question on headlights.
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I'm not really sure where to go from here.
I mean, you say pretty much fuck everyone else, I say that's an asshole thing to do, then you insist you aren't an asshole, then you insist you are an asshole, then you clarify that you're an asshole in real life also.
Then you threaten to beat me with a plastic scrotum, presumably because I suggested that you (or anyone that modifes their vehicle to blind oncoming traffic) were an asshole.
It seems that my error was reminding you that you were going to talk about how much of an asshole you were before you were ready to?
Anyway, you might consider buying pencil beams from a place like rallylights.com to mount on your bumper if you want long distance illumination at night. The advantage of those is that you can turn them off if you decide to get over the assholeness and don't want to ruin other drivers nightvision, or if you drive into town where deer impacts at highway speed are clearly less of a concern.
What you do with your money is obviously your business. There are a lot of light modifications that are functionally a waste of money, as they do nothing to help the driver and also make life worse for other drivers in the process. Your solution apparently makes things better for you, although presumably at the expense of everyone else, which is unfortuneate.
As an aside, I have fancy-pants factory HIDs that move up and down according to sensors in the suspension, and turn left or right based on a steering angle sensor. So I wouldn't ascribe my rancor as HID-envy so much as being tired of people fucking up their headlights because they don't know any better, or because they just don't care about blinding other drivers.
Trucks with bright lights are some of the worst incidentally, as their higher mounting points combined with shitty factory optics combined with redneck drivers that put ultra bright bulbs makes them kind of the trifecta of obnoxious night-blindness. Luckily my rearview mirror has some sort of electrochromatic auto-dimming feature so when jackballs in trucks like this are behind me at a light, my eyes don't melt and drip out of my face.
I'm not looking to get into an e-thugging contest. I "chime in" on these HID-retrofit threads becuase I wish people would take lighting modification more seriously and make sure they do it in a way that is both effective for them and safe for others. Doing so usually costs more money than doing it half-assed, and many people want "the look" and could care less what the affect on everyone else is. If you know of a more effective way to get the message across, I'd be happy to change my tune.
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Silverstars are flippin sweet much better than standard halogen bulbs. As far as blue ones go you can get a sealed beam adaptor kit with new lenses for your headlights then put in whatever halogen bulb you want. If you want blue I'd recommend the arctic white ones I sell, trust me they are blue one of my guys has them in his truck, I can usually get em in a day and I'm sure I could find an adaptor kit for you as well.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
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thrash;214136 wrote:
I'm not really sure where to go from here.I mean, you say pretty much fuck everyone else, I say that's an asshole thing to do, then you insist you aren't an asshole, then you insist you are an asshole, then you clarify that you're an asshole in real life also.
Then you threaten to beat me with a plastic scrotum, presumably because I suggested that you (or anyone that modifes their vehicle to blind oncoming traffic) were an asshole.
It seems that my error was reminding you that you were going to talk about how much of an asshole you were before you were ready to?
Anyway, you might consider buying pencil beams from a place like rallylights.com to mount on your bumper if you want long distance illumination at night. The advantage of those is that you can turn them off if you decide to get over the assholeness and don't want to ruin other drivers nightvision, or if you drive into town where deer impacts at highway speed are clearly less of a concern.
What you do with your money is obviously your business. There are a lot of light modifications that are functionally a waste of money, as they do nothing to help the driver and also make life worse for other drivers in the process. Your solution apparently makes things better for you, although presumably at the expense of everyone else, which is unfortuneate.
As an aside, I have fancy-pants factory HIDs that move up and down according to sensors in the suspension, and turn left or right based on a steering angle sensor. So I wouldn't ascribe my rancor as HID-envy so much as being tired of people fucking up their headlights because they don't know any better, or because they just don't care about blinding other drivers.
Trucks with bright lights are some of the worst incidentally, as their higher mounting points combined with shitty factory optics combined with redneck drivers that put ultra bright bulbs makes them kind of the trifecta of obnoxious night-blindness. Luckily my rearview mirror has some sort of electrochromatic auto-dimming feature so when jackballs in trucks like this are behind me at a light, my eyes don't melt and drip out of my face.
I'm not looking to get into an e-thugging contest. I "chime in" on these HID-retrofit threads becuase I wish people would take lighting modification more seriously and make sure they do it in a way that is both effective for them and safe for others. Doing so usually costs more money than doing it half-assed, and many people want "the look" and could care less what the affect on everyone else is. If you know of a more effective way to get the message across, I'd be happy to change my tune.
omg you have moving hids?!?!?!?! wait me to,... I also have HIDS in the brights, and foglights, and neither of the housings were made for HIDS.
