HID's and sealed beam conversion

[kikkegek]

my pics above were taken with these bi-xenon bulbs with shields.

the shields are neccesary, because otherwise you would always be using HI beams.

but the big problem is that xenon produces so much more light, that the light is reflected and bounced inside and all around the house by the reflector, causing glare (light above the cutt-off...)

this is very clear in the pic I posted above earlier....

so yes...xenon will give you good output in regular houses.....but will annoy the **** out of oncoming traffic...



in this picture I compare regular H4 to the bi-xenon bulb...

low beam: upper part is lower in the xenon bulb...thus focusing on wrong part or reflector

high beam: you can see the opening in the shield of the bi-xenon is completely below the point where the highbeam of the H4 is located. also causing wrong focus on reflector...

best solution for getting as little glare as possible is by painting the inner and outer side of the shield of the bi-xenon bulb flat black with heat resistant paint like VHT...because right now even the back/outside of the shield is chrome causing additional reflection within the housing....

so if you want my two cents:

1. dont do it....go for projectors....

2. if you do want to move forward on xenon in regular houses:
a. paint the shield of the xenon bulb flat black on inside and outside
b. dont go higher then 5000K on the color of the xenon bulb....the blue-ish of the +6000K colors is what annoys at night....

so go for either:
5000K is pure bright white
4300K is warm white