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they exploded.....literally :|
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they exploded.....literally :|
Did you touch the glass?...
how long were they good for?
nope, i wore gloves and i only made contact with the plug itself. they lasted about an hour before killing over. and now im trying to see if i can get a refund/exchange.
btw will these fit??
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... :IT&ih=017
dont we have like 9003 style bulbs?
If the wiring harness doesn't fry, they will work.Quote:
Originally Posted by melficersx
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Originally Posted by melficersx
My cousin had these in his subaru, and looked great.
any bulb that is a 9003 or H4 will fit in the aveo.
very cool. i thought it was something like that number. i replaced my stock headlights with the sylvania ultra white bulbs.
i know about the size- 9003/h4 i meant wattage standards. will it work or just kill my housing, harness, anything?
it would be a good idea to upgrade the harness, to be on the safe side, this is what im using with the bulbs i have:
http://www.automotivelightingusa.com/in ... ts_id=1248
hey MKT forgive me for being ignorant, but what do those harnasses do? i'm not much on electrical wiring.
the harness has thicker gauged wire, and having a larger guaged wire helps the electricity flow through better, and lessens the chance for the wires to fry if the load is too much for the stock wires to handle, also if u use a high wattage bulb without upgrading to the other harness u may shorten the life of the bulbs.
thank you very much mkt. will purchace!!
and im also cheery cuz the company said they'd send me replacements.
WHAT THE ****!?
a second bulb exploded on me. OMFG! :x :x :x :x
i upgraded the harness AND even got a low wattage bulbs this time: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0277535987
im getting frustrated with this crap! my next pair better not go. :shock:
u gotta be doin sumtin, u sure ur not accidentally touchin the bulbs somehow? is it the same side as the last time the bulb exploded?
yeah it is the same side. i have no idea what im doing, whatever it is though its wrong.
ALRIGHT ANY ONE WHO WANTS LONG LASTING HID BULBS??? THEY ARE ABOUT 30 BUCKS AND I HAVE HAD MINE FOR 3 YEARS NOW AND THEY STILL GLOW DARK BLUE. AND BRIGHT TOO. THEY HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THEM AND ALL IN ALL GREAT PRODUCT AND IT LASTS.
CALL: 877-764-3876
Dude, did you read the ebay ad? It is all broken english. this is offshore crap, that is why they keep exploding. Junk, plain and simple.
exactly. You keep buying crap and they keep breaking. Plus at that temperature, you are actually getting less usable light out of the bulbs.
is there anymade here in the usa thats anygood that could be used?
sylvania bulbs are good. If you want the best possible light output, look for a color temp close to 4300K. The ricey blue and purple bulbs light up less of the road.
im thinking bout just going with hid and risk getting pulled over.
i often wonder how many policemen spend their days saying "hey, lets pull over that guy. he looks like he upgraded his headlights" maybe i'm wrong, but if i see a newer car i dont give a second thought to its headlights. i notice the entire vehicle.
ive run hids in my halogen bowls for almost a year with no problems. one night i got pulled over going from chicago to milwaukee by the WI state patrol (lovely bunch of folk they are). i was doing the speed limit when i passed by him as he was parked by the side of the road so i really had no idea why he pulled me over at the time. long story short he pulled me over for "amplified exhaust." I truly think he was more bored than anything because we started talkin and jokin about the cubs and the tornados that had passed thru chicago earlier that night. anyways, before we started bs'in he proceded to check over my entire car, askin me to pump the brakes, turn on my signals, and then he wanted me to turn on my headlights. after he looked at them for a minute he came back to the passengers side and proceded to ask me about my various in car gizmos like my guages and my neo and auto xray. point is, most cops cant really tell the difference so much or have the tools to even try and check ur headlights. unless they truly know what they are lookin for, they wont be able to prove you are running hids.
*i understand im an asshole for runnin hids, hence why i aimed the bowls downward some and have the lids goin a bit steeper thru the lens. i try to cut down the glare for everyone. i think it works as i dont get flashed anymore.*
oh yeh, he let me off with a warning. he was the coolest state trooper i have ever run into. and i have had my fair share of dealings with them.
