article about HID and ho Pro5 has the farthest low beams!!

[leungwingkei]

If they design HID Headlights with gyros to keep them level no matter how many potholes, speedbumps or uneven road you drive over then that will end being blinded. I mean it really doesnt sound like something hard to make. All it is is some balancing. if they can make SUVs 50/50 weight distribution front to rear then they can make constantly leveling HID lights.

What does weight distribution got to do with headlight aim??

 

[Brian MP5T]

Informative!!

 

[lazymfg]

hmm, good article, but for the P5, are they relating to the build of the housing or the bulbs that make it so bright?

 

[SoonP5ismine]

What does weight distribution got to do with headlight aim??

Its only an example! Once again what i mean is balancing the headlight shouldnt be as complicated as balancing the whole car.

 

[SoonP5ismine]

hmm, good article, but for the P5, are they relating to the build of the housing or the bulbs that make it so bright?

I think its the reflector itself.

 

[Brian MP5T]

Anyone have any info on a good place to get HID in Canada (Ottawa?)

 

[Pretzellogic]

I've always loved my stock p5 lights.

 

[smalllee]

Is H7 the right size for low beam?

should I stick with the big names? i.e. $150 or more per pair. Or can I just buy some no-name bulbs which may last as good as those expensive ones.?

what's the safest way to replace the bulb? And how do u replace the low-beam on the passernger side? Cos' it's got the wahser fluid tube in front of the light.

h7's are the lowbeams right?

what about the high beams...

i'm gonna replace w/ phillips visionplus......

 

[suburbs98]

The one thing I don't understand is how everyone says their stock headlights are so great. Then why on the mazda 3 are hid's an option??? I have a hid kit on my p5 and would never remove it. I love it and have only been flashed once while going over a hill. They are properly aimed and are not blinding to anyone. What's the problem??? (uhm) (uhm) (uhm)

 

[Bijou-MP5]

The one thing I don't understand is how everyone says their stock headlights are so great. Then why on the mazda 3 are hid's an option??? I have a hid kit on my p5 and would never remove it. I love it and have only been flashed once while going over a hill. They are properly aimed and are not blinding to anyone. What's the problem??? (uhm) (uhm) (uhm)

even if you aimed right, our headlight still be too bright for coming vehicles.
I have HID too, I don't care if they flash me or not, they are just jealous. (thumb)

 

[misbehave]

You know, those SUVs equiped with HID make me want to either install a pair of rearward pointing fog lamps or an electric elevated mechnical mirror facing backward inside my rear window.

I get so annoyed when one of those big ass SUV or rased truck with HID following behind me real close.

 

[Kansei]

*bump* because many new people haven't seen this.

 

[671_p5]

Hehe nice bump kansei... But I find those projector lights too be more annoying than HID's. I mean they are extremely focused where they are suppose to hit but once that thing its a bump its all in my eyes. haha Then I look like a deer about to be shot (shocked)

 

[Kansei]

Agreed about projector lights. They look nice, and they're nice from a driver perspective, but since 95% of cars with projectors don't have auto-leveling ones, and even if they did, they wouldn't react quickly enough to sudden bumps and crap.. yeah no dice.

 

[bazooka joe]

i love my hid's...i did aim them down a bit to help the oncoming drivers!

 

[aMaff]

Oh snap! Back from the dead! I didn't even have my P5 when this was posted lol

 

[Kansei]

Oh snap! Back from the dead! I didn't even have my P5 when this was posted lol

Precisely why I bumped it. It's some interesting info, crazy that the Protege5 headlights project light the farthest and without glare

 

[bazooka joe]

Precisely why I bumped it. It's some interesting info, crazy that the Protege5 headlights project light the farthest and without glare

chris, i meant to ask you, how much lower did you go when you adj yours?

 

[Kansei]

chris, i meant to ask you, how much lower did you go when you adj yours?

I dunno, I just went off the light adjustment guide on the daniel stern lighting web site.

 

[qualityrockola]

Either way HID's are far more efficient and should be the standard, not the alternative.(headshake

I do like the look of HIDs. But why does it matter if its more efficient? so your car burns a couple more ounces of gas when you run halogens, who cares? I dont think it should be the standard....it would add another $500 to the price of any car you buy and it isnt functionally better. The stock Pro5 headlights are better than any HIDs according to the article.