[Shotimes] When did H3 HID h

[Michael S Wojton]

I saw this message yesterday.  And then also earlier today but from a
different sender.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:18:05 -0500
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
From: David.P[jpotter8]@bellsouth.net
Sender: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] When did H3 HID hit the market? Herman! Pay

Interestingly, it took this message almost 24 hours to post here. I wonder
what they are doing with my messages.


David P

95MTX



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Catz0man" <Catz0here@hotmail.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <TechSHO@topica.com>
Cc: <heranker@home.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 16:31
Subject: [Shotimes] When did H3 HID hit the market? Herman! Pay attention...


> I just 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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