Re: Honda City iVtec: Projectors & DRL setup Thank you one and all for your feedback and praise. It feels awesome to have got something done which is appreciated by fellow petrol heads and the gurus.
Ok so I had driven to Nashik over the weekend and drove back to Bombay last night and got to test the projectors for the first time on an unlit highway. For the benefit of those not aware of the Mumbai Nashi highway, this is a proper two lane on each direction highway with good roads, lot of twists and turns with a ghat section as well and not fenced so you have the occasional pedestrians jay walking and crossing the road in the dark as well as the bikers and autos taking sudden u turns and crossing the highways. Now for the review of the performance of the lights, I was impressed. Visibility was levels ahead compared to the stock headlamps as well the regular HID's without projectors that I had been using earlier. The throw of the beam was good and in terms of width and being wide spread provided proper 6 lane visibility but in terms of length although they provided me with visibility under emergency braking distance, I am still thinking it can be altered and improved, I think i will have to get the leveling done a little more and raise it a bit more upwards. I mean its not like it was a big problem, once in a while i did have to move to high beams for a few seconds at extremely dark patches but then so did another 5 series have to with a stock HID setup that i was driving along with. Let me try and see what can be done.
But the high beam deserves a standing ovation . At one point of time i was scared that someone should not drive off the road to give me way, ok sorry a little exaggerated . But trust me people move away with 2 to 3 flicks, genuinely put on their indicators and move aside. My non petrol head freinds in the car with me who had earlier ridiculed me and made fun of me for spending so much on headlights were chewing their own words by the time we reached Bombay. The only species that did not move away though were either the over loaded trucks who cannot even probably see in their rear view mirrors because their load covers the rear visibility or the vehicles with stickers or flags of political outfits on them because i think for them moving aside is more of an ego issue.
All in all I am happy with my decision and would definitely recommend. I see a lot of people showing interest in this setup, my advice is to please ensure that you do not get this done at any local accessory shop or garage as it is not an easy job, takes a full 12 hours for the install and since headlights could matter to your safety you do not want to be in a situation where the beam is not proper and effects your visibility. So please go to a professional who has experience, time and patience for such an install and can provide you support later on if things are not done the right way the first time.
Also for people using an HID for the first time as per me and from my experience it will take you some time to get used to driving with these blueish white lights as you are used to driving with yellow lights and you tend to look for the yellow beam automatically, so you may want to drive a bit slower till your eyes are adjusted to the colour. Quote:
Originally Posted by determinus @OP: Nice setup. I was under the impression that 4300K is the OEM color temp in cars, and is warm. Yours appear to be very white? Also what brand is this kit? |
AFAIK the OEM setup is 3000K which is yellow, 4300K is a mix between blue and white used on most stock setups as well, 6000K is too white and not recommended as it provides even lower visibility on well lit roads.
Thanks.
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VVB |