10k HID's Street Legal????

[Payback424]

wuts up EPHatch people... just had a question... i just recently bought some 8k HID's for my girls Altima to see how they look before i get some for my EP.. they look nice and all but i kinda wanted more blue int hem... so i want to get 10K but not sure if they are street legal... does anyone know? thanks

[ImportCustomx]

depends on location and area rules..but where i am.

anything that is not factory install option, is illegal. HID's esp becuase in a non projector/non hid capable housing the beam pattern scatters everywhere and blinds everyone else..including the squirells in the tree's above your car... reasearch HID retro fits and scatter shields and beam patterns.

google will be your friend and i believe their is a how to or DIY on how to do this..there was before the crash.

a guy name ocelaris (sp) was the retro fit/lightin god for a while..but that was back in 04.

i say get some tsx projectors and do a retro fit...it will be better long term

[ShadowEP3]

anything over 4k is illegal

[ImportCustomx]

http://www.ht-archive.com/showthread.php?t=1962268 go here for some retro fit.

but Shadow is in Cali too..

[Payback424]

yeah i am in cali... LA to be exact... thanks for the tip guys i was going to get the 10k but ill get some lower maybe 8k they dont really trip on 8k cus there not that blue...

[ShadowEP3]

http://www.ephatch.com/forum/showthread.php?55788-Just-got-pulled-over...&highlight=yellow+headlights

same thing applies to your situation

[EpThreeD]

not legal, and ew.

[Mighty_Mouse_Ep]

not legal, and ew.

I agree i would never put anything over 5000k in my car. Most OEM hid kits range between 4000k-5000k. They also give out the best light output, anything higher then 5000k you start to lose lumins (sp) which is actual light that is used to light up the road. Also with 8000k or 10000k hid's good luck seeing in the rain or fog.

[Tortoise]

Cops arpund here are going nuts over hids. I had the bluest of blue and they wrote me 8 different tickets including hid lights, improper bulb color, using blue emergency lights without a permit, impersonating a police officer(insane i know), no seatbelt and all that led to driving without a license. Jus cuz i got pulled over with hids on!! At 2pm! Onlymif i kept them offf! That was an expensive one to get out of! Its not worth it.

[Kerby]

Unless you have equipment like the Predators have to see in Ultraviolet.... it isn't recommend to go higher than 6000K.
Most OEM applications stick between 4000-6000K range. It's between the human's eye spectrum sweet spot.

And I would also highly recommend do use HID projectors rather than keeping the US OEM housing or the DEPO/JDM/EDM Halogen Projector.
your lighting will be scattered better, and you wont blind oncomming traffic, which will be dangerous for you.

[2004ep3hatch]

actually any hid kit not factory installed is illegal as far as i know. They just don't enforce it. But i guess certain states have their own interpretation. You don't wan't 10k for driving, Get 5000k or 4300k, Your eyes will thank you.

[EpThreeD]

++++ you'll look like every other ricer/truck that blinds me thinking they look cool. It really looks very cheap to me. A proper Hid setup with the proper equipment looks so clean and legit compared to the cheap blue bulbs/ hid kits. Plus you will lose light going that high like everyone else has said. why do people waste money to make their cars look worse?

[2004ep3hatch]

Yes and I'll say it for the 1000th time LOL, don't buy RHD JDM projectors unless you are retrofitting LHD shields in.

[ep3colin]

are they street legal? ofcourse not

will you get bothered by the police? not likely

i live in wa and on my last car i ran 8k's until i got hit by a drunk driver

now i run 6k's which when warmed up look white with a slight pink in some angles( not sure why )

i never get bothered by police for my hid's, down the road i wanna do a retrofit with some 4300k's :-)

[hondaguy92129]

are they street legal? ofcourse not

will you get bothered by the police? not likely

i live in wa and on my last car i ran 8k's until i got hit by a drunk driver

now i run 6k's which when warmed up look white with a slight pink in some angles( not sure why )

i never get bothered by police for my hid's, down the road i wanna do a retrofit with some 4300k's :-)

He lives in Cali hes going to get destroyed by cops. I'm using 4500k HID's right now in my regular housing until I can save up for a retro and I have been pulled over a few times for having excessively bright lights.

[2004ep3hatch]

He lives in Cali hes going to get destroyed by cops. I'm using 4500k HID's right now in my regular housing until I can save up for a retro and I have been pulled over a few times for having excessively bright lights.

I like that, excessivley bright lights. They really need a riot or somthing to get them of your back. If your lights are properly aimed and whatnot it should not matter.

[STP03BlueSI]

could be like me acouple years ago.

EDM Headlamps with EDM adjustments with HID's

[hondaguy92129]

I like that, excessivley bright lights. They really need a riot or somthing to get them of your back. If your lights are properly aimed and whatnot it should not matter.

Yeah it's BS but what can I do ya know? The ticket is based on what the officer sees as "excessive" In all fairness they are pretty bright. Maybe I was on a slight incline and they were shining right into his eyes or something.

[robzilla]

I live in CA and Have had HID's in my EP3 Since I bought it new in august of 2003. I put them in the first weekend I had my car. I had 8k, after a few years I changed to 6k with the hi/lo beam feature. H3 bulbs. I have not been pulled over for bright headlights and its been 7 years with HID's. I like my 6k its a perfect white color.

Don't get 10k, You will think you are in the fog all the time and wont see very well.

[acuralvr2002]

yeah that is true man lol i have 5k and if you are at the right angle those are even super bright lol but want to upgrade to 6k sometime soon.

[powdbyrice]

wuts up EPHatch people... just had a question... i just recently bought some 8k HID's for my girls Altima to see how they look before i get some for my EP.. they look nice and all but i kinda wanted more blue int hem... so i want to get 10K but not sure if they are street legal... does anyone know? thanks

hahahaha! sacrificing your girl with poor lighting. LOL. trying to get rid of her in a subtle way? you do realize that the higher the number, the less light you're putting on the road?

"blue-ish" lighting is soooo a couple of years ago and soooo ricey.

[Stanz0r]

^ +1 to that. Why pay money for something that may even put out less light than stock?

[Payback424]

WELL.... the hid's i put in my girls car are WAY brighter than the stock lights it had plus i paid just as much for the hid kit as i would have for new light bulbs...... and so what if the blu-ish lights were so a couple years ago i just got my ep3 so those couple years ago dont count for me bro...but to each his own right,,,ill try the 8k's if i dont like them then ill drop lower, i was just simply asking about the 10ks and peoples thoughts didnt need a history lesson on the lights

[powdbyrice]

Whiter/bluer light doesn't equal brighter. It only seems like it.

[skinnyboy32]

same. I'm putting my 5000k in my moms crv

[dirtyMETHOD]

surprized no one brought up plastic melting 55W HIDs during this lighting lesson.

My .02 is no higher than 6K if you need the color.