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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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HID light pattern
Is this good HID pattern?
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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I see that you have a dark spot like I did when I had my HIDs in. Looks good to me, but do you get a dip in the center of the road?
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I see that you have a dark spot like I did when I had my HIDs in. Looks good to me, but do you get a dip in the center of the road?
Not sure what you mean about the dip.
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One of the reasons why I switched back to halogens was I had a "dip" in the center of my light pattern. It wasn't visible on when projected on to a wall, but on the road, it did not light up the road ahead but lit up the sides perfectly.

---v--- Like this, I guess. Haha.
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard2011
One of the reasons why I switched back to halogens was I had a "dip" in the center of my light pattern. It wasn't visible on when projected on to a wall, but on the road, it did not light up the road ahead but lit up the sides perfectly.

---v--- Like this, I guess. Haha.
I dont have that dip in my pattern.

UPDATE
I checked my setup again and I saw a minor v shape dip but its not that bad.
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That looks about right coming from our w204 halogen projectors. I do have the dip in the center as Richard2011 was talking about.
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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do you think the hight looks good on this setup?
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Your headlights appear to be aimed way to high, and you are definitely shining excess light into people's eyes. You shouldn't get that dip in your headlights if they are aimed correctly. They should not go higher in the sides.
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Your headlights appear to be aimed way to high, and you are definitely shining excess light into people's eyes. You shouldn't get that dip in your headlights if they are aimed correctly. They should not go higher in the sides.
Ill try to lower them. Will post another shot
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I have that same wierd dip to
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Originally Posted by jctevere
Your headlights appear to be aimed way to high, and you are definitely shining excess light into people's eyes. You shouldn't get that dip in your headlights if they are aimed correctly. They should not go higher in the sides.
Aiming won't fix the problem, because there is no knob that moves the beam left or right.
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that dip doesn't bother me as much since its really minor.
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Your headlights appear to be aimed way to high, and you are definitely shining excess light into people's eyes. You shouldn't get that dip in your headlights if they are aimed correctly. They should not go higher in the sides.
Could you elaborate on how to go about removing the dip in the projection?
One of my side was not turning on all the time so I switched sides for the bulbs yesterday, and noticed a tab at the end of the bulb. So there really is only one way to seat the bulbs correctly right?


The tab kinda like this http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../DDMH7bulb.jpg
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Yes there is only one way to put the hid buld in the socket.
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