Topic: Dual Element H13 HID's

[lil goat]

I sent them an email, mostly I want to see what they charge as opposed to the ridiculous prices I have seen else where, by the way guess where the stock wheels for our cars are made?

[Ben L]

Slightly off topic, but on topic for the current state of the thread --  

The communist hippies that run the municipality I live in have a "Free Tibet Committee."  As an act of protest against the shameful treatment of the Dalai Lama, they thought it would be a good idea to present a resolution to the City Council banning City procurement of any and all items made in China.  

With much fanfare and feel-good self righteousness, the fuzzy minded elected officials passed the bill.  Then, somebody actually started looking at the country of origin of what the City bought on a daily basis.  

Guess what happened? Procurement ground to a halt. Everything from light bulbs to leaf blowers were made in China. The measure was quietly forgotten and ignored, but is still on the books.

[Critterman]

Our stock wheels are made in the Republic of China, thank you very much.

[lil goat]

What do they call Chinese Food in China, why food of course, they call for some American take out.

[TomatoSoup]

Well it has taken a long time but someone has finally made them, they are true dual element HID's not the moving bulb thing you can get on eBay.

Well, these may be better, but my understanding is that HIDs 'wear out' faster the more you switch them on (& off).  Thus high-beam HIDs are not a good idea - which is why, until recently, most OEM HID setups were low-beam only.  I believe most OEM Hi/Lo HIDs use moving parts in the housings to change the beam pattern. Similarly, high-beam-only HIDs are no use for "flash-to-pass" since they take too long to fire.

[Frank I]

What does 发送失败 mean?

Lets see, if I remember my Mandarin Chinese correctly,  I think it translates to:

Solstice driver who flip car upside down, have crack up!!!!!

Frank I

[lil goat]

Well, these may be better, but my understanding is that HIDs 'wear out' faster the more you switch them on (& off).  Thus high-beam HIDs are not a good idea - which is why, until recently, most OEM HID setups were low-beam only.  I believe most OEM Hi/Lo HIDs use moving parts in the housings to change the beam pattern. Similarly, high-beam-only HIDs are no use for "flash-to-pass" since they take too long to fire.

The point of this post is that these do not use the moving bulb, they actually have dual elements.

If I got HID's I would rewire the DRL's to the Halo's and only use the HID's at night, I don't flash my lights much finger works better.

[tazz]

Ive seen those before somewhere about a year ago but not sure where?  The second element off to the side is Halogen correct and not HID like the center bulb and has a filament that gives off the light correct?  Ive also seen somewhere that one company does have a duel HID bulb with similar setup to the one picture but there again not sure where Ive see them.

[lil goat]

That is supposed to be a dual HID, I wrote them and have received no reply. I want the Halo's and would blow some money on the HID's just to see if they are any good at all.

[TomatoSoup]

That is supposed to be a dual HID, I wrote them and have received no reply. I want the Halo's and would blow some money on the HID's just to see if they are any good at all.

Excuse my being a busybody  , but I read the implication there that you are going to get the Halo's from AAC?  Have you seen the thread where solmio says he had the halo's from AAC but swapped them out for ones from RetroSolutions?  Cheaper and better quality he said...
http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/f62/new-halos-blackened-headlight-bezels-59630/

Apologies if I'm climbing up the wrong end of a conclusion 

[tazz]

That is supposed to be a dual HID, I wrote them and have received no reply. I want the Halo's and would blow some money on the HID's just to see if they are any good at all.

I'm almost sure that second bulb is a filament Halogen/Xenon gas bulb but not a true HID bulb like the center. Could be wrong but Ive seen that bulb before and that what the seller said. Let us know.

[shabby]

The second element actually looks like a regular halogen bulb, not an hid one.
Also hid bulbs need some time to go to full brightness, and if there was a dual element hid bulb out there turning them on and off real quick would shorten its lifespan.

[tazz]

Ive had my HID's on my ford truck for 6yrs and each day time I close my doors and activate my alarm it flashes the lights.  My truck was my Daily driver up until I got my Sol so I got in and out of my truck at least 5-6 times a day and it hasn't shorten my HID's lifespan. 
The shortened life span comes from if you flash on/off your lights multiple times like a alarm going off that causes you lights to go on /off for 5 min.  This causes the ballast to over heat and shorten the ballasts life span NOT the bulb.  This also happens to florescent lights and why if the lights flicker for a period of time it goes out.  The florescent bulb causes the ballast to go south.   

[lil goat]

After Jmacs experience with AAC I am not going with them, was trying to get one of our vendors to sell the Oracle lights AAC sells. Shabby posted a direct link to the guys in China but I have received no reply to my several attempts to contact them, maybe they don't read engrish. I will check out Retro.

Not sure if the dual element is HID, they lead you to believe it is but that may very well be intentional and it's not. Still better than the moving bulb thing.

I checked the Retro website they are WAY cheaper on the Halo's, they don't have the orange halos I want. I sent them an email. It is the orange that has been so hard to find, I actually have a set of white ones that are pretty bright but want orange.

I am back to the website Shabby posted, tried email, registered on the website, nice response in Chinese, I am now trying IM. I want some damn orange Halos!