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Date:         Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:42:58 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
In-Reply-To:  <1602.192.168.0.115.1193606624.squirrel@hasenwerk.homeip.net>
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>I am considering installing some HID lights in my Westfalia - I am looking >at these ones that you see on eBay and the like that replaces the H4 bulb >with a HID light and the seperate ballast that plugs into the OE >wiring. > >- Has anyone tried these? If so what type of kit >- low beam only, dual bulb HID for high an low, mechanically moving HID >bulb for high and low or the HID-Low / Hallogen Hi hybrid? > >Thanks in advance! > >David Marshall > >http://www.hasenwerk.ca >http://www.fastforward.ca > >Box >4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2

Those are not genuine HID (ie xenon gas-discharge) lights as are supplied OEM in certain models; real HIDs run at something like 200V and have to use separate bulbs and lenses for high & low beams.


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