These are the bulbs... The blueish color is how they appear to on
coming traffic. They are Xenon, and are supposed to be 90%
capacity of the HID OEM lights (the lens in the Dakota/other vehicles
will probably cut down the 10%).
No soapbox needed.
Sam
>do you have specs on these? As far as why the are blueish and if they
>are halogen? There is NO WAY to make Halogen burn blue. The only
>way to alter the color halogen burns in to add another gas. I have bulbs
>with a high content of Xenon as well as halogen. They are whiter than
>Halogen bulbs, but there is no blue in them whatsoever (even though the
>ad said they appeared blueish to oncoming traffic). The Xenon in the HID
>in Lincolns and Audi's and stuff is what makes it appear blue, but there is
>little or no halogen in those lighting systems, and they don't emit any
blue
>light. The only way to make Halogen bulbs blue is to coat them, and that
>reduces light output and increases glare. I just don't see spending 70
>bucks for light bulbs with a Dichroic coating. Comin' from experience, the
>blue bulbs will be okay untill it rains, then you might as well not even
>have your lights on.... okay, off my soap box =)
>
>-mike d.
>
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