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 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| If you had H$ bulbs in your car you could buy an HID kit to fit in the headlamp housing (H4 housing) but you would loose your High beam. I have seen the same kits but they have a soleniod cover which lifts when high beam is engaged. Anyone have any idea how it works? Any experiences? |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| come on guys, some one must know something. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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On the H4, I believe the top section of the reflector provides the low beam and the lower part the high beam. So a HID bulb in a H4 application has a shield underneath the capsule to prevent light from hitting the lower portion of the reflector, hence you only have low beam. New bi-xenon (HI/LOW) H4 kits have a solenoid that moves the shield from underneath the HID bulb allowing light to hit the lower section of the reflector and you have high beams. I don't know from experience how effective this is but considering HID bulbs throw unusable light downwards, I doubt the high beam pattern will be as good as the low beam.
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