before, I don't had HIDs, but for legal and safety reasons, you can only throw light so far down the road.

You have never been driving and said Oh S***t where did the road go?

Check out a set of Osram Silverstar or the Sylvania Silverstar ULTRAs, for improved HB performance. Susquehanna Motorsports a.k.a Rally Lights (http://www.RallyLights.com) sells a wide selection of bulbs. :thumbup:
~Phil

I don't have HIDs, and I never drove an HID equipped car on back roads, but out in the boonies, most people make good use of their highbeams. Some places you are more likely to see a deer than another car. If I'm on an interstate and no ones around, I will use them, and I always use them when I can on the back roads. Like I said before, I don't had HIDs, but for legal and safety reasons, you can only throw light so far down the road.

You have never been driving and said Oh S***t where did the road go?

And thats why I like my HID's. They put out more light than my highbeams. Even properly aimed I can see further down the road with my lows.

If you LB are aimed high enough to outperform your HB, then that are WAY to high. And you are no where near the DOT standard of 1.1"/20 ft drop for headlight aiming. Try not to get a ticket for illegally retrofitting HID's in to a non certified housing. Just a warning, I'm not trying to be mean.
~Phil

Thanks. What do you think about a DRL relay instead of the ZKW drls?

I have them in my e30 only for shits and giggles. I lifted them from my other cars lows. Still don't use them. Hell, I don't even need them!

Your highs are already bright as hell. Plus, with HIDs in the lows, you won't really use your highs anymore.

Uhh......okay, then why not keep the low beam halogen and put HID in the high beam. Just drive around with the high beam on all the time. :confused

Uhh......okay, then why not keep the low beam halogen and put HID in the high beam. Just drive around with the high beam on all the time. :confused
No... then you would blind everyone.

No... then you would blind everyone.
Yup! Please refer to post #9 ;)
~Phil

hid's are not designed to be turned on and off within a short period of time. they need time to heat up and cool down properly. if you hav them in your highbeems and you flash them a alot they will burn out.

hid's are not designed to be turned on and off within a short period of time. they need time to heat up and cool down properly. if you hav them in your highbeems and you flash them a alot they will burn out.

And they will be useless since they take a little while to warm up and won't light up anything.

Just stick with the low beams and fogs...high beams just throw in some silverstars and youll be good...plus who needs high beams when you have HID's?

yeah its a bad idea i put a set in my high last night to give it a shot,

Very good idea for those who do a lot of night driving in the mountains or boonies as mentioned above. The added light height given off by the highs is very much needed.

Those of you who say you have horrible highs must have ZKWs or DEPO's, Bosch are extremely bright in the highs and overpower my 55w HID lows.

My HB in the Hella's with the Narva bulbs are AMAZING too. You could also always get a set of Hella or PIAA driving lights too.

http://www.piaa.com/Lamps/Lamp-images/1100x.gif

~Phil