I'm an asshole too then i guess.
or WPOS according to cmk...lolllllllllll
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RidinRails;214155 wrote:
omg you have moving hids?!?!?!?! wait me to,... I also have HIDS in the brights, and foglights, and neither of the housings were made for HIDS.I'm an asshole too then i guess.
or WPOS according to cmk...lolllllllllll
Do you actually want to discuss any of the points I make about using HID bulbs in non-HID optics, or do you just want to point out that you don't care and have done so anyway?
As far as being an asshole or a WPOS.... your police record probably says more about this than your headlights.
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thrash;214136 wrote:
I'm not really sure where to go from here.I mean, you say pretty much fuck everyone else, I say that's an asshole thing to do, then you insist you aren't an asshole, then you insist you are an asshole, then you clarify that you're an asshole in real life also.
Then you threaten to beat me with a plastic scrotum, presumably because I suggested that you (or anyone that modifes their vehicle to blind oncoming traffic) were an asshole.
It seems that my error was reminding you that you were going to talk about how much of an asshole you were before you were ready to?
Anyway, you might consider buying pencil beams from a place like rallylights.com to mount on your bumper if you want long distance illumination at night. The advantage of those is that you can turn them off if you decide to get over the assholeness and don't want to ruin other drivers nightvision, or if you drive into town where deer impacts at highway speed are clearly less of a concern.
What you do with your money is obviously your business. There are a lot of light modifications that are functionally a waste of money, as they do nothing to help the driver and also make life worse for other drivers in the process. Your solution apparently makes things better for you, although presumably at the expense of everyone else, which is unfortuneate.
As an aside, I have fancy-pants factory HIDs that move up and down according to sensors in the suspension, and turn left or right based on a steering angle sensor. So I wouldn't ascribe my rancor as HID-envy so much as being tired of people fucking up their headlights because they don't know any better, or because they just don't care about blinding other drivers.
Trucks with bright lights are some of the worst incidentally, as their higher mounting points combined with shitty factory optics combined with redneck drivers that put ultra bright bulbs makes them kind of the trifecta of obnoxious night-blindness. Luckily my rearview mirror has some sort of electrochromatic auto-dimming feature so when jackballs in trucks like this are behind me at a light, my eyes don't melt and drip out of my face.
I'm not looking to get into an e-thugging contest. I "chime in" on these HID-retrofit threads becuase I wish people would take lighting modification more seriously and make sure they do it in a way that is both effective for them and safe for others. Doing so usually costs more money than doing it half-assed, and many people want "the look" and could care less what the affect on everyone else is. If you know of a more effective way to get the message across, I'd be happy to change my tune.
you attacked me first dude..... and IMO... my 06 dosent have "shitty optics"... i do have pencil beams on the front of my truck along with another set of fogs right below that.. but this is what i know... i put a set of HIDs in my 03... light output went up 5x.... i could see better... i could really care less about other people, and i never once got puilled over for it.... i didnt do it to go for "the look" as you called it... why the fuck would i go for the "look" in a fucking dodge ram?... and i never denied being an asshole... just a defective asshole, like i said... i work quite well... and i never said i was going to beat you with a plastic scrotum.. i asked you if you wanted me to buy one and then beat you with it....
this is my motto... do whats best for you and fuck everyone else.... and for future reference.... dont call me a redneck.. -
ill have to remember to ask you before i do any lighting mods on my 06... damn... you must know EVERYTHING... can i get your autograph? and im going to say that he dosent care about using HID bulbs in a non-HID housing... and neither do i... so do you get how much i dont give a fuck?
meh im done with you, you bore me.... and obviously didnt catch my sarcasim on my first post, so i took the liberty of changin my post for you so you can see were to insert the sarcasim.... n00b...
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thrash;214158 wrote:
Do you actually want to discuss any of the points I make about using HID bulbs in non-HID optics, or do you just want to point out that you don't care and have done so anyway?As far as being an asshole or a WPOS.... your police record probably says more about this than your headlights.
grip
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You drive an f body, learn to love this site it has alot of information http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?t=419938&highlight=light+conversion
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The conversions vary widely but this will give you an idea.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-x6-Diamond-Headlight-Conversion-Kit-H4-Socket-H4656_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247QQcategoryZ33710QQihZ003QQitemZ130194518480QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1VThe bulbs run about $20 a set, much cheaper than an HID kit, but with the conversion you will still lose your high beams, unless you find a kit that will accept a 9004/9006 or a 9003 bulb.
> Mitch Hedberg wrote:
> I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.ASE certified parts specialist.
2004 Impala LS 3.8
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