Headlights and HID's
Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,578
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From: Anchorage Alaska
Guys correct me if I'm wrong, but there are two ways to get both high and low beams through one bulb.
You can a) have the bulb move a tiny bit to replicate both filaments in your stock incandescent bulb. If you look at it, the two filaments are a few millimeters apart...the HID bulb can move from say straight out to a slight downward angle to mimic that. I personally don't know how comfortable I am with that type of setup - I don't know how the mechanism holds up to vibration over thousands of miles and months of driving.
Or you can b) have two distinct arc areas in the bulb...one sits where the low beam filament would, the other sits near the high beam filament location.
In my mind, less moving parts will always be better as far as reliability...so two arcs IN THEORY should last longer.
The really cheap kits you see will not have either...it will be one arc that usually ties to the low beam and you have to give up your high beam, or get a housing that lets you run HID in a low beam projector and run an incandescent bulb in a high beam reflector.
Personally, THOSE are the ones I typically see ricers run that blind you...the projector beam has no cutoff built in, so the light just goes everywhere.
Your original question...bi xenon is two separate arcs. Xenon is either 1 arc and a housing that moves the bulb or just one arc.
Am I right guys, or am I using the wrong terminology?
You can a) have the bulb move a tiny bit to replicate both filaments in your stock incandescent bulb. If you look at it, the two filaments are a few millimeters apart...the HID bulb can move from say straight out to a slight downward angle to mimic that. I personally don't know how comfortable I am with that type of setup - I don't know how the mechanism holds up to vibration over thousands of miles and months of driving.
Or you can b) have two distinct arc areas in the bulb...one sits where the low beam filament would, the other sits near the high beam filament location.
In my mind, less moving parts will always be better as far as reliability...so two arcs IN THEORY should last longer.
The really cheap kits you see will not have either...it will be one arc that usually ties to the low beam and you have to give up your high beam, or get a housing that lets you run HID in a low beam projector and run an incandescent bulb in a high beam reflector.
Personally, THOSE are the ones I typically see ricers run that blind you...the projector beam has no cutoff built in, so the light just goes everywhere.
Your original question...bi xenon is two separate arcs. Xenon is either 1 arc and a housing that moves the bulb or just one arc.
Am I right guys, or am I using the wrong terminology?
i have been running ebay bixenon (where the bulb moves in/out) since 2007. i have the first kit i ever bought from them its been installed in both my dads explorers since '07 and still works perfectly. they hold up very well to vibration/harsh weather as we have alot of both in alaska.
heres a vid that shows mine. just pay attention to the first 15-25 sec you can see the high/low beams. try to disregard my 4 hella's with 100w yellow bulbs that are tied into the highbeam's. you can see the highbeam function works very well. this is a $79 kit and its 55W i got in november of 2010 when i bought this excursion.
random drive / Christmas lights 12/7/11 - YouTube
heres mine, 8000k 55w. i am using white LEDs in place of the fogs and they match almost perfect. something to keep in mind..any 55w will be whiter then its 35w counterpart. my 8000k 55w's are very close to a 35w 6000k.
heres the kits i have, installed in my f-250, bronco, excursion, expedition and my dads explorer also my grandpas f-150
http://www.ebay.com/itm/50W-55W-VVME...ht_6546wt_1270
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2011
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From: Virginia
Not 100% sure. I thought they were H10 9145's. Let me Google.
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Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,578
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From: Anchorage Alaska
back when i had stock foglights, i used 12000K bulbs. but this summer i ditched the factory fogs and now have trailer LED reverse lights(in pic above) as they work better for daytime running lights which is how i have them wired.
