Got this from another forum I administer:

So does anyone think companies like http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/ will start blowing out their inventory at lower prices?

I know of one company that deals in CATZ HID conversions that is.

 

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd...2003/Perel.pdf

 

My hunch is 'no'. They won't blow out their inventory as I'm sure that there is an active lobby on behalf of all the HID lighting manufacturers in DC.

On the flip side of that coin, with the much anticipated release of the 2004 with a new headlight config, I would expect to see direct replacement units, like the Sylvania Xenarcs, to drop in price as they will be 'late model' replacement equipment.

Further, with respect to the Xenarc system. It meets and/or exceeds the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 108 and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Specification J2009 for Discharge Forward Lighting Systems. The FMVSS is mandated by DOT.

RP

 

so does this mean if i go out and spend $500 on the xenarcs, that i will get pulled over, ticketed, and have to take them out eventually??? i dont get what's being stated.

Joe

 

Hey Clemho... please cite your source concerning your earlier post.

From all I can tell after some extensive research, the US DOT is simply looking into revising 49 CFR Part 571 which governs forward mounted headlights, specifically, FMVSS 108.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/rulings/glare.html

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...complaints.htm

First of all, no laws have been passed that I have located however; there is extensive discussion about the safety issues associated with HID because of over 1800 complaints formally filed with US DOT (NHTSA).

If legislation passes and/or is imposed, there will be a tremendous backlash as I'm sure a good majority of the 'people of power' in this country drive HID equipped vehicles. I wouldn't expect that the USGOV would make current users of HID change to non-HID lighting sources however; if such an occurance were to happen, I suspect that enforcement would be next to nil and that the legislation would be non-applicable to vehicles already equipped with HID.

RP

*edit on spelling*

 

I doubt yall have to much to worry about Hid's getting banned. Like it or not hid is here to stay. People just need something to complain about and are jelous because they don't have hid.

 

Hey RP as I said I got the info from a post in another forum I am a member of.

The thread can be viewed here:

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthr...threadid=99935

 

wow, a triple post!

 

Yessir... it sure was.

 

RP,
After your install, did you have the HID's aimed?
Where Ford dealership or a collision shop....
Just finished with grill and HID mods and want to finish it up.

Regards,
Frank
P.S. The shirts are great, even the wife likes her's.

 

And that is no easy task, it takes sperience...

 

I actually did the aiming on my own. I purchased a headlight adjustment tool off of ebay and lined them up by parking approximately 20' from a garage door and aiming them. Very simple to do yourself.

RP

 

That is true it is very easy to do yourself as far as aiming. I use to aim my lights in other cars, you can put some marks on a wall with tape, pull back a specified distance and then aim them.

 

I couldn't find any articles on the NHTSA website supporting the vendor's (from E46) claim that NHTSA had banned HID kits....anyone else? Sounds like a clever sales tactic to me.

 

Steve, I was able to find where the NHTSA had opened a case for comments however; nothing had been solidified as far as the next step.

In the article (which I can't find right now) it mentioned that the NHTSA had recieved numerous complaints from people complaining of temporary blindness while passing a HID equipped vehicle going the other way. Thus, because of the numerous complaints, they were looking into ways to curtail the events.

RP