Originally Posted by Goldenpony

If you want to spend the BIG bucks for the OE HIDs, knock yourself out. I have the RetroSolutions BiXenon, 35W HIDs and have never been flashed. My '06 has the black shield over the end of the bulbs. I don't see any problem whatsoever. If you don't have the factory shield, RetroSolutions offers an optional coating over the end of the HID tube that does the same thing. The offending light comes straight out of the END of the arc tube.
If I pull my car up to a white garage door at night, you can see it has a rather distinct cutoff, just like the OE bulbs did. I never even had to touch the headlight adjustment either. I have read that some owners adjust them down a bit.
If you go to RetroSolutions web site, they have a bunch of pictures showing the light pattern at night. Don't base your decesion on a post from somebody that read something somewhere about HID kits - check it out for yourself. If I thought I was blinding oncoming drivers, I would take my HIDs out at once, but I don't think that is so. There are an awful lot of very happy owners running HID kits. I would just recommend going with a good company like RetroSolutions rather than one of the cheap EBAY sellers. I just know I'd never go back to regular bulbs. Best of luck whichever way you decide to go.

Originally Posted by 157db

Ford added the HID specific headlight
housings/reflector assemblies.
They properly disperse the light.
'Added HIDs' on the window sticker does not mean
aftermarket bulbs in standard non-HID OEM
housings/reflector assemblies.

But there is always a first.
Was the HIDs added written in with a pen
or printed like at the factory.....

Originally Posted by kxl77

Hmm, so if I have the black dot (shield), does that mean that my headlamps are HID compatible? (Compatible in the sense that I'll have USABLE light that's not scattered/lost/blinding)

Originally Posted by mygt500

I have the 55W Bi-xenon HIDS in the stock factory housing and also have the "shield" that comes with the factory housing for the headlights. The light doesn't scatter any differently then when they were factory and stock. The output is much greater and "whiter" then before and I have never been flashed by anyone. It was one of the best functional appearance mods I have bought when compared to the price of Retrosolutions kits to that of OEM.....you save about 600-650 bucks. I actually had to adj the headlights up a bit on the passenger side most likely due to the fact that my tire is only like 26.5+ tall with the 30 series tires on.

To each his own and OP if you buy HID's you wont regret it.......JMO

https://mustangforums.com/forum/vend...lutions-4.html

there is a pic of what the light output is and it is one WITHOUT the bulb coating.

here is a pic of the light output (thanks East87)