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Right started this on auxiliary lighting thread some photos on that thread-
This week I had fitted a HiD lighting kit.
The light unit was a direct replacement bulb, a bit longer and had to stretch the rubber cover on first before fitting the bulb in place, that bit done.
The kit came with a slimline high voltage convertor and a hi/lo black box as this was the bi-xenon kit to allow hi/lo beam, on the VTR these sat on top of the headlamp under the marker light, some thought is needed if placing elsewhere as the cables are of limited length, basically wire in to a live feed and earth and connect the cables to there respective sockets.
The whole caboodle worked first time, the element when revving at a stand still seem to vibrate, but this was not noticeable on road test. I had to adjust the light down, even though it did not look much brighter.
On the road (very wet) you could just see a pattern, normal light did not light road at all, the big difference was road signs and lines they appear to glow. Took out again with dry road what a difference, nice bright beam pattern and other vehicles looked like they had candles for lights- was worth the expense and time to fit not hugely brighter but clarity is very much improved, main beam was well, bright enough to burn rabbits eyes out, poor roger. At 30£ of fleabay bargain.
Just waiting for someone to leave high beams on then I can flash em good an proper. 8O
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Excellent feed back Stormingjoe :!: Very much appreciated :!:

Chris.

PS. Does the beam of light have that tint of blue in it :?:
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Only ridden twice at the moment, you can order cooler lighting, to give a bluer beam, the bigger the kelvin the bluer they are till you get into the next colour in the spectrum. These are 6000 k which is near daylight temp on bright day, makes for a pure very slight blue tinge, other car lights are very yellow and dull by comparison. Back to work this week on lates so will get plenty of use!
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Cheers for the info Stormingjoe :D

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thats why i went for 6000 k, come MOT they may have something to say, also police might too, only 'white' or amber to front, if too blue or I think mauve was the next colour could be be classed as illegal and they are not any brighter. these lights only use 35 watts running, when you first switch on they are very bright this is to start the arc then it seem to dim and slowly brighten as they warm all in like 15 seconds. On the ride home as well as signs 'glowing'- when you are blinded by on coming cars you can still see the road ahead which is great as I do lots of motorway riding to and from work bout 80% all told, 38 miles each way.Defo a good purchase for the dim lighted ones amongst us.
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I use 20000K (yes that Twenty Thousand) Metal Hailde lighting in my marine aquarium. That's very white - just about as close to natural day light as you get. Promotes coral growth etc.

Wouldn't want the feckers in a headlight enclosure though, or a battery big enough to run them. Man they kick off some heat - Don't really need heaters on my set up - only kick in occaisionally in the middle of cold nights when the lights are off! I do need flash coolers though to keep them temp down below 27 degrees!

Not sure re colours Tim, but if you look up on Google I'm sure you'll find charts etc telling you the colours versus K etc and probably the legal limits / requirements for vehicle lighting.
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Thing is, as you go higher in the K rating, they actually get less bright.

4300K gives the higest amount of light (based on lumens or candlepower etc)
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