[Shotimes] When did H3 HID hit the market? Herman! Pay attention...

[David P]

I noticed FET (CATZ) has an H3 HID system available. Coolness~ Now we can add
HID to just about any fog/driving lamp on the market (other than the myriad of
reflector-bulb stuff). This is exactly what I've been looking for. The one
drawback to the CATZ MSP's that I so strongly tout has been that the H3 bulbs
only seem to be good for 3-6 months, and to install a new bulb, you have to
disassemble the housing, forcing you to re-aim the lamp after replacing a
bulb. That will end with an H3 HID install. The MSP's have been outstanding
with 100W H3 bulbs (I am able to drive solely with the MSP's utilizing 55W
bulbs, and I have the fog (yellow) version), but they burn out so fast I
stopped using them. I assume the lumens of the HID will be between the 55W and
100W bulbs

My only concern is the ION filter coating on the outer glass. They reflect
blue colors IIRC. Filtering out the blue on an HID bulb is not going to leave
much color, but won't there still be a lot of yellow to pass, since the blue
light is only  a by-product of the HID output, or is there no yellow present?
I do plan on getting clear lenses. Any comments? Clear lenses alone are
available, but at $65 each, so If I may just sell the set I have and pick up a
new set of clear MSP's, unless I can't get jack for them.

This is going to be very, very good. Micro-focused reflector, ovoid, optics
quality projector lens and HID all wrapped up in one package. With the
eventual E- code driving lamps in place, and I'll be the envy of the
automotive lighting world. Well, until LED lighting become useful in headlamp
applications, anyway. It'll be like having the anti-Taurus of lighting
systems.

Also of notice is the three different Kelvin's CATZ has available. They have
the original blue, a purple-ish version, but interestingly, they have a
pure-white HID system as well. I am curious about the pure-white and whether
it helps to alleviate some of the effects experienced with the "colored"
systems.


David P

95MTX



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