[DMCForum] Re: walt.. HID headlights

["ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm of the understanding you can't get the Xenarc systems anymore due
to a legal issue with their use... 

-Ryan

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "snextime" <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> http://www.boom.net/~aos/delorean/xenarc/ Here is the website with
the HID light 
> install.
> 
> Mark V
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > Misha,
> > 
> > I bought the Sylvania Xenarc thru Sylvania's web site.  They
> > cost several hundred dollars and then came down in price
> > shortly after I bought them (as luck would have it.)  This
> > was well over a year ago, and I still haven't installed them
> > yet.  My so-called job keeps me too busy.  The lights that
> > are in the car work, and there are too many other parts of
> > the car that need attention first.
> > 
> > I hooked them up to a car battery & aimed them around.  The
> > beam pattern is similar to European style beam patterns.
> > They are far superior to the sawed-off shot gun beam pattern
> > of traditional American headlights.  But unfortunately they
> > still f'ed it up.  How do I describe the beam pattern?  The
> > top of the beam pattern is a horizontal line.  It's dark
> > above that and bright below.  But in the middle of the
> > pattern there is a bright spot which kills it for meeting
> > true E code specs.  Also for E code the passenger side of
> > the beam pattern should angle higher, but the Xenarcs are
> > flat all the way across (with the bright spot in the
> > middle).
> > 
> > Whatever you decide to buy, I suggest choosing a setup that
> > will give a legal beam pattern.  People are selling
> > aftermarket HID kits that have beam patterns that are much
> > worse than American standards.  When you use an HID with the
> > wrong reflector then you become a road hazard.
> > 
> > At least with the Xenarc setup, you can keep the light
> > pattern mostly on the road and out of people's eyes.  It's
> > also cool seeing the chromatic aberration around the
> > perimeter of the beam pattern.  It makes it look like your
> > headlights are changing colors when you see the car from a
> > distance and off to the side.
> > 
> > Somewhere on the DMCNews.com technical section someone shows
> > how they installed Xenarc HIDs on their DeLorean.  But they
> > turned it into a spaghetti bowl because they didn't want to
> > shorten Sylvania's wiring harness.
> > 
> > Hey Misha, do you realize what the spell checker suggests I
> > should replace your name with. :-)
> > 
> > Walt    Tampa, Florida

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