Re: funny bulbs /was licence plate lights

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 05 1998 - 00:46:53 EDT


I know what ION bulbs look like. I know what HID lights look like. These things
were nothing like either. ION and HID are bright, clean white, w/ a lot of
different colors in them. The lights I saw were GREEN. I'm talking, as green as
neon ground effects, GREEN, not very white w/ some color to them, I'm talking
GREEN. I want them! Hopefully I'll find them at the custom shop in StL, they
usually have the new stuff pretty quick.
Later,
Robert- Aquarians love to be different

Michael Z-Sykes wrote:

> >>> I am not sure if the bulbs are different with older trucks so it might
> be worth it to check out.<<<
>
> I'll tell you a story of my "colored bulb" escapades. There is a website
> with an article about Blue Bulbs or any other color. You can't see as well
> with these bulbs and it will suck when it rains because colored light
> scatters more in rain. I (of course) didn't believe this guy and bought a
> conversion kit so I could run Blue Ion H4 bulbs. I bought it from autooptiks
> and am sending them back as we speak. Not only did they fit poorly, but
> they were about as bright as holding a flashlight in front of my truck.
> Worthless. The reason you see the blue from the Mercedes and stuff is
> becasue they have the HID lights, which use Xenon gas to produce an
> extremely bright, white light. It may look blue from the correct angle, but if
> you have the misfortune of having those lights in your mirror, they are
> very white. Take it from me, the blue or any other color other than White
> or Yellow are not worth the green you'll spend on em', and may get you
> a ticket. They looked cool as hell when I had em', but I couldn't see well
> enough to justify keeping them, and I'm not the kind of person who sends
> stuff back... just another tip from your uncle mike =)
>
> -mike d.

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