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1) I would never buy a retrofit kit for a car that had HID available OEM. One should use the proper OEM parts. "Beam pattern corrected" is a load of garbage, because the bulb puts out a different number of lumens from the original bulb, thus rendering the reflector design completely incorrect. The reflector is designed to put the correct number of lumens in a proper pattern based on how many lumens of output the bulb makes. Since the HID bulb puts out a much higher amount, the reflector is not designed to work with this amount. The amount of light output directed upwards can therefore be much higher, and cause glare to oncoming traffic. Not a good situation.

2) If #1 were not true, then that means I would be trying to save money. If that's true, then I certainly wouldn't spend $420 on a retrofit kit because they can be had for MUCH LESS. But since #1 is true, #2 is moot.

-s-