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Originally Posted by MR2-MRnot
nice write-up=, i have been looking into HID's for about a week (doesnt matter, i have to finish the swap first  but i just read the post and it cleared a few things up for me! 1 question tho, i got the totally rockin 6054 nonsealed beams off the Ebay! and i was wonderin if i could do HIDs in them? they ARE glass, and very high quality, only thing that worries me is the diamond cut, i has a bit of an issue CLOSE to the car, far away its fine, but right in front you can see the rigidity from the cut, any thoughts? <in the light i mean |
Well quality of the components don't matter in some cases.
You could have state of the art reflectors.
You could have state of the art capsules (bulbs).
If the 2 aren't designed to work together you will still get poor performance despite having good components.
However you have already seen this, with the beam pattern near to the car. You should have good cut-off without any 'rigidity' in the pattern. This tells me you have light and dark spots within the beam pattern. This isn't ideal and I would return them if possible.
I am sure they are a solid good looking construction, it's the end result that is suffering. If you throw HID's in there the brighter output and/or different light wavelength, probably both, could very well make it worse.
It is really up to you and what you want to do.
IMHO I would rather spend the cash in high end, proven, extremely high quality HID lights and not worry about them or the bulbs or ballasts for...I dunno...5 years? More?
It's just my opinion, and thanks for the thumbs up....