Automotive HID color questions

for an HID light source. Period. They are available for the MDX, as HID headlamps became an option a couple years ago. So, either head to your dealer or hit www.car-part.com (searchable used parts) and pick up the assemblies. length for proper focusing" is not a "get out of jail free" card. It doesn`t change the fact that the optics of a headlamp are designed for ONE light source. A halogen *OR* an arc discharge source. It doesn`t matter that the wrong light source is in the right place -- it`s still wrong. The MDX halogen headlamps produce extremely high levels of glare even with just the normal halogen bulbs -- you propose to triple it. (nominal). Modifications from this give much less light. Example: Philips and Osram both sell a 6000K burner. Its output is nearly 1000 lumens less than that of their 4100K burner.
There are many unsafe, illegal and noncompliant products on the market, mainly consisting of an HID ballast and bulb for "retrofitting" into a halogen headlamp. Halogen headlamps and HID headlamps require very different optics to produce a safe and effective -- not to mention legal

Actually, the MDX is not nor has ever been available with HID lighting as a factory option.
I am going to install HIDs; I am seeking the best matched lamps for the vehicle.

sure you`ll find no shortage of people happy to take your money in exchange for what they assure you is a "beam pattern corrected" kit, and I`m equally sure you`ll take a look at the results, which I`d lay money you`re thoroughly unequipped and unqualified to judge, and declare them a tremendous success because you have a snotload of purplish-white light coming out the front of your SUV. You won`t be any safer, and you`ll be endangering every other road user you encounter, but the hell with them -- right?

In a perfect word, there would not be a need for upgraded headlamps. In a perfect world, the factory lamps would provide proper illumination and come with HID from the factory. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world.
I am currently running HIDs in my daily driver, a piece of Ford F250. I am using the APC aftermarket headlamps, which have a much better output than the stock crap Ford installs and calls headlights. I was merely seeing if you had a real world solution for the MDX. I guess not.
The HIDs in my F250 are a quantum leap over the factory lighting in any and all circumstances, despite yor claims otherwise. Now I can see where I am going at night.
If I need my high beams, I kick on my aircraft landing lights (3 250 watt GE #4522 sealed beams in KC housings!)
I find that with the HIDs, I rarely need my high beams anymore.
Anyways, thanks for nothing, Daniel.

this is why i love having an old vehicle which has sealed beams because they make HID replacement kits that are 100% legal

statements? It`s perfectly possible to provide "proper illumination" with halogen lamps, nor does HID technology guarantee it.
Why not get ECE-code (European) lights for your truck? If it is sold in Europe, such lamps exist, and offer both better beam control and better illumination. <snip>

"HID bulbs". Anything you do might *look* better but perform worse, never mind causing significant glare for other drivers due to the headlamp design differences.
Have you looked into E-code halogen lamps?