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hids
- Thread starter r6weJ
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I thought the same about the HIDs on my 172.
They're absolutely hopeless.
I moved a week after I bought the 172. It was terrible trying to find my way around at night in a city I was unfamiliar with because the sharp cutoff of the HIDs meant there was no illumination of street signs. Or of speed signs or even the reflectors on bicycles, etc, etc.
We have the fantastic road called the Great Ocean Road that winds it way below the cliffs and above the beaches. In the 172 at night it was like trying to drive it blind. I could see more from the lights of the vehicles behind me than I could from the 172's HID lights.
Its got absolutely hopeless lights. I've never owned a car with HIDs before, and didn't know whether it was that Renault had tried too hard to cut glare, and hadn't allowed to any illumination above the cutoff, or whether it was that the cutoff didn't kick up on the left so you could see roadside signs.
They're absolutely hopeless.
I moved a week after I bought the 172. It was terrible trying to find my way around at night in a city I was unfamiliar with because the sharp cutoff of the HIDs meant there was no illumination of street signs. Or of speed signs or even the reflectors on bicycles, etc, etc.
We have the fantastic road called the Great Ocean Road that winds it way below the cliffs and above the beaches. In the 172 at night it was like trying to drive it blind. I could see more from the lights of the vehicles behind me than I could from the 172's HID lights.
Its got absolutely hopeless lights. I've never owned a car with HIDs before, and didn't know whether it was that Renault had tried too hard to cut glare, and hadn't allowed to any illumination above the cutoff, or whether it was that the cutoff didn't kick up on the left so you could see roadside signs.
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
My mk2 172 lights are fine too.
my 182 xenons are fine. dont shine as far in front as id like but thats so it doesnt dazzle every fucker. and thats what main beam is for.
but my old car that had normal halogen h4's with a HID conversion kit were ALOT brighter than the 182's that have hid's as standard, but behind a projector lens....
but my old car that had normal halogen h4's with a HID conversion kit were ALOT brighter than the 182's that have hid's as standard, but behind a projector lens....
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