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Old May 23, 2013 | 06:16 PM
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Ok so I just installed HID headlights in my stock housing and my wife is complaining about the little square of light missing because of the cone in the headlight makes a blind spot as anybody taken apart there headlight to remove the cone if I did that would the light be over powering?
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Old May 23, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by White Ghost
Ok so I just installed HID headlights in my stock housing and my wife is complaining about the little square of light missing because of the cone in the headlight makes a blind spot as anybody taken apart there headlight to remove the cone if I did that would the light be over powering?
No the little chrome cone is just for looks anyway.
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Old May 24, 2013 | 04:11 AM
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So you put an HID bulb in a reflector housing? Bad move. Read up on HID and why this is not good. Start here: theretrofitsource . com
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Old May 24, 2013 | 04:37 AM
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Yea I did I believe I'm going to go back to factory bulbs until I get a projector lens
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Old May 24, 2013 | 04:50 AM
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Would this fix my issue? I know I would have to change bulbs.

http://www.protuninglab.com/7dicutroprhe.html
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Old May 24, 2013 | 09:34 AM
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Never mind in either going to sale or return my HID kit and look into something else
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