Re: Xenon bulbs / U.S. spec lights

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

>Hi,
>
>Has anyone used the new H4 replacement Xenon bulbs?  My lights are 
>pretty poor.  I haven't got round to bypassing the fusebox,etc, with 
>additional relays, which would make a difference, but I was just 
>wondering what milage there is in upgrading to these bulbs.
>

AFAIK, There is no such thing as Xenon bulbs. The Lincolns and the BMWs 
you see with those pretty blue lights have an *extremely* complicated 
lighting system that uese several thousand volts to ignite a gas. The 
gas gets so hot, It actually gets brighter after about 5 mins of 
driving. To put it in perspective how expensive a HID light system is... 
a set of HID foglights (like the rally cars) costs up toward the 
$1200.00 mark.

Those bulbs that you're calling the Xenon bulbs, are just normal bulbs 
with a bluish covering on them. My friend had a pair in his 16v for 
about 30 mins. before he took them out and gave them away. They do not 
promote better lighting, they actually make it worse. 

Someone had a wonderful link that they submitted a few weeks ago. Read 
that page before you buy....

                       CHRIS CHEMIDLIN

          NEW MUSIC!         http://www.spredhaus.com

          58 Type1 Ragtop, 84 Jetta GLi, 87 Foxwagen
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