[s-cars] HID lights group buy - $185/set delivered

[Bruce Mendel]

Well, bi-xenons are a different story. I bought a set of hi/lo H4's and they work well, as they have a movable shield that slides to create a high beam focal point.

Again, though, that works only when you switch to high beam when the low beams are already on. It stinks for flash to pass since the warm up time on HIDs is long enough that whomever you are flashing is gone long before they get bright enough to accomplish anything.

Bruce
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Taka Mizutani 
  To: Bruce Mendel 
  Cc: lee at wheelman.com ; RM ; s-car-list at audifans.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:32 AM
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] HID lights group buy - $185/set delivered


  I actually think the bixenon projectors are quite nice- the Audi ones work very well. I guess all bixenons are not created equal, because the Valeo bixenons in our Volvo are terrible- very slow to switch to high beam, slow to light, totally useless for flash-to-pass. If I had to drive the car all the time, I would invest in euro-spec V70R headlamps to gain the dedicated flash-to-pass halogen high beam, even if I lose the stupid DRL.

  Taka


  On 12/6/05, Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote:
    And by the way, in fogs, I agree with him......that's a very different
    requirement as far as lighting goes.

    I don't like HID high beams or fogs, just low beams.

    B