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skorpioskorpio · 04-09-2014, 05:22 AM

<sigh>

The purpose of HID lighting in new (well not as much anymore) cars is to reduce the size of the reflector by reducing the heat output to give designers more choices in materials and reducing frontal area, it's not a better light source. HID is also a stop gap technology that will be long gone 10 years from now replaced entirely with high output LEDs. Sorry to say but investing in HID lighting is like going out and buying a plasma TV at 2001 prices, why would you do that?

04-09-2014, 05:22 AM	#22
skorpioskorpio Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,018	Re: Hid headlights? <sigh> The purpose of HID lighting in new (well not as much anymore) cars is to reduce the size of the reflector by reducing the heat output to give designers more choices in materials and reducing frontal area, it's not a better light source. HID is also a stop gap technology that will be long gone 10 years from now replaced entirely with high output LEDs. Sorry to say but investing in HID lighting is like going out and buying a plasma TV at 2001 prices, why would you do that?