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Old Jul 8, 2003 | 04:49 PM
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Question Anyone done Hi Beam HID's yet ?

I really love the look of the blue HID over yellow foggy's.....although you'll really couldn't use them often, it would be great to have Hi-Beam HID !
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Old Jul 8, 2003 | 08:23 PM
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It wouldnt work that great. They dont make a 9005 rebased HID bulb. Xenon bulbs are not made to flash on and off. So the flash to pass would burn out the bulbs faster.
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Old Jul 8, 2003 | 09:14 PM
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not that i know of, plus it's not a good idea coz' if you look at the high beam on the GS it doesn't have that regflector type thing in front of the bulb. if it's hid, then the glare would be way too much i think
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Old Jul 9, 2003 | 12:46 AM
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it would defeat the purpose of having a high beam. it would take too long to warm up to flash people.
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Old Jul 9, 2003 | 01:04 AM
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Originally posted by Jmai22
it would defeat the purpose of having a high beam. it would take too long to warm up to flash people.
that's a good point too
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Old Jul 9, 2003 | 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by Jmai22
it would defeat the purpose of having a high beam. it would take too long to warm up to flash people.
That's why European cars with bi-Xenon still retain a halogen bulb for flashing and DRL.
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Old Jul 14, 2003 | 12:06 PM
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Originally posted by squarehat
That's why European cars with bi-Xenon still retain a halogen bulb for flashing and DRL.
no one said you couldnt drive with em on behind the person that pissed you off ...

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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 01:32 AM
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FYI. Just tried doing a quick flash in the day time and notice that both the high beam and HID would light up. Not only the high beam.

Chu...
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Old Jul 20, 2003 | 06:34 PM
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maybe a company like Sylvania makes a whiter high beam halogen... Silverstars????

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