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Originally Posted by Kracka
Have you tested these HID's before? Any local customers running them for an extended period of time? I've heard a lot of horror stories of cheap kits burning down cars and that's the one thing keeping me from converting.
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"I've heard a lot of horror stories of cheap kits burning down cars and that's the one thing keeping me from converting."
Most of the horror stories you have heard about the "cheap kits"
are attributed to poor wiring done by inexperienced users.
The other portion of the stories come from users who don't have a plug and play kit, and use a model of bulb that does not fit correctly in the bulbs slot and use whatever means they have i.e. super-glue/tape/zip-ties/ect.
to mount the bulbs, I have seen this may of times the bulb gets loose and contacts the plastic headlight assembly and there you have it a fire.
no good.
I took it upon myself to test if HID's burn hotter than incandescent bulbs..
Here are some photos from my test.
I took 3 surface temp. samples from each style bulb.
Each test utilized the shops beater 626, engine running,
Each photo was taken from the initial start of bulb,waiting 10 min,then waiting another 10 min.
The first set of photos are with the incandescent bulb.
The second set of photos are of the HID bulb
Results...
incandescent bulb(9006)
*surface temp #1 -857 degrees
*surface temp #2 -913 degrees
*surface temp #3- 970 degrees
HID Bulb(H7)
*surface temp #1 -658 degrees
*surface temp #2 -738 degrees
*surface temp #3 -823 degrees
Conclusion:
HID's run cooler than Incandescent's