i'm thinking about converting my regular halogen headlights to the HID xenon lights.. does anyone know if converting halogen headlights to the HID lights legal? do the cops care?
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your headlight housing is designed for halogen lights and need to be DOT approved. They are only legal if they are OEM. With that said a whole bunch of people have aftermarket HID lights. It works fine on some cars and it looks OEM. No Cops will give you any trouble for it usually. Just make sure the glare isnt too bad and ur not blinding other drivers.
It would be better to change your bulbs to some over driven high performance bulbs unless your car had HID as an option and you can buy the parts. Basically you need new housings to do it right and the total cost is expensive.