Xenon headlights ($470 for a pair..make your own)

[The Quattro King]

Really?  Had not heard of them.  I will have to check them out.


Thanx,

Shayne P.



1972 MB 280 SEL
1984 4ksq
1987 4ks
1991 v8q5
1991 200q Sedan
1992 S4

Parting:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5

> From: larry leung <l.leung at juno.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
> To: The Quattro King <quattroking at hotmail.com>, Muhammad Sohaib Bukhari
> <xsohaib at hotmail.com>, Cynic5KS at aol.com
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Xenon headlights ($470 for a pair..make your own)
> 
> Xenon charging of incandencent bulbs is the latest in bulb technology. It is
> NOT the same as Xenon Ion discharge lamps like the ones in high line cars. It
> IS better than the halogen lamps, as the gas tends to change the color of the
> light so that it is CLOSER to being white, which works better for our eyes, so
> the end result is it has the same effective reflective range  as a higher
> wattage halogen. Hence a 45W Xenon bulb is about as effecive as a 55W Halogen.
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> ------Original Message------
> From: The Quattro King <quattroking at hotmail.com>
> To: Muhammad Sohaib Bukhari <xsohaib at hotmail.com>, Cynic5KS at aol.com
> Sent: September 15, 2000 10:21:40 AM GMT
> Subject: Re: Xenon headlights ($470 for a pair..make your own)
> 
> 
> I bought Xenon bulbs years and years ago for about 15.00 each.  The DO NOT
> look like Xenon at all.  Also brought some back from India where they go for
> about 2.00 each.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Shayne P.
> 
> 
> 
> 1972 MB 280 SEL
> 1984 4ksq
> 1987 4ks
> 1991 v8q5
> 1991 200q Sedan
> 1992 S4
> 
> Parting:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5
> 
>> From: "Muhammad Sohaib Bukhari" <xsohaib at hotmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:10:48 AKDT
>> To: Cynic5KS at aol.com
>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>> Subject: Re: Xenon headlights ($470 for a pair..make your own)
>> 
>> Hella has started to sell (for $89??) bulbs that use the actual xenon gas!
>> This gives you the same color as the xenon headlamps. Add to that a $279.95
>> HID kit (www.fet-usa.com) to boost the performance output of the bulbs and
>> you have your self anexcellent xenon headlamp replica.
>> 
>> Muhammad Sohaib Bukhari
>> 84 4ksq
>> 
>> 
>>> There is another option...
>>> 
>>> Sylvania sells a "Cool Blue" lamp that appears to be Xenon/Halogen mix.  I
>>> just purchased one for my car (not going to replace the other until the
>>> headlamp gets fixed from my "mishap")...
>>> 
>>> In the side by side comparison, it does appear brighter, however they are
>>> the
>>> same wattage rating, so I don't see how it is possible.  What I think is
>>> happening is that there is a broader range of wavelengths in the blue end
>>> of
>>> the spectrum that makes the light more white...
>>> 
>>> Arden
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