HeavyDuty

Hey all,

I keep seeing references to HID driving/fog lamps here & there. Is there such a thing as an HID lamp assembly that would fit our cars and not what people are calling "HID looking" bulbs for the stock housings?

I'm confused.

TIA

kowloonsniperhk

well there are of course HIDs which some people replace for their driving lights which consists of the HID bulb connected to a ballast. Since we have the OEM ballast for low beams, we can just replace it with a HID bulb.

There are of course halogen bulbs which has the HID look.

kowloonsniperhk

for example, i replaced my fog lights with HID fogs in which included the bulb and the ballast. for my high beams, i only replaced it with halogen with the HID look which matches my low beam HIDs so at night, its just a flood of white light

HeavyDuty

Thanks for the reply.

So like on yours, you did an HID conversion kit that replaces your halogen with a real HID bulb & ballast.

Got it.

But, is there such a thing like a fog/driving light assembly from another car like the MDX or RDX that is an HID fog assembly from the factory?

kowloonsniperhk

I believe not. I guess what you are asking that if the MDX or RDX come ready with a HID fog assembly? If that is the question, Then no, its the same halogen bulb like ours. I bought the HID fogs because it was definitely a lot brighter than a halogen but its just more like a cosmetic thing.

mrlal8

iTrader: (2)

does anyone know how to change the fog light on a 2005 tl to HID

tisguy409

same way for any other car. Buy an hid kit made for the bulb type. It's a simple swap task.

LuvMyTSX

Welcome to the forums. You should head over to the TL section for TL-specific questions.

ressling

you may want to read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-in...discharge_lamp

I believe HID's are based on lumens, measured in K's...

It also depends on the housing...

like 3000K HID. The higher the K's, the more "blue" the light will look.

It was a hot topic among 4th gen Maximas back when I had my 2003.

mrlal8

iTrader: (2)

i ordered the kit but is the install pretty simple and how is it done

09 T.his S.wag X.clusixe

i also installed hid's with the bulb and ballast on my tsx had to basically take off the whole bumper but because of the fact that i got the bulb at 6k its alot more blue than the stock hid's for the headlights

HeavyDuty

Wow, I do like that, I don't really care if they aren't the same color temperature, but man, once I turned 40, my sight is getting bad quick.

09 T.his S.wag X.clusixe

yea they are alot more blue but when one of my other bulbs go out for my headlights ill probably end up getting them 6k but needless to say our HID's on our tsx are really bright my brother has a Lex GS 330 and he says my lights are better than his so yea, go figure

MrTee12

Looks great. Where did you order your bulbs/kit from. I wanna replace mine asap.

09 T.his S.wag X.clusixe

to tell you the truth i got the ballast from a friend for only $60 (i hustled him down from $120) but the bulbs i got them ebay.. just typed in 8k hid bulb and they were running for about 20 bucks

PETERzVTEC

so for our low beams..i can just buy a 6000k hid bulb, swap it and the stock ballast will support the bulb?

BOOSTED09TSX

I have the PIAA H.I.D upgrand bulbs in my car,they are 6600k I think. I have not had any problems with them.

mtdew456

What color temperature HID would match the factory low beams? Would 4300k or 5000k be a closer match?