[Shotimes] HID question

[Ian Fisher]

Cause I have PIAA foglights there now. The stock location is too low for
driving lights IMHO.

Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Childs [mailto:rchildssho@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 12:34 PM
To: ianf@eden.rutgers.edu; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] HID question




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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