HIDs in my ST170s - Page 2 - Focaljet

**01focuszx3** · 05-15-2008, 05:39 PM

The bulbs make them blue, 8000k is blue, however, the reflector is chrome which would probably be brighter, wont make the light bluer. I think your blinding people

**HeavyFluid** · 05-15-2008, 05:52 PM

Click this link, and tell me that 8k is in the white range.

http://www.delonixradar.com.au/images/HID_poster.jpg

**Tugboat** · 05-15-2008, 05:59 PM

Looks good. I have a 6k kit and they are pure white on the road but look kinda blue in the housing. Mine are super aimed down so I dont blind people, iv asked friends that see me at night and they say its fine/.

**2focusd** · 05-15-2008, 06:00 PM

Let him go guys, he's not gonna listen anyhow

-Brian

**zetecgt** · 05-15-2008, 06:01 PM

This thread is the best!

Where else can you see someone come to FJ to bash people's cars, disappear and go to FF for a few months to let the heat cool down...then came back expecting a red carpet for some headlights.

dave.

**01focuszx3** · 05-15-2008, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zetecgt

This thread is the best!

Where else can you see someone come to FJ to bash people's cars, disappear and go to FF for a few months to let the heat cool down...then came back expecting a red carpet for some headlights.

dave.

Damn, thats preddy bad...

**matsijatsi** · 05-15-2008, 06:35 PM

To say my opinion about aftermarket Xenon mounted in halogen headlamps, i hate it, nothing gets to me more than ricers putting xenons that spread the light everywhere, so that when you meet that car in the dark you get totaly blinded, hope you get a ticket or something by the cops for doing that.

And yeah, totaly agree with zetecgt, not wery nice what you did before you disapeared

**besthaticouldo** · 05-15-2008, 11:18 PM

ok guys. thats enough.

appreciate the good comments.

**Random Select** · 05-15-2008, 11:27 PM

That's definitely going to blind people.

Pics look nice though.

I personally like those city lights.

I just won't walk that thin line by running those 8000k lights down here in Hawaii because that'll be multiple fines that'll be the cost of my college tuition for the next semester if a law enforcement officer pulls me over.

**Stolle** · 05-16-2008, 12:22 AM

your such a ricer for putting HID's in stock focus headlights....god...

**Focusfre4k** · 05-16-2008, 12:43 AM

we need an FJ fix it ticket animation! cause you sir would get one!

**matsijatsi** · 05-16-2008, 12:47 AM

I guess when U2 Sang about the city og blinding lights they ment, Laguna Niguel, CA.

**Croc_Tease!** · 05-16-2008, 02:23 AM

You are all wrong.

Pure white is somewhere between 5000 and 5500 kelvin.

Also, HID bulbs should never be installed in a non-projecctor headlamp, unless you make the proper shielding to eliminate the glare and scattered light. I don't care what anyone says, the bulbs aren't made to be put in those housings, they will not function properly.

But on a side note ..... blue light looks neat.

**TJs98GT** · 05-16-2008, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Croc_Tease!

You are all wrong.

Pure white is somewhere between 5000 and 5500 kelvin.

thats what i always read too. i was planning on using 5000k in mine.

but on a side note....i never noticed the slight yellow-ish hue of the stock mach HIDs till this morning in the rain when they were shining against the back of a truck.

**CaysE** · 05-16-2008, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TJs98GT

thats what i always read too. i was planning on using 5000k in mine.

but on a side note....i never noticed the slight yellow-ish hue of the stock mach HIDs till this morning in the rain when they were shining against the back of a truck.

i plan on replacing the projectors with some Lexus ones down the road. That should fix that problem.

**Stolle** · 05-16-2008, 03:14 PM

i bet its the stock 4300 bulbs in the machs. just get some phillips 6k's and your will be pleased...4300 is too low of a kelvin and thats why it has a light yellow tint....

**CaysE** · 05-16-2008, 03:19 PM

Then my Hoen fog bulbs won't match anymore. Maybe. LOL

**HeavyFluid** · 05-16-2008, 06:21 PM

My stock Mach's do not have a yellow tint to them at all. I will try to post some pics up of them.

**CaysE** · 05-16-2008, 06:32 PM

Pics never show true color. I didn't say they have a yellow tint. I said they are slightly yellow next to most other OEM HIDs.

