[Main C900 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Daniel Stern Lighting Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Larry West [Email] (#1140) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Larry West) on Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:48:28 In Reply to: has anyone ever put H.I.D. w. actual ballasts????, paulcampagna [Profile/Gallery] , Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:16:50 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I won't bore you here, but read it on Daniel Stern's page. HID lights cannot be **properly** installed in a lamp that uses any sort of dual-filament bulb. Dual filament bulbs (H4, 9004, etc) switch beams by turning one filament off, and another on. Each filament is at a different focal point for the lens/reflector. A proper arc discharge bulb has a single point light source, and so you would have to choose whether to have it on high beam or low beam.

Properly cared for and aimed E-code lamps will do 99% of what HIDs do for you.

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• This has been covered a million times but.., Austin Underwood, Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:54:47
  • what do you have to do to install the e-codes?, Austin Underwood, Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:48:19
    • Re: what do you have to do to install the e-codes?, Cliff, Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:43:56
      • Wiring e-codes, Larry West , Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:42:16
      • sweet! thats all?, Austin Underwood, Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:03:27
        • Re: sweet! thats all? Make sure...., Cliff, Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:30:29
  • Re: This has been covered a million times but.., caajun, Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:56:53
  • Re: This has been covered a million times but.., rotor, Sun, 3 Feb 2008 01:04:09
  • has anyone ever put H.I.D. w. actual ballasts????, paulcampagna , Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:16:50
    • Re: has anyone ever put H.I.D. w. actual ballasts????, Espejy, Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:22:26
      • Re: has anyone ever put H.I.D. w. actual ballasts????, paulcampagna , Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:36:34
    • Daniel Stern Lighting, Larry West , Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:48:28 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Are you sure you're going the right way? (+), Siegfried, Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:36:45
      • oops, that's for root Austin's post, n/m (-), Siegfried, Sat, 2 Feb 2008 23:20:10
  • I've had success w/ state of 9's super brights, steveintheburgh, Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:40:46
    • you have a link?, Austin Underwood, Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:45:14
      • Hella High Intensity Plus.......link attached, steveintheburgh, Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:54:01

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