im thinking about putting hids in my 2012. just wondering if there is anything i should be worried about

 

What lights are you going to use? You shouldnt put HIDs in stock housing meant for halogen bulbs. HIDs need projectors to do it the correct way.

 

I was planning on just using the stock headlights. Is there anything wrong in doing so? I've done this with both of my past 2 vehicles

 

Main problem is blinding on-coming traffic. Stock housing reflects the hid light everywhere. They are meant for halogen bulbs. You can see fine, but it will blind the crap out of on-coming traffic.

I see it all the time and it is pretty annoying. Think i read sumwhere that its actually against federal law.

Ppl think they can just put HIDs in anything bc a company makes a kit for it.

Im on the job n would luv to write tickets for it, but dont know how well it would hold up in court.

 

this. it looks dumb to people who actually know something about light output, and it blinds everyone.

buy a pair of '13 projector headlights

 

so your basically telling me that its not worth my while to buy a plug and play kit for the stock housing?

 

Yes, correct. I mean people everywhere do it but it just looks so much better/safer in an HID housing

 

It is illegal, blinding for oncoming drivers, and dangerous for yourself with the crappy output. Either look into getting 2013 OEM projectors or retrofit a set of HID projectors into your stock housings.

 

Best bet would b to buy a set 2013 headlights n get an hid kit from theretrofitsource

 

would i still be ok buying a pair of aftermarket projector headlights and then putting a set of hids in?

 

no, they are far less quality. they tend to have poor fitment, and will haze and crack. plus most times they are not truly designed for HIDs.

 

I just did a retro fit with a set of spyder lights with the help of thelariat02.

Spyder lights and retrofit kit from theretrofitsource.com

If you are interested in doing this, PM me and I can give you the rundown.

 

You can retro them like speedstang said, but aftermarket projector headlights are made for halogens.

 

So overall which way is going to be the cheapest?

 

I probably have $500 maybe wrapped up into it. I also did it the correct way. I did not just buy the spyder lights and throw HIDs in the projector that it has. I took the light apart and retro fitted new projectors in there from the retrofitsource.

Sure, you could put HIDs in the projector it comes with and it may work fine for you, but will only be low beam and may not project light as it should. Trust me, I learned alot about HIDs over the past few weeks.