[Shotimes] HID question

[Ron Childs]

How about putting some driving lights in place of the foglights?

-Ron


>From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>
>To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>, <TechSHO@topica.com>
>Subject: [Shotimes] HID question
>Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:35:06 -0500
>
>I was browsing through some HID kits on eBay last night. Not really in
>the market at the moment, but perhaps down the line...Anyway..
>
>In the US, a high beam must be maintained. With the HID kits on the
>market, the SHO would lose the dual filament bulb and therefore only
>have one high beam. The answer is pretty easy though; remove the kit for
>inspection and put in an OEM bulb. However, I had another idea for the
>gen2..
>
>I was thinking about installing a clear bulb in the turnsignal section
>of our headlamps and then putting an amber turnsignal bulb in the
>fishtank. The clear bulb could then be used as a high beam bulb.
>Granted, the reflector and lens setup may not be optimal, but its really
>only there for the sake of being there instead of function. It would
>still throw out a great deal of light over a wide pattern, it just may
>not be useable.. Wiring up the bulb in the fishtank as a turnsignal
>would be easy. Now, how would one go about wiring up the clear bulb as a
>high beam bulb? I don't know what the regulations are, but I believe
>that its legal to have both high and low beams (In this case, HID and
>clear bulb) on at the same time. My concern is getting the clear bulb to
>turn off when the high bean selector is switched off at the MFS. Would
>there be a problem with having the HID's remain on constantly for both
>low and high beam use?
>
>Thanks
>Ian
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