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Old May 18, 2010 | 05:30 AM
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Headlights look amazing. Please no HIDs in reflector headlights, though. If you'd like, I can get into why not, but it's going to be a very long and somewhat technical explanation. Long story short, OEM civic reflector headlights are not designed for HIDs and the beam pattern will be off. The light will shine everywhere except where you need it and it will cause glare to oncoming drivers. Aiming the lights down does precisely nothing.

And please, no bigger than 17's and no chrome. And the wheels with the removable inserts look gaudy.
 
Old May 18, 2010 | 09:28 AM
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i didnt get inserts.. so should i get hids
 
Old May 18, 2010 | 09:53 AM
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Nope. Like I said, the reflector headlights your car came with are not designed for HID bulbs, so the beam pattern will be way off. It'll look like it's putting out more light, but looks are very deceiving. If you want to do HIDs, your best bet is to either custom retrofit OEM HID projectors into your stock headlight housings or find someone who does it and buy a set from them.
 
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