Re: HIDs

["Daniel Hussey" <dan_hussey@email.msn.com>]

>> ONE THING I HATE!!!!  Those idiot people who buy those "blue colored"
lights
>> for about $4 and put them in thier piece of crap cars to make them look
like
>> they are HID's.  Doesn't fool anyone for a minute.  Those things are so
>> rediculously dim and unsafe....HID's are very bright.  Big difference.
The
>> ...
>
>Ahem. Well, recently I picked up one of those "blue colored" lights for
>$20 at Target. It is packaged by GE, but I wasn't suprised when the bulb
>themsevles are made in Korea (I think the mail-order "Competition Limited"
>or something also sells Korean-made high-wattage bulbs).
>
>Anyway, I guess like all other tungsten-halogen "blue" bulbs, it's the
>glass itself that is colored blue -- not the tungsten's emission. Anyway,
>I replaced one side with this GE blue bulb, with the other side remaining
>with Wagner "whiter white" bulb. (Note: the Wagners are definitely NOT
>worth the money. If you wanna buy Wagner, either buy real blues or
>long-life regular halogens for that amount of $$$.)


Right!  That's why they suck.  The glass is just blue around a regular bulb,
hence why it looks a little yellowish at the light source.  I don't have a
clue what your talking about though....  They definately emit a BLUE light,
and it REDUCES visibility!  My friend put them in his Accord and they were
HORRIBLE!  BTW, I put in a set of Xenon bulbs (no-not the fancy gas
discharge ones), but they are about $3-4 and are a much purer white that
normal halogens.  Cheap and a nice improvement.....  well, untill the euros
and Hella Rallye 3000's go in!


Later,
Dan