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Subject:Re: HID light upgrades - anyone try them?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:42:58 +1300

>I am considering installing some HID lights in my Westfalia - I am looking
>at these ones that you see on eBay and the like that replaces the H4 bulb
>with a HID light and the seperate ballast that plugs into the OE
>wiring.
>
>- Has anyone tried these?  If so what type of kit
>- low beam only, dual bulb HID for high an low, mechanically moving HID
>bulb for high and low or the HID-Low / Hallogen Hi hybrid?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>David Marshall
>
>http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>http://www.fastforward.ca
>
>Box
>4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2

Those are not genuine HID (ie xenon gas-discharge) lights as are
supplied OEM in certain models; real HIDs run at something like 200V
and have to use separate bulbs and lenses for high & low beams.