**Azwethinkweiz** · 05-16-2008, 06:58 PM

Come on guys.... Go easy on him. HID's in halogen housings are the ****! You can almost see more than a high quality halogen bulb, they don't blind oncoming traffic or piss off people in front of you, and you won't get made fun of or given tickets after a nationwide crackdown on illegal $20 chinese HID kits in your halogen headlights. Everyone envies jackasses, keep them....

I would have gone with 12000k HID, those are badass and make the pavement invisible, right on.

I can't believe people are still doing this... Maybe you should spend money on getting some of those dents and scratches fixed before you spend money on HID's that make your car look ridiculous and have absolutely no benefit other than making it look like a smurf died in your headlight housing.

This thread sucks, and I'm sick of people advertising their half ass HID applications weekly. Do it right or don't do it at all...

People with HID setups like this make me wish I could walk away from a head on collision.

**lowlowaction** · 05-16-2008, 08:00 PM

/\ exactly why i havent posted in a while.
|| you people need a hug.

**Azwethinkweiz** · 05-16-2008, 08:10 PM

I get annoyed when 1 out of 10 cars I pass on the road blinds the hell out of me, especially when I'm on my motorcycle. It's just irresponsible. Do whatever you want to your car as long as it isn't going to be dangerous for other drivers. People have a hard enough time driving without running into each other with cell phones, eating or just zoning out, we don't need two lanes of glare coming down the road too.

I don't need a hug, it's more of a built up lack of tolerance for threads like this. Once a week we have someone who posts there HID kit claiming its 100% safe and doesn't have glare etc. I understand people like the look of HID's, I have them myself (DOT BMW HID projectors fitted into my E-spec hellas).

It's a luxury and an awesome one at that, but the person inside the car isn't the only one effected by it. I just find it very disrespectful.

I could just lock the thread but he posted for feedback and opinions so it'll stay open.

**zetecgt** · 05-16-2008, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowlowaction

/\ exactly why i havent posted in a while.
|| you people need a hug.

Apparently, so do you....

Quote:

Originally Posted by lowlowaction

yes.
but you need to learn to spell.
check out the sponsor section of FJ.

Posted here:
http://forums.focaljet.com/shift/537969-shifter.html

but I'm not pointing fingers or anything...

dave.

**Azwethinkweiz** · 05-16-2008, 08:15 PM

Also...I think whether or not the Mach HID's have a yellow tint to them or not as a lot to do with the condition of the lens of either housing or projector or both, or how much the bulbs have color shifted from use. Newer bulbs are always more yellow than one that has been used for an extended period of time.

These 8000k bulbs will get bluer after used for a while.

**CaysE** · 05-16-2008, 08:49 PM

My lenses are crystal clear when they're clean thanks to the 3M film, and the bulbs have been in there for years. I'm not saying they have a yellow tint... I'm saying they're not as true white as say an FX35 or Lexus cars or pretty much any of the other OEM manufacturers. I don't know why; they just aren't. Maybe the bulbs are different or the ballast has a different power output.

05-15-2008, 05:39 PM	#26
01focuszx3 TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Raleigh/Knightdale NC, Posts: 816	Re: HIDs in my ST170s The bulbs make them blue, 8000k is blue, however, the reflector is chrome which would probably be brighter, wont make the light bluer. I think your blinding people __________________ Marshall low priced euro foci parts!!

05-15-2008, 05:52 PM	#27
HeavyFluid TEAM Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 269	Re: HIDs in my ST170s Click this link, and tell me that 8k is in the white range. http://www.delonixradar.com.au/images/HID_poster.jpg __________________ 2003 Infra-Red Focus SVT Go: Stock Show: tasteful appearance mods Tunes: HU replaced - amp/subs are next

05-15-2008, 05:59 PM	#28
Tugboat TEAM Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 774	Re: HIDs in my ST170s Looks good. I have a 6k kit and they are pure white on the road but look kinda blue in the housing. Mine are super aimed down so I dont blind people, iv asked friends that see me at night and they say its fine/. __________________ '02 CD-Silver ZX3 5spd FOCUS ... My Antidrug

05-15-2008, 06:00 PM	#29
2focusd [FJ] Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 13,434	Re: HIDs in my ST170s Let him go guys, he's not gonna listen anyhow -Brian __________________ Godspeed, Colin McRae, may you live on forever as the reason countless people fell in love with the Ford Focus (myself included). 1968-2007 http://www.f2focus.com

