I found a kit that will allow you to make the high beams into HID's instead of the halogen lights. I'm not completely informed about the kit, but it looks pretty simple to do, the Xenon bulb fits into the gap left when you remove the halogen bulb, they come in several brightnesses.

I'm just curious who all is interested in possibly doing this, and if there is interest, I'll research it more and maybe see if I can get a groupbuy together. I have a feeling it's going to be roughly $600 for the swap, but that's what HID's cost.

 

for under 200 id do it, but hell, our lights are so bright that aside from occsionally flsahing someone to warn/indicate something, i do not use them enough to warrent that kinda expenditure. ALso, those hids are high wattage right, will we need a stronger battery to run 2 sets of HIDS. Mike

 

HID's actually use less power than Halogens once they are started, it's the starting process that takes a lot of juice, so as long as you don't turn both sets on at the same time, I wouldn't see a problem.

 

That is one of the main reasons car manufactures don't make HID's for high beam, is the fact that people use them to flash/warn others, and the HID's can't be flashed or switched on/off rapidly.
Actually, the wattage on HID's is usually around 35watts, it's the current that is really high!
Another reason is that high beams are usually aimed higher than low beams, meaning the light is at or above the eye line of oncoming cars. It'll be like have two 1,000,000 candle power spotlights shining at you!
Doesn't mean you can't do it, I guess it would be useful on very dark deserted roads.

 

hmm...i didn't know that.

but BMW and Porsche both are now using HIDs for high beams and low beams.

 

They are not using seperate HIDs for high beam... it's the SAME HID bulb with a pivoting reflector.

FYI, the retor to allow for this(dual beam HID), specifically for H4 halogens, well to put it plainly.... sucks.

on low beams:


on high beams:


more info: http://home.attbi.com/~hyc_sub1/lights/

The problem is also going to be that this type of retro fit kit won't fit the s2k.

-Shing

 

Actually, have somebody flash your lights (flash to pass) while the lights are off. You'll notice that the low beams also flash with the high beams. They don't flash at full brightness since it's a quick action but they do flash.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by socal28
[B]That is one of the main reasons car manufactures don't make HID's for high beam, is the fact that people use them to flash/warn others, and the HID's can't be flashed or switched on/off rapidly.
Actually, the wattage on HID's is usually around 35watts, it's the current that is really high!
Another reason is that high beams are usually aimed higher than low beams, meaning the light is at or above the eye line of oncoming cars.