well if you wonder how it look, this is what i have, i don't have time to do retrofit so i just stick an oem hid d2s bulb in and this is the result, its still kinda yellowish because the bulb is brand new, not burn in yet, outside it look pretty white already. the cut isn't perfect but will work for now.

Accord 2008 4doors with Toyota Ballasts and OEM 4300K Philips d2s bulbs.
http://www.vnforum.com/web/08accord/accord2008hid1.jpg

The result.
http://www.vnforum.com/web/08accord/accord2008hid2.jpg

i was parking on a little slope so the aim is a little high, but that's stock aim. i didn't mess with the aim at all.

how the heck did you get a d2s bulb to fit securely in a 9006 socket?

Does your car have the projectors? Or is it a reflector?

its a d2s rebase to 9006, reflector on the 4doors 08.

how the heck did you get a d2s bulb to fit securely in a 9006 socket?
that's what i thought at first. but i suppose its not a d2s base.

So are you satisfied with the results? Is the light quality much better than stock halogens? Where did you get the toyota ballasts?

I would love to do the same thing to my 08....

Thanks for the post and pic!

*runs away scared*....here comes the flame wars...

you're so going to blind the F out of everyone.


no offense, but i think cars that dont have hids should stay w/o HIDs.

So are you satisfied with the results? Is the light quality much better than stock halogens? Where did you get the toyota ballasts?

I would love to do the same thing to my 08....

Thanks for the post and pic!
i am happy with the result, if you have hid projector before this cut line is no where compare to the projector, it look better in the picture. outside the cut line is more blur. at about 30' you can see the light on the ground at driver side to be shorter than passenger side. it take me 20 minutes to install this, much faster than a retrofit.. result is about the same. now that i see the light and not afraid of blind other driver i think i will keep this and probably sale my tsx projector.



you're so going to blind the F out of everyone.


no offense, but i think cars that dont have hids should stay w/o HIDs.

how do you know? i did have my friend drive my car and i drive from the opposite direction and it look fine to me, compare to the stock halogen yes its more glare but compare with all oem hid projector or non projector it look the same to me. maybe from some angle it have more glare but not enough to blind people.
i did retrofit my 06 with tsx projector so i know exactly what you're saying. no offense taken.

you're so going to blind the F out of everyone.


no offense, but i think cars that dont have hids should stay w/o HIDs.

People need to get over this crap about being blinded by someone who puts hid bulbs in reflector housings. Yeah it will produce more glare/flare than projectors but people actually putting hids in reflectors are infrequent enough that you will rarely drive by someone with it. What you will do is see more people with trucks that have big ass loads in their beds or pulling something that pushes their front end up, idiots that dont realize their brights are on or morons that mis-aimed their headlights from changing out a burnt bulb than you will see people with hids in stock reflectors. So you are probably being blinded by more idiots with actual problems with their lights while driving than you will be with the latter, most people that I've known to put hids in reflectors know enough that they will probably blind others if they dont adjust their aim first.

Now, that being said, I dont condone hids in reflectors or anything that causes more glare for other drivers, but i see more problems like I quoted above than I do see hids in reflectors, so it doesn't bother me as much. Actually I can't even recall the last time I saw hids that werent in projectors, unless its stock like on old GMC envoys or something.

People need to get over this crap about being blinded by someone who puts hid bulbs in reflector housings. Yeah it will produce more glare/flare than projectors but people actually putting hids in reflectors are infrequent enough that you will rarely drive by someone with it. What you will do is see more people with trucks that have big ass loads in their beds or pulling something that pushes their front end up, idiots that dont realize their brights are on or morons that mis-aimed their headlights from changing out a burnt bulb than you will see people with hids in stock reflectors. So you are probably being blinded by more idiots with actual problems with their lights while driving than you will be with the latter, most people that I've known to put hids in reflectors know enough that they will probably blind others if they dont adjust their aim first.

Now, that being said, I dont condone hids in reflectors or anything that causes more glare for other drivers, but i see more problems like I quoted above than I do see hids in reflectors, so it doesn't bother me as much. Actually I can't even recall the last time I saw hids that werent in projectors, unless its stock like on old GMC envoys or something.

The lower frequency of something happening does not make it OK for one to drive around blinding everyone. Per your opinion, I can drive with my highbeam on, and recklessly cutting people of is OK since you probably won't encounter me right? what difference does it make if a loaded truck blinding you or a car with HID Kit blinding you? Being blind is being blind, no matter what the cause is. is it OK if an old lady shoots you rather than some punk on the street? you're still being shot.

idiots that dont realize their brights are on or morons that mis-aimed their headlights from changing out a burnt bulb than you will see people with hids in stock reflectors.

HID produces 3x more light then halogen, even with little glare, it is to distract other drives. Even with little glare it can amount to as much light as a halogen high beam. I have been working with HID since 2001, both oem retrofit and re-based bulb. the re-based ones always blind other drivers unless you aim them to the point that they are useless. I understand that its their money, and their car so they do as they wish. I just hope that they have a little consideration for other people on the road. :)

The lower frequency of something happening does not make it OK for one to drive around blinding everyone. Per your opinion, I can drive with my highbeam on, and recklessly cutting people of is OK since you probably won't encounter me right? what difference does it make if a loaded truck blinding you or a car with HID Kit blinding you? Being blind is being blind, no matter what the cause is. is it OK if an old lady shoots you rather than some punk on the street? you're still being shot.