05-15-2008, 06:01 PM	#30
zetecgt EXTREME douche pickle! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: $@N @NT0N10, T3X@$ Posts: 7,344	Re: HIDs in my ST170s This thread is the best! Where else can you see someone come to FJ to bash people's cars, disappear and go to FF for a few months to let the heat cool down...then came back expecting a red carpet for some headlights. dave. __________________ Ford Owners Club of San Antonio Oh! Don't mind me. I'm just upping my post count..... x p Making people reply with "WTF" since 2004

05-15-2008, 06:35 PM	#32
matsijatsi TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 284	Re: HIDs in my ST170s To say my opinion about aftermarket Xenon mounted in halogen headlamps, i hate it, nothing gets to me more than ricers putting xenons that spread the light everywhere, so that when you meet that car in the dark you get totaly blinded, hope you get a ticket or something by the cops for doing that. And yeah, totaly agree with zetecgt, not wery nice what you did before you disapeared

05-15-2008, 11:18 PM	#33
besthaticouldo TEAM Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 664	Re: HIDs in my ST170s ok guys. thats enough. appreciate the good comments. Last edited by besthaticouldo : 05-15-2008 at 11:27 PM.

05-15-2008, 11:27 PM	#34
Random Select Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,478	Re: HIDs in my ST170s That's definitely going to blind people. Pics look nice though. I personally like those city lights. I just won't walk that thin line by running those 8000k lights down here in Hawaii because that'll be multiple fines that'll be the cost of my college tuition for the next semester if a law enforcement officer pulls me over. __________________ Proofreading are for the lazy.

05-16-2008, 12:22 AM	#35
Stolle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Killing Terrorists Posts: 2,304	Re: HIDs in my ST170s your such a ricer for putting HID's in stock focus headlights....god... __________________ 2001 Zx3 with many parts. Thinking of selling/Parting out.

05-16-2008, 12:47 AM	#37
matsijatsi TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 284	Re: HIDs in my ST170s I guess when U2 Sang about the city og blinding lights they ment, Laguna Niguel, CA.

05-16-2008, 02:23 AM	#38
Croc_Tease! Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Culver City, CA Posts: 3,682	Re: HIDs in my ST170s You are all wrong. Pure white is somewhere between 5000 and 5500 kelvin. Also, HID bulbs should never be installed in a non-projecctor headlamp, unless you make the proper shielding to eliminate the glare and scattered light. I don't care what anyone says, the bulbs aren't made to be put in those housings, they will not function properly. But on a side note ..... blue light looks neat. __________________ EVIL ZX3 Buy my Bilstien PSS9. Buy my Receiver.

05-16-2008, 03:14 PM	#41
Stolle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Killing Terrorists Posts: 2,304	Re: HIDs in my ST170s i bet its the stock 4300 bulbs in the machs. just get some phillips 6k's and your will be pleased...4300 is too low of a kelvin and thats why it has a light yellow tint.... __________________ 2001 Zx3 with many parts. Thinking of selling/Parting out.

05-16-2008, 03:19 PM	#42
CaysE [FJ] This is worse than when the raccoon got caught in the copier! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 7,651	Re: HIDs in my ST170s Then my Hoen fog bulbs won't match anymore. Maybe. LOL __________________ 2008 Cannondale F4 ··· Hi-brite · no mods (yet) 2003 Vermilion Red SVTf ··· hehehehehehe strictly/focused "It would take a miracle to make the entire Focus community get along. FF vs FJ, F-P vs FS, tuner vs tuner, racer vs ricer. What can you do?"

05-16-2008, 06:21 PM	#43
HeavyFluid TEAM Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 269	Re: HIDs in my ST170s My stock Mach's do not have a yellow tint to them at all. I will try to post some pics up of them. __________________ 2003 Infra-Red Focus SVT Go: Stock Show: tasteful appearance mods Tunes: HU replaced - amp/subs are next

05-16-2008, 06:32 PM	#44
CaysE [FJ] This is worse than when the raccoon got caught in the copier! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 7,651	Re: HIDs in my ST170s Pics never show true color. I didn't say they have a yellow tint. I said they are slightly yellow next to most other OEM HIDs. __________________ 2008 Cannondale F4 ··· Hi-brite · no mods (yet) 2003 Vermilion Red SVTf ··· hehehehehehe strictly/focused "It would take a miracle to make the entire Focus community get along. FF vs FJ, F-P vs FS, tuner vs tuner, racer vs ricer. What can you do?"

