All about HIDs
There's lots of showroom-floor and magazine-article hype about how marvelous HID headlamps are. They do have some advantages over halogen headlamps, but there are also disadvantages (aside from the high cost) that few people know about. Here's the rest of the story.
Can I convert my halogen headlamps to HID?
So you've read about HID headlamps and have it in mind to convert your car. A few mouse clicks on the web, and you've found a couple of outfits offering to sell you a "conversion" that will fit any car with a given type of halogen bulb, for between $900 and $1300. STOP! Put away that credit card. Trying to "convert" halogen headlamps to HID is an unsafe thing to do. There are *NO* legitimate or safe HID retrofits for the headlamps of any car which didn't have HID lamps as a factory option.
Here's why.
Daniel Stern Lighting (Daniel J. Stern, Proprietor)
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