Weather Spotter -
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Originally Posted by Weather Spotter
I would go with the HIDs, I did in my car and have liked the brighter light. as for blinding other drivers, I have watched as others drive my car, not an issue but I did leave the reflector cap in so that there is no direct light.
it will depend on your car where or not it blinds others but for $50 I would check it out. if they do blind others you could go with projectors but they will run you $200+.
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Thanks. I will do more research. There are aftermarket HID headlight projector housing kits for my car, but I can't tell if they are for HID :
1996-1999 SATURN S-SERIES/SL/SW1 PROJECTOR HEAD LIGHTS:eBay Motors (item 150392398446 end time Dec-26-09 10:29:43 PST)
If they are HID-compatible, then combine that with low 35w HIDs and I guess it's a win-win.
Do the HID folks offer "normal light brightness" versions that use even less juice? They could market them as EcoHIDBright or EcoBrightHID or HECoBrights.
I am not interested in "brighter then normal" lights. From what I can tell, the lowest "color temp" for HID is 6000K, whereas the EcoBrights are rated at 4000K.
Is the color temp of HIDs related to watts? If it was a linear relationship, that implies they could get the wattage down to 4000/6000 => 21/35 => 21 watts => 21 watts / 12 volts = 2 Amps per bulb.
PS - I am getting my HID info from this
ebay ad.
CarloSW2