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Old 11-13-2003, 12:23 PM
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Default Everyone repeat after me: "We have HID headlights." :-)
Xenon is the gas that's in the HID capsule that makes the mercury vapor and metal hallide gases react faster so the headlights light up faster.

However, now, just about every car manufacturer is using the term "xenon" lights instead of "HID" lights so I guess it's interchangeable now.

From a marketing perspective, I'd rather say Xenon headlights than HID headlights too. Xenon sounds cooler. :-P

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Default sir, do you guys have any experience fixing headlight housings that have come unthreaded ...
from the lateral adjuster? one of my housings got screwed up.
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I call mine "Xenon Arc Lamps"
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"Xenon sounds cooler." - MadMan. Its Xenon mmmkay.
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Come on over, I can help you with that...I think. :-P
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ya know, you are going to go blind someday with your light fetish ;P
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You mean they're not called projectors?
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Default You mean like this? :-P
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I prefer "photon reactors"
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you had a light-brite as a kid, didnt you..
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