[cycleguy]

My 1994 Geo Metro has an underdrive pulley and a super tiny 'race' battery. Because of this, P&G and EOC doesn't work very well for me. I have been working on reducing my car's electrical load by removing things like the stereo, dash and dome lights, etc... Also, I removed the passenger side vents and blocked up the air ducts so that I don't have to put the fan up so high to get air on the driver's side.

But that's not what I came here to talk about... (Arlo Guthrie)

I realized that one of my largest electrical loads in the car are the headlights. I don't really use them when it is light out, but I drive early in the morning and late at night so I have to use them most of the time. I looked into LED lights, but found that they are either too dim or too expensive(200/bulb without drivers). Then, I stumbled upon HID lighting systems. These use high voltage to react in a xenon tube. The light is much brighter and uses up to 35W per bulb. I happened to know a guy who owed me a favor and he knows a guy who has an HID ballast kit I can have. It is made by Philips and seems to be fair quality. I just purchased the bulbs online tonight for 20 bucks so I should have all I need to check this out this weekend. It may not be a huge power savings, but if nothing else I will get more light and less heat from my bulbs. Obviously I am not the first to do this to a Metro, but I thought I would share anyway. I will let you know how it turns out.