HID Question.
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lol it contradics nothing. The big refelector bowl is tranditional halogen low beam. The small, round, smooth reflector bowl is HID high beam.
yeah but u did it to get fed, i on the other hand got no insentive to go outside and into my freezing snow covered car
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RE: HID Question.
ORIGINAL: sixhundredrr
Thanks, but I don't believe you. Why? Because the e46 bi-xenon headlamp only has one xenon ballast.... for the low beam. I've seen enough of them to know.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E...QQcmdZViewItem
That auction should be what yours look like when on low beam. If you notice, the high beam bulb is a standard halogen. How do I know? Because HID bulbs are longer and do not possess that colored end. Bi-xenon does not mean high and low are xenon.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-BM...QQcmdZViewItem
On the above auction, there is only a place for one balast on the bottom of each headlamp. Again, and I can't make this any clearer, it is only a low beam HID light. Your outer bulb is HID but the inner high beam is not.
ORIGINAL: halik008
yeah but u did it to get fed, i on the other hand got no insentive to go outside and into my freezing snow covered car :P
why don't you just google "bi-xenon e46" ? you will get pleanty of hits without me having to go out
ORIGINAL: sixhundredrr
Are you, perhaps, incorrect? I think a picture would prove one of our points.
BTW, I'm not recommending exiting your warm establishment for the brutish cold of Michigan, but I went for some of the best pizza in SW MI an hour ago and took a cold car down some icy roads to get it. Cojones. Comprende?
Are you, perhaps, incorrect? I think a picture would prove one of our points.
BTW, I'm not recommending exiting your warm establishment for the brutish cold of Michigan, but I went for some of the best pizza in SW MI an hour ago and took a cold car down some icy roads to get it. Cojones. Comprende? why don't you just google "bi-xenon e46" ? you will get pleanty of hits without me having to go out
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E...QQcmdZViewItem
That auction should be what yours look like when on low beam. If you notice, the high beam bulb is a standard halogen. How do I know? Because HID bulbs are longer and do not possess that colored end. Bi-xenon does not mean high and low are xenon.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-BM...QQcmdZViewItem
On the above auction, there is only a place for one balast on the bottom of each headlamp. Again, and I can't make this any clearer, it is only a low beam HID light. Your outer bulb is HID but the inner high beam is not.
"Bi-Xenon Headlights refers to HID (High Intensity Discharge) Xenon headlights that offer both low (dipped) and high (main) beam lighting from a dual headlight system (as opposed to a quad headlight system)."
http://wikicars.org/en/Bi-xenon_Headlights
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I was right. There is only a shutter system equipped on Bi-xenon cars that reduces the height of the low beam when only on low beam (the only HID bulb). The high beam is a standard halogen that serves as a supplement. One balast, one HID bulb, and only one ignitor per headlamp. If you look on youtube, you can see a vid of the e46 shutter system in action. You have bi-xenon, but it's only a shield on the low beam to keep it from blinding other drivers. On high beam, the entire lamp is exposed along with the supplemental halogen.
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RE: HID Question.
ORIGINAL: sixhundredrr
I was right. There is only a shutter system equipped on Bi-xenon cars that reduces the height of the low beam when only on low beam (the only HID bulb). The high beam is a standard halogen that serves as a supplement. One balast, one HID bulb, and only one ignitor per headlamp. If you look on youtube, you can see a vid of the e46 shutter system in action. You have bi-xenon, but it's only a shield on the low beam to keep it from blinding other drivers. On high beam, the entire lamp is exposed along with the supplemental halogen.
I was right. There is only a shutter system equipped on Bi-xenon cars that reduces the height of the low beam when only on low beam (the only HID bulb). The high beam is a standard halogen that serves as a supplement. One balast, one HID bulb, and only one ignitor per headlamp. If you look on youtube, you can see a vid of the e46 shutter system in action. You have bi-xenon, but it's only a shield on the low beam to keep it from blinding other drivers. On high beam, the entire lamp is exposed along with the supplemental halogen.
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Technically, we're both correct. If you read down on the page, an M3 owner comes on.
Technically, we're both correct. If you read down on the page, an M3 owner comes on.
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RE: HID Question.
ORIGINAL: halik008
hahha BS! al OEM HID headlights are designed w/ projectors.
hahha BS! al OEM HID headlights are designed w/ projectors.
AS far as HID's on a bike.After reaiming mine ,i dont get flashed ,they dont have anymore "glare" after reaiming than any hid car on the road..Period. Ive been "blinded" by a factory hid cars(mainly because they careless where the lights are aimed).
Ive tried the sliverstars,piaa and stock.Nothing compairs to the light on the road like HID's.If you ride at night ,hids all the way.If you MIGHT ride at night, any bulb will be good for you.
4 fellow riders at work were HID glare BLAhBLAh BLAh..Funny after seeing my lights and how great they worked..ALL of them bought kits..
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RE: HID Question.
ORIGINAL: sixhundredrr
http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothr...ostid=43618364
Technically, we're both correct. If you read down on the page, an M3 owner comes on.
http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothr...ostid=43618364
Technically, we're both correct. If you read down on the page, an M3 owner comes on.
when i turn on my high beams my halogens never turn on.Furthermore it's the shutter in the projector that causes the "cut off" on HID, thus like i said if you put HID in regular halogen bowls it's like running your light lights on constant HIGH beam which blinds other drives and will fetch ya a tic.
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RE: HID Question.
I haven't gotten a ticket or pulled over for my HIDs, or yet anyway lol... The low beam housing keeps it down pretty good, although high beam is pretty much all over the place haha.
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ORIGINAL: halik008
thus like i said if you put HID in regular halogen bowls it's like running your light lights on constant HIGH beam which blinds other drives and will fetch ya a tic.
thus like i said if you put HID in regular halogen bowls it's like running your light lights on constant HIGH beam which blinds other drives and will fetch ya a tic.