[lilydreamy]

Re: Back to my thread ^^

I was able to obtain a Medical Tint Waiver through DMV which allows me to go 35% front

I've seen lots of people doing darker than 50% on their cars. I had a chance to go to local traffic court (to help out someone).
Least 25% of tickets were about illegal tint job. There was this cop who all of his citations were about illegal tint. The judge even called him "you the tint guy". One interesting thing about those cases were, all the citations were "waived" once showed the officer/judge they removed the tint by showing a picture. One guy could not show his picture because his smart phone was on hold at security check. The judge took his word and his case was dismissed.

 

[lilydreamy]

h11 to h9 conversion done

I just finished h11 to h9 conversion.

I followed instructions below

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2083911

http://forum.mazda6club.com/exterior-modifications/238968-h11-h9-fog-light-conversion.html

According to other guys, it should be "safe" mod with great result.
It should give more light (lumen) during night driving (by giving up some bulb life)

 

[lilydreamy]

well, here are some pics for comparison to HID
first HID 5000K followed by H9 bulb

 

[acs rob]

So on the first pic which one is HID and which is h9?

 

[Maverick268]

Look like its the passenger side that's the h9 conversion....

what color temp hid are you running on the other side.... Looks like its 8000k from the pics.

 

[lilydreamy]

So on the first pic which one is HID and which is h9?

very first pic is HID 5000k (both driver & passenger)
2nd pic is h9 (both driver & passenger)

3rd pic is Hid 4th pic is h9.
5th pic is Hid. 6th pic is h9

 

[acs rob]

nice, so which h9 bulb did you go with? looks good and seems like less glare.

 

[lilydreamy]

nice, so which h9 bulb did you go with? looks good and seems like less glare.

Philips.. about $9 each from Amazon.com


Yes... definitely less glare and brighter output..

 

[Maverick268]

So at the risk of sounding stupid, after looking at your conversion, it looks like you're getting almost HID levels of light. So for about $18 bucks, why would anyone use HIDs? Even if the bulb burns out faster, you could go thru 8 pairs of H9 bulbs for the same price as one set of quality HIDs.

 

[lilydreamy]

So at the risk of sounding stupid, after looking at your conversion, it looks like you're getting almost HID levels of light. So for about $18 bucks, why would anyone use HIDs? Even if the bulb burns out faster, you could go thru 8 pairs of H9 bulbs for the same price as one set of quality HIDs.

HID gives more "whiter/cooler looks" than h9. h9 bulbs produce "whiter" color than h11 but still not as white as HIDs.

HID produce more lumen than h9 (though, it could be a problem (glare) if not properly controlled)

Quoting from Daniel Stern Lighting article...

When designing the optics (lens and/or reflector) for a lamp, the characteristics of the light source are the driving factor around which everything else must be engineered.If you go and change the light source, you've done the equivalent of putting on somebody else's eyeglasses: You can probably make them fit on your face OK, but you won't see properly.

Since the way regular filament bulb burn is very different than HID bulb burn(or I should say discharge).

I would stick to traditional way which our projectors are made for.

 

[Maverick268]

Yes, I had also read that from Daniel Stern. It was quite interesting actually and partly the reason why I started this thread. I was curious to see just how different the designs were between halogen and hid projectors. I know there's probably a lot more detailed engineering than can be seen by the naked eye which accounts for the difference between halogen and hid but from a relatively superficial look, as we've seen, the 2 have a very similar designs in the reflecting bowl and the shield.

 

[lilydreamy]

Yes, I had also read that from Daniel Stern. It was quite interesting actually and partly the reason why I started this thread. I was curious to see just how different the designs were between halogen and hid projectors. I know there's probably a lot more detailed engineering than can be seen by the naked eye which accounts for the difference between halogen and hid but from a relatively superficial look, as we've seen, the 2 have a very similar designs in the reflecting bowl and the shield.

I totally agree with you in "probably a lot more detailed engineering going on when designing a headlight system"

I kinda like Daniel Stern's approach in, "putting someone else' eyeglasses".
It is like wearing an eyeglasses which not prescribed for me.
It looks good on me and I can still see it but not clear/focused as I should.

 

[chatmanr]

Nice job! Can you take a picture that shows where I can adjust the low/high beam cutoff to lower? When we use the van, it's usually filled, and we get high beamed all the time. TIA