So this ballast is way better then the ones on ebay in simple terms lol and how about cadillac ballast?
newman
February 1, 2006, 9:44pm
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Violator:
Because those are Gen 3 Hella Ballasts not some taiwanese made junk.
Just some info for people who dont know better:
No manufacturer makes a HID bulb that burns hotter then 6000K. Phillips Ultinon is the only 6000K bulb made. Any higher advertised temperatures use a shit bulb or the glass is painted. Either way you are getting a shitty product.
No OEM HID equipped vehicles come with bulbs that burn hotter then 4100K. Anyone that tells you otherwise is a idiot. Light from BMW or Audi HID’s may look blue at certain angles because of a prisim effect created by the outer edge of the glass projector lens. The light is NOT blue. It is 4100K white. … at ALL times. Blue tinted bulbs put out less light then white ones… they also look really cheap on cars and its obvious the lighting was a hack job.
The only OEM manufacturers of HID bubs are Osram, Phillips and GE.
No OEM manufacturer makes rebased HID bulbs such as H7.
HID bulbs have a different focal point then halogen bulbs and the light emitted is no where close to even like the 360 degree spread you get from a halogen. That is the reason fot the notches in the base. They need to go in a certain position.
Stuffing a rebased HID bulb in a OEM reflector housing is a shit idea because the reflector pattern was NOT DESIGNED for that bulb. You will get a ton of glare, hotspots, and a irregular beam. The light from HID bulbs also looks like shit in reflector housings and blind people looking at it.
You may be able to get away with it in a halogen projector housing. Those projectors have cutoff shields and control the light MUCH better then a refector based headlight.
the beam pattern on the elise is very close to stock… I have the philips 6000K bulbs in mine and they seem to work well. However, in the high beams i am stuffing som mad ricerish bulbs that are stricly for aesthetics, because my lows are so bright and i rarely use my highs, even with shitty lights…
i drew a picture let me know if im right or not.
Hello? I’m still interested
