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Old May 4, 2002 | 11:13 AM
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xenons and HIDS

this might seem like a stupid question, but what is the difference between xenon lights and hid's? i like the look of the s500 lights- the bluish ones- are these xenon's? thanks
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Old May 4, 2002 | 11:22 AM
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Two sides of the same coin. Xenon refers to the gas (non-chalupa-related), while High Intensity Discharge (again, n-c-r) relates to what they do. Same thing; depends on which term people think will make them look smarter to others.

From what Young has said, you can pretty much custom-tailor what color you want for your lights with some manufacturers. Generally, the stage II lights give off a blueish tinge.
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Old May 4, 2002 | 03:29 PM
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thanks for the info tommy- it is what i thought.....
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Old May 4, 2002 | 08:39 PM
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Originally posted by tommy
Tomato - tamayto, bimmer - beamer, Reagan - Kathleen Quinlan.

blueish tinge.
Orion, Smurf, spiderman blue, Tommy's skin tone. All the same.

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Old May 6, 2002 | 07:27 PM
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Originally posted by tommy
Tomato - tamayto, bimmer - beamer, Reagan - Kathleen Quinlan.
I always thought that bimmer was the car and beamer was the bike.

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Old May 7, 2002 | 03:36 PM
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I always thought that bimmer was the car and beamer was the bike.

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ditto
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Old Jun 4, 2002 | 12:40 AM
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Talking XENONS- LAKERS

Anyone know whether or not i should go the xtra mile and get Xenon for my 240?

Oh by tha way...Lakers will kill the weak Nets in 5!!
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Old Jun 4, 2002 | 07:18 AM
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Re: XENONS- LAKERS

Originally posted by ashokie
Anyone know whether or not i should go the xtra mile and get Xenon for my 240?

Oh by tha way...Lakers will kill the weak Nets in 5!!
isn't this game prediction a bit late? lakers won in 7. who cares about the NBA anyway; stanley cup and world cup are on
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Old Jun 4, 2002 | 08:51 AM
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Re: Re: XENONS- LAKERS

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isn't this game prediction a bit late? lakers won in 7. who cares about the NBA anyway; stanley cup and world cup are on
You're a dumbass. He said Lakers over NEW JERSEY NETS in 5. The Nets and the Lakers haven't started their series yet fool!

The series YOU are thinking about was between the Lakers and the Sacramento Kings.
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