Maybe youre missing my point. I'm not saying its OK, hence the reason I said: I dont condone hids in reflectors or anything that causes more glare for other driversMy point is that people are going to do it regardless of how many times you tell them that hids in reflectors are going to blind everyone. My opinion is that I'm tired of everyone railing on about the same thing when its not going to change these people's decision to put in hids or not. Its the same as ranting about morons that put stickers or something else on their car that others dont like. Yeah it my be visually irritating to others, just like hids in reflectors, but they are going to do it anyway, so why bother wasting your energy typing out a response that they aren't going to listen to?


HID produces 3x more light then halogen, even with little glare, it is to distract other drives. Even with little glare it can amount to as much light as a halogen high beam. I have been working with HID since 2001, both oem retrofit and re-based bulb. the re-based ones always blind other drivers unless you aim them to the point that they are useless. I understand that its their money, and their car so they do as they wish. I just hope that they have a little consideration for other people on the road. :)

And hids in stock housings is just another subjective issue. What you say always blinds other drivers, doesnt blind me. As I said before I have more run ins with people that problems to their headlights than people with hids in reflectors, but getting mad wont accomplish anything except increasing your blood pressure. :)

Personally I think that any idiot that puts lights on a car that intentionally is brighter than allowed by law, should be punished for endangerment. I wish law enforcement had the testing equipment to catch these cars, and Denver boot them on the spot until daylight, when they would be allowed to pay a big fine, have the car towed to a car dealer, and pay to remove and replace the offending lights before receiving their license back. It is difficult for me to understand the anti-social mentality that would claim that it is okay to blind other drivers because not many people do it.

someone should close this thread.

i just post some info that's all, like it or not its up to you. i don't want to make stupid argument weather this is right or wrong, everyone entitle to their opinions.

People need to get over this crap about being blinded by someone who puts hid bulbs in reflector housings. Yeah it will produce more glare/flare than projectors but people actually putting hids in reflectors are infrequent enough that you will rarely drive by someone with it. What you will do is see more people with trucks that have big ass loads in their beds or pulling something that pushes their front end up, idiots that dont realize their brights are on or morons that mis-aimed their headlights from changing out a burnt bulb than you will see people with hids in stock reflectors. So you are probably being blinded by more idiots with actual problems with their lights while driving than you will be with the latter, most people that I've known to put hids in reflectors know enough that they will probably blind others if they dont adjust their aim first.

Now, that being said, I dont condone hids in reflectors or anything that causes more glare for other drivers, but i see more problems like I quoted above than I do see hids in reflectors, so it doesn't bother me as much. Actually I can't even recall the last time I saw hids that werent in projectors, unless its stock like on old GMC envoys or something.


to be honest, only the ones in bmws i can accept. they cut off and bend, to try to prevent blinding oncoming traffic. slapping hid to a car not meant for it is just silly, especially on a sedan w/o projectors.
want a honda with HID? go acura.

noone outside lexus,bmw and benz add projectors to their xenon systems. why? because it allows a focused beam. even acuras hid is of the cheap crap, like cadillac,etc.

your headlight was not meant for hid. it doesnt even have self adjust. and yes, i can tell a non factory hid vs those on luxury cars.

lol..what did i say??let me quote myself..lol...*runs away scared*....here comes the flame wars... my advice.......just stay far away from HID stuff in forums...if you want to talk about it..you pretty much have to talk about stock ones....you have them in your car??go do a couple runs like you said with your friends back and forth.....every different angle possible...aim it nicely....and if it doesn't bother you or your friend...then fine....im sure you and the rest of everyone out there will have the same tolerance/intolerance to the light as you do....forget about this forum.....i say follow that other guys advice and the mod's should just close this thread kuz it's pretty much going the same place every other HID thread is going...:wavebye:lets just all have a big :grouphug:

my turn my turn my turn. :lmao:

it's just another irresponsible way to mod your car. sticking lip kits and all on a car may loook stupid to me and others, but it's not hurting anyone else.

hids in a car not designed for them and especially in a projector unit is bad. :thumbsdow

i can tell the difference between different makes of vehicles even when they are oem units. (nissan, caddy in particular come to mind as bad oem applications). i see way too many beater cars with hids or hid-wannabe bulbs in them. bad. i also see quite a few people with hids in newer cars that weren't designed with them. bad. some of these may be better or worse than the others, but like others have mentioned, it still doesn't make them right.

until someone figures out how to enforce a law illegalizing use of hids in units & cars that weren't designed for them, we're screwed though. the current problem isn't that the law allows for them, it's that noone can enforce the law. the only thing they can enforce is if you don't have the proper bulb in the proper housing and it isn't DOT certified. that can't warrant a traffic stop. at best, a safety inspection required in some states may catch it and be unable to pass you, but you'd just go home and reinstall them once you have your sticker anyway, so that doesn't help...... i do know the last time i looked that the nhtsa is working with some automotive groups to try to figure out how to accomplish this though.

hids in a car not designed for them and especially in a projector unit is bad. :thumbsdow



Are you serious or did you just mean reflectors housings instead?


