I want to change my stock high beams to HID... i forgot what size the high beams work, but i'm pretty sure www.xenondepot.com has a xenon conversion kit for that bulb size. question is, if i do the conversion, will it be a high beam or a low beam xenon? thanks

-rez

 

Yes, you can do it but it highly not suggested due to the fact that HIDs have a slow ignite time, meaning when you want to flash your Highs quickly, you simply won't be able to. Also, flashing hid components damages the ballasts, almost rendering them useless after some time (how do I know? I went through 3 ballasts on my other car) Not to mention that most reflectors not built for HID components will "blue" if the lighting of hids is used.

manufacturers have overcome this problem with Hella's introduction of bi-xenon components. Basically it's a shutter mechanism that allows light of HID bulbs to "shift" from one possible view to anotehr quickly. There is no change in ignition simply because it's a mechanical mirror that determines where the light is spread.

high and low beams is not determined by the bulbs of the vehicle, rather the reflector design. so no matter which bulbs you get, if your reflector is meant for high beams it will function that way and vice versa.

IMHO, that modification is not worth the ammount of money, simply due the fact, how many times do you use your high beams? And if you do, you don't increase visible light b/c you're simply magnifiying the reflector design already in place. For true increase in light output, modifying the reflector design is the key.

 

BMW's have this, 04 maxima's also have HID high beams with bixenon