hmmm......give it 9 months.....they will sell em at Auto-Zone for about 150
I bet....new technology always costs more.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of david
peterson
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 10:58 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: High output light bulb info: -Reply
If you want the true whitish-blue look go out and purchase a real set of
bulbs from a new Lincoln Mark VIII. You will also need to buy the
ballast to drive the both of them. The last time I checked this setup
runns around $750 to do. They are true Zenon which needs a ballast to
run them. If you want the look from a BMW it will cost you about $1100 a
bulb with ballast for each and the bulbs are about 6" long but the do
self levelize.
David Peterson
>Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:34:27 -0500
>From: "mike d. (Michael Z-Sykes)" <msykes@su.edu>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: High output light bulb info: -Reply
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>
>>>>These bulbs are brand new, and have just been released.. Not your
>$40
>set.<<<
>
>
> flame free response
>
>
>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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