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Hi all!! I have creeped this forum for a while....... really lol.
Anyway, I am seriously considering the 2016 Kia Forte5 SX as my first "new" car, and have been trying to learn EVERYTHING I can about it...
I have been into my local Kia dealership MANY times test driving different Forte's and desperately trying to find a 6spd SX, but no one seems to have any
Which comes to my questions. Since I have no first hand experience (yet) with the nuances of Kia, I need some help
I have read a lot about people without the stock HID lights drilling the dust covers and putting H11 HID's in.
1) Do the reflector housings cut off the beam well? Or do they let it all hang out?
2) If one was to acquire the headlight assembly from an HID equipped Forte, would it be as simple as a plug and play? or would harnesses and ballast be required?
I live in Nova Scotia, and have been driving a Saturn SC1 for the last 6 years. Being low to the ground, I HATE people that convert their headlights to HID and either (A) Don't aim them properly, or (B) Don't install projectors in the housings. The blinding effect is real and I don't want to be the d*ck that is blinding other people. And you know, I really respect / enjoy / like clean installs.
These questions stem from something I found while perusing the web,
Yes, they are a wee bit expensive, but if its really plug and play, that would be an awesome upgrade (IMO) over the stock halogen lights.
I guess the TL;DR of this post would be:
Does installing HID lights in our reflector housings cause problems to other drivers?
Thanks for taking the time to read this post and I hope I made some sense.
Anyway, I am seriously considering the 2016 Kia Forte5 SX as my first "new" car, and have been trying to learn EVERYTHING I can about it...
I have been into my local Kia dealership MANY times test driving different Forte's and desperately trying to find a 6spd SX, but no one seems to have any
Which comes to my questions. Since I have no first hand experience (yet) with the nuances of Kia, I need some help
I have read a lot about people without the stock HID lights drilling the dust covers and putting H11 HID's in.
1) Do the reflector housings cut off the beam well? Or do they let it all hang out?
2) If one was to acquire the headlight assembly from an HID equipped Forte, would it be as simple as a plug and play? or would harnesses and ballast be required?
I live in Nova Scotia, and have been driving a Saturn SC1 for the last 6 years. Being low to the ground, I HATE people that convert their headlights to HID and either (A) Don't aim them properly, or (B) Don't install projectors in the housings. The blinding effect is real and I don't want to be the d*ck that is blinding other people. And you know, I really respect / enjoy / like clean installs.
These questions stem from something I found while perusing the web,

Yes, they are a wee bit expensive, but if its really plug and play, that would be an awesome upgrade (IMO) over the stock halogen lights.
I guess the TL;DR of this post would be:
Does installing HID lights in our reflector housings cause problems to other drivers?
Thanks for taking the time to read this post and I hope I made some sense.