LOL @ blueasianmonkey too :lmao:

I like it! please post some more pics! far shots of the front end. we dont have too many 08 drivers in my city yet.

noone outside lexus,bmw and benz add projectors to their xenon systems. why? because it allows a focused beam. even acuras hid is of the cheap crap, like cadillac,etc.

your headlight was not meant for hid. it doesnt even have self adjust. and yes, i can tell a non factory hid vs those on luxury cars.

not meaning to hijack Zeus' thread so i apologize to Zeus beforehand, but could you (08accordEX) elaborate on how Cheap Acura hids are? as far as i know for lexus and acura, a lot of them come from the same company for their projectors that acura uses. which is Stanley, sometimes Kioto. I understand that quality and "Cheap Crap" is subjective so i will not go into further details. Once again i apologize to Zeus to hijacking ur thread.

actually the ones the new mdx use are of the better kind.

the tsx and tl xenons are "cheaper" because of the lack of auto focus. this helps keeping the lighting down on the road and not up and blinding drivers on hills,turns,etc

this is why i can tell a vw/acura/non standard xenons to those on bmw/audi/lexus.

lol..what did i say??let me quote myself..lol... my advice.......just stay far away from HID stuff in forums...if you want to talk about it..you pretty much have to talk about stock ones....you have them in your car??go do a couple runs like you said with your friends back and forth.....every different angle possible...aim it nicely....and if it doesn't bother you or your friend...then fine....im sure you and the rest of everyone out there will have the same tolerance/intolerance to the light as you do....forget about this forum.....i say follow that other guys advice and the mod's should just close this thread kuz it's pretty much going the same place every other HID thread is going...:wavebye:lets just all have a big :grouphug:

Waiting.:cig:
LMFAO! :lmao:

actually the ones the new mdx use are of the better kind.

the tsx and tl xenons are "cheaper" because of the lack of auto focus. this helps keeping the lighting down on the road and not up and blinding drivers on hills,turns,etc

this is why i can tell a vw/acura/non standard xenons to those on bmw/audi/lexus.

there is no such thing as "auto focus" xenon, i think you're talking about the cutoff line of the light, every car that have headlight have a cutoff to prevent light from oncoming drivers. you might be referring to an auto leveling device.

Well spoken and how true,Just like Honda say's Safety for all.



HID produces 3x more light then halogen, even with little glare, it is to distract other drives. Even with little glare it can amount to as much light as a halogen high beam. I have been working with HID since 2001, both oem retrofit and re-based bulb. the re-based ones always blind other drivers unless you aim them to the point that they are useless. I understand that its their money, and their car so they do as they wish. I just hope that they have a little consideration for other people on the road. :)[/QUOTE]

there is no such thing as "auto focus" xenon, i think you're talking about the cutoff line of the light, every car that have headlight have a cutoff to prevent light from oncoming drivers. you might be referring to an auto leveling device.


its called auto level/adjust or something similar. and yes, its a feature not all cars carry. hell lexus promoted this in one of their cars/suvs; in fact, i think on their RX line.

it does in fact make a big difference,especially with the light cut off. (i wont go in with car who dont have a cut off in their hid lights; thats just asking for it and dont know any better or dont care).


on bmws the bend with the turns and on hills they focus down.

man...anyone else gonna second me??hahaha....kuz i've never seen one of these threads turn out good at all..hahaha...i say....once again...:grouphug:

oh yea..one mooore thing...(watching reruns of jackie chan adventures)......how many of you have heard of people getting killed over glare and crap like that over HID's..honestly i haven't..and im glad i haven't...im not saying that's a way to say hey install it everywhere..i think it's more rather an irritant then anything else..but the thing is....i've seen it all too....and what else are you going to do ..start putting safety mechanisms on top of the high beam controller...kuz i've seen at least 2 old people driving iwth their high beams on....and what are u going to do about it..ban high beams??that is complete glare....unhindered raunchy dirty no...not sex.....lighting.....i find all our arguments moot....let's just :grouphug: or let's jsut go out and :salue: and forget about our differences..


oh yea....onnne mooooore thing.....

when i said ".forget about this forum.....i say follow that other guys advice and the mod's should just close this thread kuz it's pretty much going the same place every other HID thread is going...lets just all have a big "...i meant..forget about this thread.....not the forum..drive accord is good...i meat the thread..dont kill me mods..haha

I love HID.

I hate it when I see another coming with HID, it blinds me too ! Sometime, I think man that guy should not have done those rebased bulbs in his factory headlights. Then I realize nope, it's a factory installed.

HID is very bright, lets all be careful and do the right thing..

I for one want to do a proper retro, hopefully some one will make projector headlights for the sedan. That we can take apart those cheap things and put really good projectors and still have it look factory!