[s-cars] Interesting read on HID conversions

[Tom Green]

I agree with most everything Daniel Stern writes about HID.  The near  
road "bloom" from lighting up the road too close to the vehicle can be
distracting at first, but many of us older folks need the light to  
see things even that close.  And, who said illegal?  I understand  
they are not
DOT approved for highway use, but that is different from illegal (a  
little bit ).  DOT approved 200/20v lights are a whole lot more  
dangerous,
and the euro replacement  lacks DOT endorsement as well.  So do the  
euro replacement lens for the s-car lights that fixes that sand-
blasted OEM glass problem.  Just about anything you change on the OEM  
lighting will only meet DOT approval with a $3-500K demonstration
program, so welcome to the outlaw world.

Daniel Stern glosses over the fact that projector lights control the  
HID output pretty well, and put the light on the road where is is  
supposed to
be about as well as any system if the owner adjusts the lights to the  
vehicle manufacturers or Hella specifications.  The only short-coming
I see is not having bi-zenon projectors for the high-beam.

Tom


> Dave Dawson wrote:

> Good info if you read the whole thing... not to mention these kits  
> are illegal.  Question is, why are sales of such illegal kits  
> allowed to continue?
>
> http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/ 
> conversions.html
>
> Dave