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Old 12-17-2009, 12:16 AM   #1
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I'm concerned about visibility in harsh weather conditions. It snows for many months here, and rain and foggy many other times. Summer is OK, hot and sunny, but still rains enough to keep the grass green.

Since I've added my fogs and use Philips X-Treme Power H4 bulbs, I have no issues driving in any condition. The headlight beam is long and bright, but the color is slightly whiter than stock. This is why I was looking into HIDS, hoping to get the best of everything; color, brightness, and visibility.

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I installed my hid kit last week.
the kit garm sells is pretty self explanatory and seems a whole lot easier than the kit you got? :S
as for the brightness,
I can see a whole lot better long range *duh* but terrible in rain and fog.
I still have a cut off although there is a lot of overspray of light compared to stock, the shields help a bit..... I've only been flashed once so far....

I have 6000k
and I just twist tied them to some of the oem wiring .... they are just chilling in there, LOL, I need to find a better way to mount them when it warms up as for now they just jiggle around.


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Old 12-17-2009, 08:39 AM   #2
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I'm concerned about visibility in harsh weather conditions. It snows for many months here, and rain and foggy many other times. Summer is OK, hot and sunny, but still rains enough to keep the grass green.

Since I've added my fogs and use Philips X-Treme Power H4 bulbs, I have no issues driving in any condition. The headlight beam is long and bright, but the color is slightly whiter than stock. This is why I was looking into HIDS, hoping to get the best of everything; color, brightness, and visibility.
seriously man, come by the office i work at one day at the end-of-day (since itll be dark enough to see) and we'll put our yarii side-by-side so you can see the difference
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Old 12-17-2009, 09:19 PM   #3
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seriously man, come by the office i work at one day at the end-of-day (since itll be dark enough to see) and we'll put our yarii side-by-side so you can see the difference
PM me your address. Let me know what time to meet. Friday night might work. Thanks for your help!
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