At 09:48 AM 12/22/2000, Carolyn Kitzmann wrote: >Also, most, if not all, of these bulbs are made to look like HID bulbs and >really are halogen bulbs with a blue filter coating on them.
All. You're going to drop a grand or better for a real HID system -- I think $2500 is the option price on the BMWs. As of 2-3 years ago, anyway. The thing is a closer relative to a neon sign than to a regular filament lamp, and it runs on a couple thousand volts. david
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