Date:         Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:57:48 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: Xenon Lights? South African grills & H4s
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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Andrew Grebneff wrote:
> Do the complainers even know what they're complaining about? I very
> much doubt it... they'll be unknowingly referring to those
> blue-coated H4 bulbs. Which are getting popular over here with the
> boy-racer morons.

I don't know, personally I find the factory HIDs produce a lot more
glare, or at least more annoying glare, than standard halogens.  They're
brighter, the blue content makes the light scatter more, and studies
have shown that the purplish color affects night vision more than the
more yellow light from ordinary halogens.  (And yes, I can tell the
difference between blue-coated bulbs and HIDs.)

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 VW Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon