So, I had a Xenon low beam light go out and decided to go with the 6000k bulbs from xtralights.com.....
I was feeling a little frisky and decided to convert my high beams to the same xenon bulbs.
Holy Cow! The difference is definitely noticeable.
I usually leave my house, for work, at 5am and drive 57 mile to my store. So, this set-up kicks ***. The first 10 minutes of my drive are on some back roads with a ton of trees and lots of deer. When I flip on the high beams, it's like daytime.

I will probably do the fog-light conversion next. I'll take a picture of the ballasts locations here in the next day or two.

Scott

 

so u went HID?

 

Scott, you need to clarify whether you have an aftermarket HID kit, or just "Xenon charged" halogen bulbs for both your high beam and your low beam. It's obvious you don't have factory Bi-Xenon's since you have seperate bulbs for your high beams.

If you just bought halogen bulbs without an HID kit, I have serious doubts that a 6000K halogen bulb would actually improve your visibility over standard halogen H7 bulbs. It's common knowledge that the higher the color temperature, the less light output there is. I'm assuming you have an aftermarket HID kit though since you say you have Xenon's in your signature.

 

So you added true xenon highbeams? If so, I think you may be the first on the forums. How do they respond to being turned on/off rapidly? eg flashing your highbeams?

 

i'm thinking to get HID for my low beam as well ... which brand is better ... MTEC or one from xtralight ... did u get error message with the conversion? ... cheers

 

To clarify:
I do have factory bi-xenons.
I did the conversion to xenons for the high beams. Meaning I now have the same type of xenon bulb as the low beams, in place of the factory halogen bulbs. The kit I installed was just over $200.00 and came with everything (ballasts, igniter, bulbs, harness, etc..)

The color of both high and low beams are 6000k.....slight blue tint. I think the 4300k bulbs are actually the brightest you can buy as they equate to 3100 lumens.

I will make a little video to post onto YouTube, that shows how it lights up the road.

To answer the question about flashing the high beams:
Being that they are true xenons, they do need to warm up. That being said, they will still flash; however, I don't make a habit of repeated flashings.

They are more for added visibility for my early morning commute and to blind those fuchers that drive around with their brights on all the time.

Scott

 

 

did you have to change any major parts with over 100k miles?

 

Alternator because of the sprag bearing going bad. The A/C compressor went out due to the alternator being messed up....Basically the sprag went bad causing the serpentine belt to become erratic and that caused the safety sprocket on the AC to activate rendering the AC compressor in-op.....If the sprag had been caught when it first started to fail, the only issue would have been the alternator. Other than that, the car has been great.
oil, tires, brakes and lights only......
Now, I may have a faulty brake-light-switch that throws an error for ESP....I'll know tomorrow when my tech takes a look at it. If it is a switch, it's a cheap part and easy fix.

 

now , to me. thats very reliable. nice~

 

sooo..

don't biX use their low beams for high beams also? so bascially its like 2x the HID for high beams? woaah

 

VERY cool. I was just talking to my buddy last night about a way to blind those fockers in SUV/trucks that have their lights aimed way too high or highbeams on.. I think i found it.

 

Whats a "Sprag"?

 

looks good i like that escalade in the background lol

 

http://www.mad-ducati.com/Technical/...ragClutch.html

From what I understand, the pulley on the alternator has this bearing to keep the variations in speed minimized as the belt is being turned. I'm sure there's a better explanation than that though

 

Yes, the motors face the low beam projectors in the "full up" position, so there's you can imagine how nice it is to have the added brightness of the additional xenons being reflected out of the high beam housing designed for halogens.

The lights are already awesome from the factory, so this just steps things up a notch.

I will mount my camcorder to the hood of my car and make a little video by the end of this weekend. hopefully, it will give a good indication to the brightness.

 

So, in my thread "I can see clearly now" I said I would make a video of the new high beam xenon conversion I did.
So, on my way into work this morning, I mounted my camera to the hood of my car and off I went. Once here at work, I did a quick edit and uploaded it.

I'm a little disappointed in how it turned out and may re-do it after adjusting the settings on my camera. The video does not do it justice as it looks like you can't see but 15' in front of the car with the low beams and fogs on. In all actuality, the low beams emit the same color as the high beams and give off great light (as far as low beams go)

Plus, in real life, it seems like I can see a lot further down the road with this new set up and the high beams on....

Maybe you guys will get a feel for the difference.

Link to my YouTube uploa:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kay8XuBnV40

 

very bright! wonder if the HIDs will withstand being turned off and on so quickly.

 

We will soon find out.

 

I appreciate combining the two thread I created, but please add "New Video" to the title of this thread, so that most that have seen it, know the video is now up.

Thanks Mods.