The European code for HID's solves the problems they have. Built in safety devices to prevent a fire in the event of a headlight breaking(another issue with HID's), lens squirters, and the vehicles are required to have pitch sensors and auto leveling headlights. As the vehicle pitches up and down while going over bumps and hills, the headlights use the pith sensor to continuously and automatically level the lights to provide proper roadway illumination and they basically never glare other oncoming traffic. The US DOT has been slow to adopt or require pitch control on HID's.

 

Those who have done the conversion, are you using OEM components from an Acura/BMW or are you getting a kit somewhere? Conversion kits are all over the internet but I tend to question the quality of them due to the cheap prices.

 

I had a conversion kit which was an H3 for my GMC Sierra and I never had issues with it over the years i had it. its pretty simple

 

I thought about the HIDs, but I opted for a H4 dedicated conversion and to eat more carrots. I find the H4s are bright enough to keep me from outrunning my lights at night, a situation which wasn't true with the originals.

 

but women in SUV's are worse :/

 

the only fabricating i had to do was mounting the ballast and drilling a hole for the wire to run through. and a little messing around with the headlamps themselves. your right not much to it but like you said, took some time and drilling to hide everything



and norm, sorry, i feel like you got kinda miffed that i said i like the way my headlights look, i meant i like the way they look illuminated, not the bulb and housing itself. i mean i dont see my rims when im driving but that doesnt mean im not going to get some nice chrome ones to accent my car. the HID not only look great they illuminate the road better then any other headlight ive had, and as i said, ive adjusted them so they dont blind anyone and there illumination is better then stock. thats why i did it

i originally got the idea from season 1 of Bull Run, the charger had HID and looked nasty

 

im using a H4 bi xenon kit. obviously you can find them on ebay at cheap prices but as your said questionable quality. you can find them on sacramento mustang
http://store.sacramento-mustang.com/...ghlow-p38.aspx
i thought i remembered them being a whole lot more expensive but i would trust sacremento mustang, even though they obviously dont make it and its probably chinese. but with that kit you will also need these lamp housings
http://store.sacramento-mustang.com/...lamps-p35.aspx
good thing is that you are going to get some H4 bulbs to use at back ups incase your HIDs go out

 

I found a Phillips brand Bi-Xenon kit on Ebay for $170. Not too bad considering that brand is pretty well known in the HID arena.

 

just remember you still need the delta housing if you still have stock headlamps on the car. the delta housing allows you to place new bulbs inside while the original headlamp is entirely enclosed.

 

I don't know, every aftermarket retrofitted HID setup I have seen on the road was glaring pretty bad.

Another thing that helps alot with brighter headlights is a higher output alternator.