FYI - Hella 90mm projectors come with D2S and H9 stampings on the housings but the bulb mounts are changed.
Back on topic... Reflectors: GONE - Replaced with MidTenn Flushmount and Hella 90mm's HID kit: Hella gen3 ballast, Hella 4100K bulbs, cut off shield spaced for more "color" Any complaints: 1) Plastic cover kills alot of the "color" at the cutoff line 2) Midtenn lights are mounted too low and there is no light directly in front of the car. 3) Setup is technically illegal here. Canadian law states low beam is supposed to be mounted as the outer lights. No light pattern photos: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3426280_n.jpg |
Originally Posted by JasonC SBB
(Post 685148)
Hmmm I wonder if there are reports of factory headlamp plastic lenses turning brittle or yellow after a few months of HID usage.
"More heat" never sounded plausible to me (especially since the rated electrical dissipation of your average xenon assembly is far lower than an equivalent halogen), however a massive increase in UV output could provide an alternate explanation for why that phenomenon would occur with an HID but not with a halogen. Sidebar: ebay sellers are starting to get creative, and packaging HID ballast/lamp kits with cheap 7" round headlight housings to produce a "complete" retrofit kit. Here's one with conventional reflector assemblies: 7" Round 6014/6015/6024 LED Ring Headlights 6000K HID (Here's a permalink to the image for posterity) And here's one that really kills me: 7" ROUND PROJECTOR HEAD LIGHTS LAMP+6000K XENON HID KIT Now, never mind that these "projectors" have already been demonstrated to be almost total crap in a previous round of miataturbo headlight-conversion-mania, but in the image, you can actually see the halogen lamps in them: http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5...6lhp7rndjm.jpg That is all. |
Originally Posted by JasonC SBB
(Post 685148)
Hmmm I wonder if there are reports of factory headlamp plastic lenses turning brittle or yellow after a few months of HID usage.
Conclusion- Maybe on some cars, but none seen yet on the 01-05 Miata headlight. |
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