[s-cars] Can you say "procrastinate"?

[Robert Myers]

Bob

I've been driving with these HID retrofit capsules for over a year 
now.  Very seldom is there a complaint from oncoming traffic.  The top beam 
cut-off is very sharp.  US pattern (flat w/ sharp step high on right side 
low on left side) rather than Euro pattern (flat on left and sloping upward 
on right).  Things seem to be acceptable to others.  Now ask me if they 
flash me with my high beams on.  No, they don't because I always dim the 
lights when approaching traffic is spotted.  If I didn't do that I'd be 
flashed for sure.  Remember, I'm WAY out in the boonies - the southern 
mountains of dear old West-by-God-Virginie, and there is little traffic and 
virtually zero street lighting of any kind beyond that provided by my 
headlights or the occasional other car.  My high beams are turned on much 
if not most of the time while driving at night.

boB (To distinguish me from all the other Bobs I spell mine backwards.  ;-) )


At 09:29 AM 9/12/2007 -0400, Robert Rossato wrote:

>The main issue with the HIDs is from a factor of glare.  And I don't
>think it matters whether you put in OE HID projectors or just the HID
>bulbs, except that the HID capsule retrofits may exacerbate that more.
>The HID lenses have much less fluting in front of the projector in order
>to reduce the glare.  I don't imagine you'll see much of a light output
>difference between the two lenses, but the oncoming traffic might.  How
>bad is it? I don't know.  But as long as you don't have folks constantly
>flashing the high beams at you, you should be fine.
>
>Bob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> > [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Robert Myers
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:19 PM
> > To: lee at wheelman.com; stott at gwi.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Can you say "procrastinate"?
> >
> >
> >
> > Lee,  You are making an assumption that I upgraded to HID
> > projectors.  The
> > upgrade was just to install HID capsules into the standard
> > projectors not
> > to go on to the preferred but more ex$pen$ive solution.  Now,
> > if you have a
> > good line on a nice set of HID projectors for cheap...  ;-)
> >
> >
> > At 12:53 PM 9/11/2007 -0700, Lee Levitt wrote:
> >
> > >Yes, they are more expensive...about $250 for a pair rather than
> > >$100, IIRC, but that's not 5X.
> > >
> > >If you're going to go through all the trouble of installing HID
> > >projectors, and then upgrade the lenses, you might as well spend
> > >the extra bux and do it right...
> > >
> > >This of course is why I want to run 996tt calipers on my 3200 lb
> > >A4 rather than Boxster calipers :)
> > >
> > >Lee
>
>
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