I would like to see some pictures of our stock housings with HIDs, I am considering going back to the stock housings as everytime I see them I miss how clean they looked on the car.

98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD
02' Honda S2000- SOLD
04' Acura TL- Current Whip

hit up sonikbewm...he has some good pictures.

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I had 9006 HID kits in my stock housings and had to open them up and paint black dabs of paint here and there on the reflectors in order to stop unwanted stray light from shooting up and out and possibly annoying oncoming vehicles.

They looked completely stock except when they were lit up. They were very bright but had a lot of hot spots below the cut-off. The light was not very evenly distributed below the cut-off.

I like the look of the stock lamps too but after taking another rock in the passenger side I just couldn't find a used original factory housing that wasn't beat to death. New one's cost too much.

I bought a "factory" housing off of eBay that looked just like a factory Mitsu part but ended up being a non-Mitsu knock-off and the beam pattern out of it was terrible.

You know the end of the story. After getting some ebay projectors I cut them open and installed some true Hella E-55 Bi-Xenon projectors from a Mercedes (very difficult) and now I'm spoiled and will never be happy with less.

Pictures?
I don't have any pics of the beam pattern. Wasn't too proud to show it off.

Slightly modified factory housing with HID kit.







My latest lights...

When you say you painted them, which one's did you paint and how did you figure out which areas to paint?

Originally posted by azdave
I had 9006 HID kits in my stock housings and had to open them up and paint black dabs of paint here and there on the reflectors in order to stop unwanted stray light from shooting up and out and possibly annoying oncoming vehicles. They looked completely stock except when they were lit up. They were very bright but had a lot of hot spots below the cut-off. The light was not very evenly distributed below the cut-off. I like the look of the stock lamps too but after taking another rock in the passenger side I just couldn't find a used original factory housing that wasn't beat to death. New one's cost too much. I bought a "factory" housing off of eBay that looked just like a factory Mitsu part but ended up being a non-Mitsu knock-off and the beam pattern out of it was terrible. You know the end of the story. After getting some ebay projectors I cut them open and installed some true Hella E-55 Bi-Xenon projectors from a Mercedes (very difficult) and now I'm spoiled and will never be happy with less. Pictures? I don't have any pics of the beam pattern. Wasn't too proud to show it off. Slightly modified factory housing with HID kit. My latest lights...

New Car:
2004 350z base, Nismo CAI, pioneer avic-n1 (dvd, cd, navi)



Old Car:
1998 GS with hrc stage 2, HID 6000k conversion kit, AEM UEGO wideband, sfmu, ml, prokits, Greddy warning gauges: egt, boost gauge, and oil pressure, apexi tt, haydans tranny cooler, costum dp, groundwires, dynotune fp gauge. gst muff, turbo spoiler
Boostin since Aug 03.

nothing like driving with the windows down and the music low: i love hearing the turbo spool, swwwhhhttt!!!!

azdave, interested in selling me your old 9006 bulbs if I decide to go back to the stock housing? PM me let me know if you'd be able to help me out.

98' Eclipse GS- Hahn Stage 2- SOLD
02' Honda S2000- SOLD
04' Acura TL- Current Whip

Your tail lights look pretty cool. Im guessing they are LED. If you have some more pics of them post em up. Id be interested to see how to put them together also...

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