By Matthew Guy |
Last updated: February 9, 2021
Before jumping into this episode of The Buyerâs Guide, a heavy dose of caution is warranted. Aftermarket HID headlights can improve nighttime vision and allow you to see farther down the road …
if theyâre installed correctly. And, for a lot of people, thatâs a big if.
The headlamp housings in the vast majority of cars, especially ones at the Mr. Noodles end of the price spectrum, simply werenât designed to properly reflect and refract the light produced by HID bulbs. It also doesnât help that most amateur installs tend to end up with one headlight illuminating the Soyuz 2 spacecraft while the other searches for nightcrawlers.