[V8] silverstar vs. HID

[Dave Head]

I have Silverstars in the V8 with euros. They are great. I have HIDs in 
the Jetta 04 TDI Varient (no, it don't come that way, and yes, they cost 
a grand). As good as the euros are, they might as well be birthday 
candles in comparison to the HIDs.
Talk to Keith - he recently gained some expertise in the HID conversion 
dep't on a certain V8q, as I recall...

dsaad at icehouse.net wrote:

>I am getting interested in a HID conversion. I might just put in a stock bulb
>for now and then start looking around the junkyards for the HID parts. It sorta
>looks like the bulb bases are the same??
>This could turn into a fun project.
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>Later
>
>Dave
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>Quoting Daniel O'Dell <daniel_o_dell at yahoo.com>:
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>>Well, having both, I'll shed some light:)
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>>In the V8, the silverstars are more than decent, a little more
>>blue/white, and seem to throw more light than the stock setup.  I was
>>using a PIAA "hid style" halogen for about 2 years, before one went, so
>>I replaced with the silverstars. I've been pretty happy, also since my
>>car is canadian spec, the low beams are on all the time anyways. I also
>>upgraded the fog lamps to a higher (60w?) PIAA yellow dichromatic buld,
>>and have been very pleased.
>>
>>However compared to the A6 with its 6000k violet/blueish HID's the
>>silverstars, or any bulb you put in a non-euro v8 look like cr at p.
>>
>>if anybody is wanting to do an HID conversion, I have one ballast left
>>from my motorcycle experiment (HID on a bike is a very, very good thing
>>in Seattle) I obviosly only needed one ballast to do that, but had two
>>lying around...
>>
>>-Dan
>>
>>91 V8QM
>>01 A6 4.2
>>98 Buell Lightning
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>>(the three vehicles discussed above)
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