sooo i was reading HIDPlanet.com (its a forum) and apparently we use reflector HID blah blah and apparently we blind the heck out of people who post there
Funny how they say they light output sucks like they have even drove a Prius to begin with :lol: And did you also know that there are better hybrids on the road then Prius. I really wished I would have went there first then I wouldn't be stuck with this ugly, slow only goes 85mph,can only get 42mpg, no HID light output pile of crap. And bought a cookie cutter shaped accord hybrid and got an astounding 30mpg gas mileage and spend another 10,000 also I wonder how come I see my lights flashing on the road signs 4 cars in front of me over top everyone elses lights humm............
As opposed to projectors? yeah. Maybe it's because of our large headlight casing that makes the light seem brighter. Most are probably used to see a small round ball as the source of HID light and not our large rectangular-ish multi-reflector headlights
Who cares what other people think about legal headlight operation? Don't like it, lump it! I prefer to see well at night. The earlier I can see the deer the better chance I have of avoiding turning bambi into road pizza. I don't like glass and hair in my meat, and I don't like the way a rearranged front end looks. The bluish HID lights are actually easier on my eyes than the regular kind since there is usually a better beam pattern.
Like most people who test drive a car, my first Prius drive was during the day. When I got my car, I was truly impressed with the HID's because I am technically night blind. For anyone who doesn't know, that basically means that I cannot see the difference between total dark areas and areas with shadows. With an absence of light, everything appears totally black. I am amazed by the Prius lights. I have much better light and feel much safer than any other car I've ever owned. And if my lights ever go out at night?....Not a nice thought.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(flareak\";p=\"85174)</div> If our HID blinds people & creates excessive glare, we will be flashed repeatedly by opposing traffic. And the cars in front of us will need to keep adjusting their rear mirrors. Have you experienced & seen these? I haven't. Also, reflector-based HID does NOT necessarily equal to excessive glare. Look at any latter days Range Rover, X5, S2000, etc. head on or be in front of them, their PROJECTOR-based HID blinds the heck out of me (even when I drive my SUV). Those should be banned. And those are projector HIDs which are so dearly loved by HIDPlanet.com people. So why does HIDPlanet.com bash reflector-based HID left & right? Cos' it's a commercial site that sells projector HID components. No doubt that they are very skillful in retrofitting HID components onto headlamps, but they are known to bash everything else like: Non-OEM equipment, reflector-base headlamp & components, etc. and they refuse to believe the fact that reflector-based HID, if engineered correctly, can illuminate without creating excessive glare. I have to be fair though, projector-based HID does generate a more crystal clear cut-off line than reflector-based HID. Although our Prius' cut-off line is already very good & positioned properly.
I have HID headlights on my Prius, and I've never once been flashed. It's a bit of a bummer, really - once, I spent the better part of a week driving up and down sorority row in my Prius. Not a single flash.
i've been flashed once. in another incidence, my friend who was driving in front of me decided to switch lanes and get behind me because he said my headlights were soooo bright. i think the reason people don't really flash all the time is because they can't really tell if you have your highs on and they take time to think whether or not they should flash you.
One xenon bulb per side, shifted to move the beam up and down. You can hear the solonoid click when you change from low to high.
