JDM HID: re-aiming alignment issues?

-dc5- · 12-02-2005, 09:11 PM

i been reading alot of post about the jdm hids having beam pattern issues and i was wondering with all you owners who own jdm HID, did all you do was just reaim the lights and have them point the correct way or is there more to that? i dont want to just buy jdm hids and then they blind oncomming traffic now, sorry for repostin if i did on a question that has been askd but i did seach for jdm hid as a keyword and did not get alot of answers thanks ppls!

etong · 12-02-2005, 09:24 PM

you can hardly see the signs on the right side, the best solution is to swap with USDM housings

edit: that's with non-hid, not sure about the hid version

-dc5- · 12-05-2005, 12:58 AM

bump up, wht about some details about with hids??? same thing as etong said?

krystar · 12-05-2005, 01:14 AM

u can't adjust the jdm hid's nor the jdm non-hid's to have the correct beam pattern. the shape of the reflector is what makes the pattern aim up to the left. for the non-hid housings, u can take the headlight apart and swap in your USDM reflector...which would negate the JDMness of the headlight. for the HID housings, since there doesn't exist a D2R base reflector for the RSX, there's absolutely nothing u can do about it.

Type-RSX · 12-05-2005, 02:01 AM

it really isn't that bad, it's not like there is a wall blocking all light to the right side you just can't see as far off the road. I really don't mind it that much at all, i noticed it for like 2 weeks and then got used to it. for the additional light sent out by the HID's, it is far worth it.

bluek20a · 12-05-2005, 02:04 AM

yeah i get flashed all the time. i noticed that my passenger side does not beam out to far. so im reconsidering taking it apart and using my usdm one.

Type-RSX · 12-05-2005, 02:08 AM

no issues or complaints from others drivers... how odd... i have stock bulbs at 4300k maybe why, who knows.

-dc5- · 12-05-2005, 12:48 PM

so then there is nothing to be able to do on the jdm-hid ones but just to put them on and align them somehow to see *jus in case if there unaligned* and jus live with it with some problems but noting big rigt

krystar · 12-05-2005, 01:55 PM

yup. just live with it

12-02-2005, 09:11 PM	#1
-dc5- chow mein ho lun ho sik Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NorCaL Posts: 2,414 iTrader: (18)	JDM HID: re-aiming alignment issues? i been reading alot of post about the jdm hids having beam pattern issues and i was wondering with all you owners who own jdm HID, did all you do was just reaim the lights and have them point the correct way or is there more to that? i dont want to just buy jdm hids and then they blind oncomming traffic now, sorry for repostin if i did on a question that has been askd but i did seach for jdm hid as a keyword and did not get alot of answers thanks ppls! __________________ RIP RSX 06/16/07 \|GBLOCC\|510-415-408\|HOTSHIIIT\| R.I.P. BERNARD "BLOODY B" PROFETA JR 9/79-3/08

12-02-2005, 09:24 PM	#2
etong the overrated fig shot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: South Jersey Posts: 3,815 iTrader: (13)	you can hardly see the signs on the right side, the best solution is to swap with USDM housings edit: that's with non-hid, not sure about the hid version __________________ http://erictong.com Myspace Facebook Flickr Last edited by etong; 12-02-2005 at 09:36 PM.

12-05-2005, 12:58 AM	#3
-dc5- chow mein ho lun ho sik Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NorCaL Posts: 2,414 iTrader: (18)	bump up, wht about some details about with hids??? same thing as etong said? __________________ RIP RSX 06/16/07 \|GBLOCC\|510-415-408\|HOTSHIIIT\| R.I.P. BERNARD "BLOODY B" PROFETA JR 9/79-3/08

12-05-2005, 01:14 AM	#4
krystar Master Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Streamwood/Chicago Posts: 23,880 iTrader: (8)	u can't adjust the jdm hid's nor the jdm non-hid's to have the correct beam pattern. the shape of the reflector is what makes the pattern aim up to the left. for the non-hid housings, u can take the headlight apart and swap in your USDM reflector...which would negate the JDMness of the headlight. for the HID housings, since there doesn't exist a D2R base reflector for the RSX, there's absolutely nothing u can do about it. __________________ Deaths: Ferrari F40 40-130 by train lengths Bentley Continental GT 60-100 by bus lengths Lexus ISF 60-100 by a bus length Kills:Porsche Cayenne S 0-90

12-05-2005, 02:01 AM	#5
Type-RSX § Join Date: May 2004 Location: NJ,NY (201/845) Posts: 1,925 iTrader: (3)	it really isn't that bad, it's not like there is a wall blocking all light to the right side you just can't see as far off the road. I really don't mind it that much at all, i noticed it for like 2 weeks and then got used to it. for the additional light sent out by the HID's, it is far worth it. __________________ I bought an Acura...I drive a Honda. You just gotta want it. < Yeah that's right, I am a pilot.

12-05-2005, 02:04 AM	#6
bluek20a JERI LEE F.I. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Johnson County Posts: 2,945 iTrader: (35)	yeah i get flashed all the time. i noticed that my passenger side does not beam out to far. so im reconsidering taking it apart and using my usdm one. __________________ My Feedback http://forums.clubrsx.com/itrader.php?u=31096 2006 S2K Laguna Blue Pearl Mods: OEM HARDTOP CR Shift Knob

12-05-2005, 02:08 AM	#7
Type-RSX § Join Date: May 2004 Location: NJ,NY (201/845) Posts: 1,925 iTrader: (3)	no issues or complaints from others drivers... how odd... i have stock bulbs at 4300k maybe why, who knows. __________________ I bought an Acura...I drive a Honda. You just gotta want it. < Yeah that's right, I am a pilot.

12-05-2005, 12:48 PM	#8
-dc5- chow mein ho lun ho sik Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NorCaL Posts: 2,414 iTrader: (18)	so then there is nothing to be able to do on the jdm-hid ones but just to put them on and align them somehow to see jus in case if there unaligned and jus live with it with some problems but noting big rigt __________________ RIP RSX 06/16/07 \|GBLOCC\|510-415-408\|HOTSHIIIT\| R.I.P. BERNARD "BLOODY B" PROFETA JR 9/79-3/08

12-05-2005, 01:55 PM	#9
krystar Master Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Streamwood/Chicago Posts: 23,880 iTrader: (8)	yup. just live with it __________________ Deaths: Ferrari F40 40-130 by train lengths Bentley Continental GT 60-100 by bus lengths Lexus ISF 60-100 by a bus length Kills:Porsche Cayenne S 0-90