Are the halogen and xenon housings different?

[MikeisSUPERBAD]

thats unusual.. normally the housing for the HID's is made slightly different in the reflecting area to make up for the difference in position of where the arc sits as compared to where the filament of an incandescent is at. Maybe there is an extra spacer or something on the HID's so they can use the same housing? Thats what normally causes glare with PnP kits, the housing isnt designed for the slightly farther out source of light from the xenon arc

i hate to burst ya bubble.. but you need to fix your sig... you spelled "realization" wrong

or did u mean to do that?

sorry ... i dont normally correct spelling but since its in your sig i just want it to be the best representation of a fellow ac owner lol

[121traffic]

i wanted to know if i could take the components out of a non-hid headlight assembly and put in the hid components, ballast and all. Then have everything go back on to the car and work.

Again, I can't say with certainty that the OEM xenons won't mount straight into the halogen housings, but I am 99% sure that it wouldn't fit right.

And in addition, the OEM xenon bulb is shrouded on at least one side. The halogen reflectors are made for a non-shrouded, 360 degree emittance bulb, which the OEM xenon is NOT. Even if you were to mount the bulb/ballast/etc into the halogen housing, the shrouded bulb would produce a very irregular beam pattern.