Have someone drive towards you in a car and see if you blind them. I'm curious because not only do I despise HID conversions, I'm also not a fan of OEM HID's.
OEM HID's and a proper HID retrofit (like Redovals) is a spectacular improvement over any other automotive light set up. You're really missing out. I know this is going to come across rather condescending, but it's not how I intend it... I just can't find a smoother way to word it. You must not have ever experienced a proper projector HID.
A proper HID set up has such a beautiful cut off line. It directs ALL of the usable light down towards the ground and NONE is shining up into the eyes or mirrors of other drivers on the road. Most factory and aftermarket HID's have 35W bulbs.... with that 35W of light output, you get to use the entire 35W to see the road and ditches ahead of you.
A regular OEM halogen style bulb is typical 55W... (20W MORE than an HID) a LOT of light is scattered upwards due to the lens design and doesn't help you at all. This means more glare and light shining onto oncoming traffic and less usable light hitting the road where you need it.
Halogens use more energy, have a much worse light dispersion and have more glare in the eyes of other drivers than a projector HID. There's no way around it.
When people swap an HID bulb into a halogen housing WITHOUT using a projector, it also creates a lot of glare on other drivers and is generally considered a step in the wrong direction. A proper HID consists of the bulb and a projector to control the light cut off.
