HIDs and stock headlights

I want to get 10000k HID headlights and i am wondering if the stock headlight casing will withstand the heat?

 

Will...don't want to be rude...search the lighting section of this forum...you'll find the answers your looking for! You won't like it.
All I'll say is don't do it...save your money...and if you really want HID's, do it the proper way and get projectors installed in your stocks or buy some aftermarket ones!!

You probably won't get any responses because this question has been asked too many times and a lot of the very knowledgeable guys on here are probably tired of answering it. There is the HID FAQ's thread that you can refer to for your questions.

Good luck

 

stock housings shoot light everywhere

the kelvin "temperature" only refers to the color of the light, the bulb itself is not that hot; unless you run a 55w HID...which nobody really has any reason to unless theyre in supplementary offroad type lights

reflector housings are not made to handle the type of light HID's shoot off. Properly aligned and pointed downwards you might get away with not blinding others on the road, but it's not recommended
also, 10,000K is a pretty useless color temperature. I ran 8000k's for a little while and could not see shit at night, 10k's are even more blue than that.

it got to the point where I was uncomfortable driving in the rain at night, because of how little visibility I had

take a look around the lighting section for the "Recommended" ways to throw HID's in our trucks, 4300k-6000k and projectors are the "best" way to go

 

10k = dark blue
10k = not anything brighter than your stock lights
10k = please pull me over

Don't go anything over 6k
I run 55w 6k in my headlights
And 35w 3k in my fog lights
Stock reflectors
And I love the light output

PS... Go ahead and talk shit that I'm not running projectors. I gave this guy the answer he wanted and I gave him my answer from experience.

 

Yeah your light output is great...and it works for YOU...but have you considered what you're doing to oncoming traffic...have some respect for the other drivers!

What your lights look like to oncoming traffic is like them driving around with their high beams on!! Not a very pleasant experience especially when the weather is not great and there is a lot going on around...recipe for disaster.

But obviously YOU don't care about others around you...you're part of the group that is all about themselves...no consideration for others!! Karma will get you!

 

OP...read this thread : http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lighting/191480-hid-faq.html

 

Please do not use HID's in a halogen housing.

 

From my experience when I had HID's on a car with the stock housing 10 years ago I didn't think anything of the other drivers but then I started getting harassed by everyone, started getting pulled over by both police and state troopers, and I was blinding people with jacked up trucks while I was driving a car that sat 2" off the ground. Eventually I just put the stock lights back in because I was tired of everyone always flashing and yelling at me and getting pulled over. I didn't realized how bad it was until I started noticing other drivers doing the same thing. It can be pretty blinding for oncoming traffic, especially in the rain. However, to answer your question, your stock housing will be fine. It isn't the kelvin that puts off the heat, its the wattage.

 

x2. I always find these funny since people are up in arms about light scatter.

Yet nobody cares about lifted trucks who don't adjust their headlights down and blinds everyone. This is more common than HID's in halogens here in Az.
People who don't use their turn signals at all, ever.. I know turn signals are so hard to use.
The list can just keep on going on and on.

Run HID's if you want, I think its better output than Halogen regardless of scatter, that's my opinion.

Sooner or later you'll get a fix-it-ticket and that will be that. You can then choose to use Retro's or run the chance of another ticket.

Also 10k is rather blue, 5k looks pretty decent in stock even 6k's.. Just check out the 10k bulb first to make sure you want to go that blue. I ran 5k's for almost 8 months, never once got pulled over or talked too or even had one person flip the high beams on me. Nothing at all. It's a gamble and a slap on the hand if you get caught.

 

the only reason i want bright lights is because the owner before tinted the windows really dark an i have problems seeing at night

 

If it's too dark then why not strip the tent of the windshield?

 

No ones questioning the better output when they're complaining about scatter, they're complaining about it being less concentrated and being blinding to other drivers from more angles. Just looking at output, yes you will see better with HID's in the halogen housings. The problem lies in whether or not one gives a shit about anyone else on the road.

OP, my first advice would be to strip any tint from the windshield since it sounds like the moron before you tinted the windshield. If you still want HID's absolutely look into doing a proper projector retrofit. Also consider looking at a color temp much lower than 10k especially since it sounds like you want HID's for functionality and not just having really blue lights. You're losing a lot of functionality with higher color temps not to mention (IMO of course) it just looks cheap. Try to stick with 4300-6000. 4300 or 5000 is my personal preference, but 6000 still is fine.

 

What Josh said ^^^

 

Thanks for the advice!

 

There's a group buy on retrofit kits from The Retrofit Source right now. At 25% off it's a screamin' deal if you want the best output for you and other drivers.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/group-buys/245128-round-11-bi-xenon-retrofit-group-buy.html