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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by H21surfer
However, the way you described the "K-number" is crap.
Actually its a pretty good and fairly accurately layman's explanation. Check out the HID Planet forums for more.

Originally Posted by H21surfer
Really, the standard reflectors will work, and the light is going to reflect the same way. The only thing that changes is the intensity, how light is emitted(electrons arc across gas, instead of heating a thin wire), and the temperature at which the gas burns.
The arc is a different shape and the re-based capsules almost never put the arc in the exact same location and orientation as the halogen filament.

Comparison of Halogen Filament and HID arc:

From:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...nversions.html

Here are some extreme examples of how bad it can be:

(See the hot spots on top of eachother)





There was a pic a while back where the housings produced weird arcs of light, not even close to an accurate beam pattern. I can't find the pic now. I think the host went down or it was deleted.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by PewterY2KZ28
Read the OP...

His question was " Pic's of HID's in HALOS"!! He did not ask for an opinion of the difference between Projectors/HID's, Halos' HID's...

Nobody cares what you think about who uses HID's in there stock housings/HALO's..!

Oh, BTW... here's mine... Hope to see you on the HWY@ night VIP1...

old pic's...

This is what i was looking for since my camaro is pewter, Thanks!
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Old Jul 25, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ReApEr75
This is what i was looking for since my camaro is pewter, Thanks!
Happy to help...
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