[s-cars] HID Headlight Bulb Source

[Abe Berman]

John,

Not actually my question, sorry if I wasn't clear.  I just find it hard to
believe that single-packaged bulbs selling at this price point coming off
the shelf at a dealer, world-pac vendor or ebay lighting seller are going to
be individually tested and matched.  If they are truly matched and packaged
as a set from the factory, then I am mistaken.

I am pretty sure a gross mismatch would drive me nuts too.  That said, I
took a calculated (read: $20) risk that they would be close enough to
satisfy my desires.  When looking at the options out there for bulbs, the
prices that I was seeing for pairs that felt confident were quality items
from reputable sellers were considerably more than $40.  If I didn't look
hard enough, shame on me.

Thanks,

Abe

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:46 PM, John Cunningham <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:

> Yes some variability is within part numbers and color sorting happens after
> mfg.
>
> Your question makes no sense aka "if they dont all match why would you
> bother to buy ones that have been matched?" Well, because theyve been
> matched thats why.
>
> That said, matching might not bother you, in which case no problem... other
> people it drives nuts...
>
> Prob would bug me over the long term although a few weeks of stopgap
> mismatch would be OK.
>
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> On Jan 11, 2011, at 11:35, yellowcuda at gmail.com wrote:
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> Tom
>
> I understand your point, but in this case it is the same brand and model
> number bulb. Why would the light output and color be so dramatically
> different? And, if there is that much variability in bulb lots who is to say
> the pair that you would buy would be a "matched set"? Just my $0.02.
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