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Apr 20, 2009 | 11:54 PM

Brenticus

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Gen 1 Headlamps

Someone told me that you cannot use xenon lights or hid lights with gen 1 lamps b/c they can't take the heat. anyone know about this? preferably from experience.

Apr 21, 2009 | 01:00 AM

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I've had 6000K HID's in my Gen1's for almost 2 years now without any problems...

Apr 21, 2009 | 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Brenticus

Someone told me that you cannot use xenon lights or hid lights with gen 1 lamps b/c they can't take the heat. anyone know about this? preferably from experience.

I see you're using my sig

They probably meant that the HID's won't fit in gen 1 w/o doing modifying to them first.

Apr 21, 2009 | 01:49 PM

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HID's will be fine, they actually put out less heat than a 55w halogen bulb.
The "super bright" halogens (PIAA and the like) will put out more heat than a regular bulb and may cause problems with lenses bubbling, darkening, etc.

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I see you're using my sig

They probably meant that the HID's won't fit in gen 1 w/o doing modifying to them first.

Think there is something in the how to section on fitting the HID's in gen 1 housings.

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