| 86atc250r |
Sep 19, 2000 12:18 AM |
Beware of the "blue" bulbs - although they are the fad right now & popular with the coffee can exhaust and 13" tires/wheels sticking out from the wheelwell crowd, the blue tinted bulbs have little to do with Xenon.
HID - the technology used in the high end cars with the purple cast is much different than simply coating a bulb, and not available on quads. They operate on basically the same principal as a flash on a camera, except that they "flash" so fast that it seems to be a continuous light to the human eye.
Do a search on dejanews for the science behind those blue tinted lights. They are not all they are touted to be. The blue tint is really a filter that is filtering out the other colors of light being output by the bulb - which equals less overall lighting energy. There is good reason that true HID's are a $1000-1500 option. If simply coating a light bulb with a blue film or other "mystery substance" could make a positive difference in lighting output, don't you think it would have been done years ago..
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