Chris, Atwell, Also blue coated lights are illegal in some places. I don't
think they are real HID either, as like you said their is no transformer. Also
consider if your wiring harness will take the current. If you do put in this,
best bet is to use separate power lines from the battery using a relay switched
with the old wiring. Save meltdown on a wet dark night in the middle of
no-where!
It sounds a bit like what some of the vendors sell to convert from the old
sealed beam units to the European/modern style with separate lamps and
reflectors but with a higher output lamp.
Alan
Original Message:
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From: Atwell Haines karbuff@optonline.net
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:12:13 -0500
To: destaff@yahoo.com, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: HID lights, are these for real?
At 12:33 PM 3/20/2001 -0800, Chris DeStaffany wrote:
>This guy on Ebay has lights that he claims are;
>
>"This set is complete it includes: 2 Sealed beam 6024
>conversion housings, 2 rubber covers (keep housings
>dry), 2 65/55 Standard Wattage Xenon H4 bulbs with and
>output of 90/100W." for $39.95.
>
>The cheapest that I have seen is around $500 and they
>go for as much as $2000. There is no mention of any
>transformer and the wattage seems high for HID. He
>also claims that they are both 65 watts and 90 watts
>and that's a little strange. But, he has tons of good
>feedback. Maybe there not real HID's but might be a
>good deal anyway? Any body out there got an opinion?
I do. :)
Oh, you wanted to hear it? %-0
I'm sure those are not really HID lights. Jeez, the transformers alone
would cost more than $40.
Don't buy those blue-coated bulbs either. Blue is a difficult part of the
spectrum for human eyes to see. White is better.
JMHO
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire - with US Spec, non-halogen headlights (almost as dim as the
dash lights)
'88 Lotus - with US Spec quad sealed beam halogens
'99 Acura TL - with true HID blue-white low beams/QI high beams
Succasunna, NJ USA
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