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Originally Posted by NYChevoo
chevoo, you havent driven with me then. ciz down where i travel: waukegan, zion>IL and pleasant prairie, kenosha>WI the cops are more than bored and have more than enough time to just flash me to the side of the street. i was pulled over 6 times since i got my veo. and only 1 of those times time was it actually needed.
point being, eh, **** it! let me buy HID. can someone help me out? i kinds dont want to buy BULL**** and have them explode or die after a rain storm.
you dont want to buy bukk**** but you want hids? :cry:
i'm just amazed that there is a possibilty of getting pulled over because we want to "improve" our night vision. seems more like a safety upgrade. here in ny they like to focus on tinted windows.
hids in a halogen bowl actually hurt ur vision.
now see, theres something i didnt know!!
damn mike, are you a teacher? i swear, every week you come up with these lessons. thnx for the pm btw. im checking it out now
not a teacher, just a security guard. hope it gets ya started in the direction you want to go.
well i'm vp of operations for a large bus company and i dont know sh*t. mike is a wealth of untapped knowledge and has steered me in the right direction on many a question, not to mention all the other guys and girls on this forum that are very helpful.
Fact. I had a huge post on here quite some time ago showing the difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikedudley17
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Originally Posted by NYChevoo
i dont do anything, i just repost what i have already learned on this forum and has long since been buried.
I am probably late to the party on this, but here are some highlights about HID.
MISCONCEPTIONS
There are many companies and private merchants out there that will advertise 7000K, 8000K, and even 12000K HID kits. Most of these vendors lurk around on ebay, online car forums, websites, and ricer accessory shops. 100% of the people that buy these kits do so because they are uninformed, uneducated, or misguided in the field of lighting, and will buy these junk kits thinking three things: that these bulbs are brighter, that these bulbs should cost more money, and/or that they will perform better. All three statements are completely false. Perhaps this misconception and frenzy for purple lights originates from BMW and Audi's infamous Hella projector HIDs.
So allow me to explain the real truth of the matter... Philips is the number one manufacturer of HID bulbs. The Philips OEM D2S bulb is rated at 4100K at 12.8 volts and produces 3200 lumens of light. The Philips Ultinon D2S is 5800K at 12.8 volts and produces 2400 lumens of light. As you can see, with all other factors remaining constant, the brightness of an HID bulb declines the higher up the color index you go. Vision, a Korean bulb manufacturer, makes an 8000K bulb, which they used to advertise on Acura-Forums as 2000 lumens bright. This is barely a marked improvement over halogens, and will produce more glare and eye fatigue than it is beneficial. 4100K has been proven through tireless independent research by the Germans, Japanese, and Americans to be the most functional, truest white and thus the brightest possible color temperature (ceteris paribus).
Every car manufacturer in the world (including BMW and Audi) uses none other than a standard 4100K gas-discharge bulb. No exceptions. The reason being is that 4100K is daylight white in color and produces the same color visible light as direct sunlight. This is least fatiguing functional color on the eyes and produces the most comfortable contrast on the road.
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So the million dollar question is now: Why do BMW & Audi lights appear blue when they use a white bulb?
Well, this coloration is the result of the light projectors; the lenses: it's transparency, it's curvature, the tiny grooves etched into it; the projector assembly, the shield, and the reflector bowl. All these components work together to produce a signature of light unique to that particular optic's design. On the Audi and BMW projectors, the lens curvature at the edge bends the white light producing a "prism effect". White light is broken down to it's fundemental colors. Since blue lights is high energy, it is absorbed last and thus travels farther. So with this prism effect, you'll notice that BMW HIDs are only purple and blue from the sides, the top, and the bottom edges, but are always daylight white on the road and in the beam pattern. This phenomenon can be demonstrated when you watch an oncoming BMW hit a pot hole or speed bump in the road and the car's nose pitches up and down. The headlights will flicker and "throw colors off", but returns to a solid white beam pattern directly on the road.
Trying to emulate this color-flickering effect with a solid-state blue or purple bulb is only detrimental to lighting performance, it doesn't fool anyone, but most importantly it endangers other motorists around you. Blue light has what we call a very high diffuse density, which causes it to radiate outwards as opposed to forwards. What results is a wide glow of light outside the beam pattern that is blinding to motorists you share the road with. A blue HID bulb will produce color bleed around the headlight, around the objects it lights up, outside of the beam pattern, and around the cut off line. This is effect is known as "glare", and these illegal and improperly installed HID kits are the reason why HIDs get a bad wrap. As common evidence of glare, observe a traffic light at night in a dimly lit area. There is red light and green light. Red is opposite blue and green is next to blue, thus we can substitute green for blue. If you observe the aura, or glow, of light around a red light and compare it to that of a green light, you'll notice that the green light produces much more glare than red. Blue is even worse. Purple, the worst.
hmm well i ordered a set of 8000k from germany, they were said to be white. so when i get hem i will figure it out anyway. but point is the number is wrong and my color will be right (hopefully).
on a second note. i have silvania silverstar lights in my housings and they have yet to explode. as was said before what i had before was just poorly made ****.
8000k is closer to a bluish purple