what you saw was a new headlamp system called HID (high intensity
discharge). The light is SO white that it appears blue from the right
angle. Mercedes, BMW, Lincoln, and Audi all use it. It's expensive. Like
1500 for the assembly or something rediculous like that. If you want that
look on your Dak, don't, whatever you do, DON'T get BLUE ION HEADLIGHTS!!
They are junk. The reduce visiblilty and could get you a fat ticket.
Check out the "sappy headlight story" section on my webpage (see sig
below) to read about blue headlights....
now, off to another soapbox =)
-mike d.
88, V6, LE, 3.55, Slush-o-matic, many mods.
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"Horn's broken, watch for finger" =)
On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:03:41 -0800 Geoffrey Hausheer
<ghaushe@ichips.intel.com> writes:
>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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