i just had another h.i.d bulb go out. this is making me furious! i have a line on a true h.i.d conversion kit w/ the lights, ballast and the whole wiring harness. im going to order it on monday but i probabally wont have time to install them untill next weekend. ill post before and after pics, but im already psyched, there is nothing sweeter than facing on comming traffic and seeing the true h.i.d comming at you. im thinking people will freak to think its a mercedes or bmw then when i pass them its an hhr...

 

are you doing a real HID retro? as in projectors or just one of those cheap plug and play kits? otherwise they wont think you are a Beamer or Benz with all that glare and scattered light.

 

Very true, "quest". Very true.

 

ill check into the whole deal to make sure exactly what it is, but ive done the kits on a older jag and a bmw and they looked really nice, there is a 6k and an 8k series. they say that the 6k has that "true-blue" look to it an thats what i want to roll w/

 

Do you really think people will notice and care enough to want to know which car they are on ? Seems like a lot of work and expense for not much of a pay off.

Maybe it's just me but I don't pay much attention to the various headlights approaching at night. Some are yellow, some are white......

 

It's not so much the color, if they are not focused, what's the point? Unless you do a complete switch/conversion like en0mie did, it will just be glaring bright light to oncoming traffic. They won't think "Cool!", they'll think "WTF!!".

If you just want to change the color, you can buy tint-sheets pre-cut for the HHR in blue and yellow on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Headl...spagenameZWDVW

 

They'll likely think "where's a cop when you need them?" I usually do whenever I'm confronted by a vehicle with misfocused lights.
The NHTSA has been reminding manufacturers about the need to comply with FMVSS standards on replacement light sources, and that the reflector and light source gets approved as a combination.
http://isearch.nhtsa.gov/files/deetz.ztv.html was one of the interpretations that has resulted on a lot of the conversion kits that were on fleabay a couple of years ago disappearing, or having the worthless "off-road or show use only" disclaimer.

 

what about this site, looks legit

http://www.cartoka.com/