How do you guys feel about these patented Phillips xenon HID kits.. I know theyre not as great as the OEM Phillips one but the technology and design should be similar right? Found these on ebay, was thinking about getting em. Lmk what you think...
"Optimal beam pattern, More light on the road, precisely positioned to benefit driver and minimizing glare for oncoming traffic" <--- They don't explain [and the pictures don't shine any light on how] how they acheive this with the setup.
Other then that, it is from a known brand...I say give it a try as long as the setup can be legit and not blind all oncoming traffic.
Philips is quality sh! and I'd get this over DDM crap any day. I had this Philips HID kit back in 2001 on my brand new Honda Civic. It turned on just like an OE kit would. Very high quality. The kit was $600 back then!
Philips is a very reputable brand, and the kit you provided a link for is likely excellent quality, but you need to address the fact that your headlights are not designed for HID's. This means that no matter what HID retrofit kit you get, you will have a terrible beam pattern and beam cutoff. The optics in a HID projector are what provide you with good or bad lighting performance. The quality of the HID retrofit kit is not as crucial.
You can but the light output and pattern will likely be worse than it is now, not to mention that it will increase glare for other drivers. In my opinion, it is miles better than these idiots I see that have installed a HID kit in reflector housings, but it still is not technically the "correct" way to do it. It relly depends on what your goals are. If you are looking for increased light output, I would just get some halogen infrared H11 bulbs (they require a tiny tab to be filed down to fit in the 9006 housings). They are bright as hell and you will retain the beam pattern you have currently.
http://hirheadlights.com/ This may not be the cheapest place to get them, but I think it has a tutorial on the little mod you must do to put them in a 9006 housing.
The thing with 6000k halogen bulbs is that the color temp is achieved by either blue tinted glass or a colored coating, both of which decrease the amount of light that can pass through the bulb casing. The HIR bulbs are higher output then 9006s, but a tinted one would likely be worse than stock. Those bulbs are going to be a brighter white than your current bulbs; they are closer to the color temp of oem HIDs (4300K)
I highly doubt that the kit from ebay is actually made by Philips. 1 (ONE) d2s REAL PHILIPS bulb normally costs ~70 bucks. It's not that hard to design and produce a box+manual for such a simple thing - especially in China (since they make everything). I bet my keyboard that it is the same quality as the 30-40 dollar kits - just a nicer box and few stickers here and there.
My reasoning is simple - I had very similar kit made by "Bosch" - that had nothing to do with real Bosch - again, few stickers here and there + nice box. Thats about it. It lasted me 3 years - then one of the ballasts died. Did not bothered me at all since I paid like 100 bucks for it too - light output was exactly the same as the 'unknown' brand type of kit.
IMHO, if I were you, I would get a slim ballast kit with whatever bulb you want - for the biggest seller on ebay - for an average cost of these kits - like 40/50 bucks....
Why? - you might ask - because I had few of these 'cheapo' kits on many cars and a bike, never had any problems with them - just dont get the cheapest one - add like 5-10 bucks more to the lowest...
I also bet they aren't real Phillips. Look at the form factor, sizing, and specs, connectors, bulb protectors, etc.. then go to DDM Tuning's website and look closely at the DDM setup for $20. Identical, with the exceptions of labeling.
lol I know its not the original phillips *check original post* The real ones cost about 2-300 bucks...I'm saying the technology is patented by phillips so it will probably not be AS great but better than some other smaller brands...or so I hope lol. I do have projectors..its just not Xenon projectors lol
lol pretty much everything is made in china now a days but idk I've been hearing about complaints with their customer service lately...then again if i get ebay **** theres really no customer service there either lol
lol read the original post guys.. i said patented phillips ...meaning theyre replicating the technology etc. i know theyre not real ones...
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