05-16-2008, 06:58 PM	#45
Azwethinkweiz Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Plattsburgh, NY Posts: 3,523	Re: HIDs in my ST170s Come on guys.... Go easy on him. HID's in halogen housings are the **! You can almost see more than a high quality halogen bulb, they don't blind oncoming traffic or piss off people in front of you, and you won't get made fun of or given tickets after a nationwide crackdown on illegal $20 chinese HID kits in your halogen headlights. Everyone envies jackasses, keep them.... I would have gone with 12000k HID, those are badass and make the pavement invisible, right on. I can't believe people are still doing this... Maybe you should spend money on getting some of those dents and scratches fixed before you spend money on HID's that make your car look ridiculous and have absolutely no benefit other than making it look like a smurf died in your headlight housing. This thread sucks, and I'm sick of people advertising their half ass HID applications weekly. Do it right or don't do it at all... People with HID setups like this make me wish I could walk away from a head on collision. __________________ [FJ] [ Sponsors ] [ Search ] [ Exterior How-To's ] [ Interior How-To's ] [ ax0n's FocusHacks ] [ Guidelines ] [FJ]** . Last edited by Azwethinkweiz : 05-16-2008 at 07:05 PM.

05-16-2008, 08:00 PM	#46
lowlowaction Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL Posts: 52	Re: HIDs in my ST170s /\ exactly why i havent posted in a while. \|\| you people need a hug. __________________ 2003 Black ZX3 : AEM CAI ; Ford Racing wires & plugs ; Ford Racing engine cover ; JBA headers ; MBRP exhaust ; Ford Racing short-throw shifter ; Ground Control coilovers ; Red Art limiting straps ; SCT Xcal

05-16-2008, 08:10 PM	#47
Azwethinkweiz Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Plattsburgh, NY Posts: 3,523	Re: HIDs in my ST170s I get annoyed when 1 out of 10 cars I pass on the road blinds the hell out of me, especially when I'm on my motorcycle. It's just irresponsible. Do whatever you want to your car as long as it isn't going to be dangerous for other drivers. People have a hard enough time driving without running into each other with cell phones, eating or just zoning out, we don't need two lanes of glare coming down the road too. I don't need a hug, it's more of a built up lack of tolerance for threads like this. Once a week we have someone who posts there HID kit claiming its 100% safe and doesn't have glare etc. I understand people like the look of HID's, I have them myself (DOT BMW HID projectors fitted into my E-spec hellas). It's a luxury and an awesome one at that, but the person inside the car isn't the only one effected by it. I just find it very disrespectful. I could just lock the thread but he posted for feedback and opinions so it'll stay open. __________________ [FJ] [ Sponsors ] [ Search ] [ Exterior How-To's ] [ Interior How-To's ] [ ax0n's FocusHacks ] [ Guidelines ] [FJ] .

05-16-2008, 08:15 PM	#49
Azwethinkweiz Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Plattsburgh, NY Posts: 3,523	Re: HIDs in my ST170s Also...I think whether or not the Mach HID's have a yellow tint to them or not as a lot to do with the condition of the lens of either housing or projector or both, or how much the bulbs have color shifted from use. Newer bulbs are always more yellow than one that has been used for an extended period of time. These 8000k bulbs will get bluer after used for a while. __________________ [FJ] [ Sponsors ] [ Search ] [ Exterior How-To's ] [ Interior How-To's ] [ ax0n's FocusHacks ] [ Guidelines ] [FJ] .

05-16-2008, 08:49 PM	#50
CaysE [FJ] This is worse than when the raccoon got caught in the copier! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 7,651	Re: HIDs in my ST170s My lenses are crystal clear when they're clean thanks to the 3M film, and the bulbs have been in there for years. I'm not saying they have a yellow tint... I'm saying they're not as true white as say an FX35 or Lexus cars or pretty much any of the other OEM manufacturers. I don't know why; they just aren't. Maybe the bulbs are different or the ballast has a different power output. __________________ 2008 Cannondale F4 ··· Hi-brite · no mods (yet) 2003 Vermilion Red SVTf ··· hehehehehehe strictly/focused "It would take a miracle to make the entire Focus community get along. FF vs FJ, F-P vs FS, tuner vs tuner, racer vs ricer. What can you do?"