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Old 01-30-2010, 12:06 PM
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HID Headlights or Not?

How can I tell if my headlights are Regular Halogen Headlights or if they are HID Headlights?

I bought my car used so I am not sure which one they are...
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from your pics it appears you have hid's.

park you car towards a building without your high beams on and see if you have a cut offline. if you do have a line where no light shines above and very bright light below you have hids.

ps im quite bored and most people including me wouldn't normally answer such questions.
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Also if your main headlight have a glass bowl look to them then there hid's. +1 on the cut off line tho easiest way to tell.
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"Glass bowl"? You mean projectors? The halogen headlights also comes with projectors. The halogen headlights also have a cutoff even though it is not as sharp and the light isn't as evenly spread.

What package is your RX8? From the looks of your pictures, it's a GT. I'm pretty sure you have HID's.
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If you have fog lights and a DSC button you have HID's. Also they get brighter after you first turn them on.
Just looked at your pics. You have HID's.
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Originally Posted by Easy_E1
If you have fog lights and a DSC button you have HID's. Also they get brighter after you first turn them on.
Just looked at your pics. You have HID's.
Yeah that is what I thought because when I turn my Headlights on they get brighter after a second.

Thanks guys, sorry for the dumb question.
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