whats a good brand?

 

Im just going to be putting them in my hellas. They shouldnt flicker in those.

 

HID's by Twiggy! He is on DT and has an awesome product!

 

I bought mine from Chad @ http://www.unique-coatings.com and have not had any issues. There are so much better then the halogens.

 

thats where im getting my angel eyes installed but damn..$350 for the kit including install

 

XENONS are NOT HID! 2 diff bulbs. Xenon is a halogen bulb with xenon gases in them. It's like putting Silverstars in your truck. USELESS!!!


HID is High Intensity Discharge. I dunno why people get them confused with Xenon bulbs??

If you want HIZ you need a complete kit and make sure they will fit in your aftermarker headlight housings.

Also, HID's in factory housings= Douschebag blinding everyone else. HID's need to be in Projector houdings or projector assemblies only. Otherwise you'll be a jerk blinding everyone out on the road.

 

Heres a question for you. Since HIDs dont have an element or filament but are filled with gas that is arc'ed by high voltage, what gas is in them?

Here a peice from www.howstuffworks.com


Most cars currently use halogen bulbs in their headlights. The new blue-ish headlights are using a different technology called High Intensity Discharge (HID). We normally see HID lamps in the form of mercury vapor and sodium vapor lights used as street lamps and as outdoor lighting for stadiums. These lamps are popular because they are efficient. In the case of sodium vapor, they are twice as efficient as normal fluorescent bulbs.

Mercury and sodium vapor lamps produce light using a technique similar to that used in fluorescent lamps. In fluorescent lamps a low-pressure mercury vapor produces lots of ultraviolet light that excites a phosphor coating the tube. In the case of mercury vapor lamps, it is a high-pressure gas, the distance between the electrodes is very short and the light is produced directly without the need for the phosphor.
In the case of HID headlights, the same high-pressure technology is used. The lamp is similar to a mercury vapor lamp. However, designers of the headlights had to solve one problem with normal mercury vapor lamps -- the fact that they have long start-up times. Xenon helps solve the start-up problem, as does a special controller. All of these tricks mean that these headlights are expensive now, but mass production should bring the cost down eventually.

 

Thats what I was looking for, right there. Good to have you back dirty. So, I wont see a difference from the stock bulbs that come out the Hellas? So justifying $12.99 at autozone for a set of Xenon bulbs would be pointless?