You can't just buy bulbs, and wind up with HID lighting. The lights you
refer to are "HID", High Energy Discharge. I know you can get them as a high
dollar option on many European and Japanese luxury cars. I've seen prices in
the $1000 (or so) range. The lights are much more than just different bulbs.
There is a special power source and assorted electronics that make it all
operate. The "blue" or "gold" bulbs you see advertised for $10-$25 each are
nothing at all like the HID lighting system. They are just expensive, dyed
bulbs. Actually, I have read that a blue bulb is worse for night vision.
(Something to do with wavelengths, spectrum, etc...) The best bet is to put
in some higher wattage bulbs in your stock headlights. JCWhitney had them at
one time. A place called Competition Limited has all kinds of bulbs,
mail-order. They are online at: http://www.htnews.com/comptltd/ or
http://www.htnews.com/comptltd/parts.html Be forewarned that these "high
performance" bulbs burn out much faster than the stock ones. Buy extras, you
will need them.
>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:03:41 -0800
>From: Geoffrey Hausheer <ghaushe@ichips.intel.com>
>Subject: DML: Headlight replacement...
>
>I've seen these headlights on a few cars recently (the new Audis?) which
are
>bright white when seen dead-on, but are blue if looked at off axis. I
assume
>that this is to help with fog and to not blind other drivers, but I thought
>they looked cool, and were much brighter than the lights on my DAK. Does
>anyone know if similar bulbs are available for the Dak? It looks like the
>lens does some focusing as well (judging from appearance), so is this
actually
>needed?
>Thanks,
>
>.Geoff
>Geoffrey Hausheer
>Intel Corp.
>Hillsboro, OR
>'98 318 4x4 CC
>
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