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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:56 am 
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hi,
im looking at fittin g a set of HID's to my mates el xr6,

just need to confirm that the xr's run H4 bulbs? (low beam)
also im assuming they use the H4 bulb on hi beam aswell so i wou;ld need a Hi/lo h4 hid kit?


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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:15 am 
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H1 low and H3 high just looked at a set i had here

 

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:31 am 
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cheers for that, thats what i needed:)

 

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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:56 am 
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Just get a low beam set of H1's.
HID's are not really any good as high beams, as they take a few seconds to increase to full intensity.

They'll be the best thing your mate would have ever spent on the XR
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:47 am 
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ive got a set of the hi/lo ones in my fairmont, best money i ever spent on the thing..

the hi/lo's use a solenoid to adjust the angle of the arc in the bulb (not entirely sure how it works), but you dont have to wait for them to warm up to flick between hi and lo beam.
as you said i wouldnt replace the hi beam bulbs with hid's due to the warmup time..


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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:27 pm 
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With the ones in your own Fairmont, they obviously be H4's. AFAIK with the H4 type globes, the hi/lo setup for the HID's, work with the low beam being the actual HID part and the hi beam just as a normal halogen filament.
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:49 pm 
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EL XR8 wrote:
With the ones in your own Fairmont, they obviously be H4's. AFAIK with the H4 type globes, the hi/lo setup for the HID's, work with the low beam being the actual HID part and the hi beam just as a normal halogen filament.
There are two types one as you describe has a halogen lamp for the high side, the other known as biXenon has a mechanical solenoid to tilt the beam.

 

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