Projectolight H4 4x6 housing

[knighty]

Never, ever, ever under any circumstance buy this.. I'm sure Mag18 would agree with me after reading his posts on hidplanet.com (too bad I bought them already and tried them, ouch).

I have the techone hid kit, and got these from matrixracing.com (luckily i didn't pay the 3sxperformance.com price) because that would make me even more unhappy.

GLARE, GLARE, GLARE - I've never seen so much glare - projector? bullshit.. More like a flat piece of glass... made to do what? CREATE GLARE! That's all it does as far as I can tell, it's just TERRIBLE.

I HATE THESE!

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING MADE BY PROJECTOLIGHT! PLEASE! ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO A 1G HID INSTALL!

I hope people who are contemplating buying these find this thread first, oh God, please.. put that money back in your pocket! Go buy some ice cream, a couple cases of Mobil 1, anything, just not "projectolights".

You know why nobody says "projectolights" in their ad for these lights? Because.. projectolight sucks - if you find a "projector" H4 4x6 housing... it's 99% chance it's projectolight.. ask first.

Okay, I'm done - I'm so pissed.

[SHiVeR-91VR4]

these the same brand that 3sx sells?

What housings did you get? I noticed they sell 3 types of housings? Are they all bad?

[knighty]

Yes, that is what 3sx sells.

I got the "projector" style. The diamondcut is equally bad from what I have read. Just avoid these altogether and get some Siverstars or if you're doing a HID conversion on a 1G, do a retrofit.. or atleast get some Hella housings instead of these.

I regret ever buying an aftermarket HID kit, as well as projector housings (which aren't really, just crap).

http://www.hidplanet.com has a lot of good suggestions and shows a lot of retrofits - unfortunately pop-ups provide the least room and make it near impossible. I'm thinking about doing the 99 front end conversion and just screw the pop-ups.

For the time being I'm going to try to retrofit some beamer HID's though, or some ECE Golf HID's into the way overpriced "projector housings" - they're getting chopped before this weekend. I haven't checked back clearance though so it might not even be possible.

[SHiVeR-91VR4]

So is the aftermarket hid kit decent? Or is it the housings that just screw everything up?

[knighty]

Aftermarket HID kits are generally lower quality to OEM quality kits, except lifetime of ballasts are not equal. Kit Ballasts can last anywhere from a few months to a year, OEM generally provides much longer life. Also, kits usually include generic bulbs, but the standard of the bulb is the same.. you'll get less light, more light, etc - what I am referring to as being BAD in these housings.. is it's ability to:

1) reduce glare
2) direct light
3) cost for what you get

With a halogen bulb, these will put out less light on the road and more light in other peoples eyes.

[MaG18]

hahah yeah i weel you @ least my snake eyes look pretty :-P

[knighty]

Originally Posted by MaG18

hahah yeah i weel you @ least my snake eyes look pretty :-P

Did you ever get your HID straightened out? Try anything? ie. casper shield, diffuser of any sort, etc?

[MaG18]

nope, i didnt think a caspershild would work considering the "highbeam" light

[knighty]

I took my highbeam out, it's just a single screw holding it in... couldn't hurt just for a test atleast - I have my casper shields ordered, waiting on them - I'll let you know how it goes.

[MaG18]

okay sweet deal