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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 05:07 AM
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Weird headlight patterns?

So my friend got a pair of Hella euro's.. he wanted HIDs, so i installed his kit this weekend..

His city lights are not connected, so it looks like only half the assembly lights up (but its plenty)

Anyways i connected a H4 Hi/Low converter this his hid kit.. weird thing is low beams have glare and lights spread everywhere but his hi-beams have an actual decent cutoff.. since he has a better cutoff and less glare with hi-beams is there a way to make his hi-beams his low-beams? and just disable the hi-beams?
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by funkgab
So my friend got a pair of Hella euro's.. he wanted HIDs, so i installed his kit this weekend..

His city lights are not connected, so it looks like only half the assembly lights up (but its plenty)

Anyways i connected a H4 Hi/Low converter this his hid kit.. weird thing is low beams have glare and lights spread everywhere but his hi-beams have an actual decent cutoff.. since he has a better cutoff and less glare with hi-beams is there a way to make his hi-beams his low-beams? and just disable the hi-beams?
The problem is the reflector is not designed for use with an HID light source..
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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Yeah I know this.. But he's super thickheaded so I would rather not argue.. But the thing is hi-beams seem to have a decent cutoff rather than scattering everywhere for the most part.. So it should glare less
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 05:26 PM
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The high beam uses the same bulb and same reflector. It shouldn't have a different pattern.

Just lower the lights and use high beam?
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