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Old 01-12-2014, 05:26 AM   #49 (permalink)
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How about hids for other lamps in your car? t10, t15 and t20 bulbs like the rear back up lights, side markers, etc?

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Woho, is that even possible?

I thought HIDs could only be used as low beams and fog lights, because they take some time to get bright. Don't want to wait half a minute before I could see what I'm backing into.
I'd never buy that kit myself (would never earn the cost back, spend most of the time in the car not reversing ), but it would be nice to know the experience of people who did.

The good news is that it appears to be possible to make 15W HID lights, now if only they came as low beam replacements (and in a warmer colour) that would be a real ecomodder replacement, saving 80W a pair compared to halogens and 40W compared to bright HIDs, and be just slightly brighter than standard halogens.
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