Catz hi/low H4 HID conversion

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Hi Folks,

Have you seen this (boy this reads like spam! but it's not.) "dual" H4 HID conversion, particularly from the company called Catz?  It looks like for about $550 you can get an HID conversion, for a set of eurolites, that will give you both a low and a high beam HID in the same location.  These ones move the light source, while others I've seen move the reflector.

I think Catz is a decently reputable name in lighting, isn't it?  At least I've heard of it, unlike many of the HID retrofit kits.

These kits seem better than some that I've seen, in that the bulbs are not tinted, they don't seem to push the higher color temperature (trendy blue/purple/less lumens) stuff, and the H4 bulbs incorporate a metal glare shield.  There is some sort of safety feature that shuts the system down if the bulb is compromised, and protects the ballasts from damage from switching off and immediately on.

My concern with moving the light source around with the incorporated solenoid would be physical stress on the bulb.  But this may not be an issue since there is no element to be damaged.  I'm sure they've done testing as well.

These would be for a car that was already converted to eurolites, since the beam pattern has to be decent before you would want to triple the light output.  I think the sharp H4 cutoff is retained pretty well with these types that incorporate a glare shield.

They seem to be "cheapest" here:
http://www.catzhid.com/hidconkit.html

But there are better pictures here:
http://www.lighting.philips.com/forum/forum_6/messages/38573.shtml

http://www.lighting.philips.com/forum/forum_6/messages/38574.shtml

http://www.autobulbdepot.com/fr_catz_hid.tpl?cart=312686006718664

Anyway, I am aware of glare concerns.  I do think that this retrofit technology is improving, and coupled with the better beam pattern of eurolites, these might be okay.  Ya think?

No relation to any of these vendors, although I wouldn't mind being a dealer of these things.

Later,

Ken