HID conversion kit $25-35

[rocketbob]

Originally Posted by Bavafa

Does any one know if these inexpensive HID are available in the MR16 type light? The cheapest I have found is around $200 and wondering if the light portion of it is expensive or the blast made different then these cheaper ones?

thoughts?

Regards

I got a set of these reflectors and with about 30 minutes of lathe work last night made them work quite nicely with a set of H3 HID bulbs purchased on ebay.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/52-8mm-...emitters-13803

The problem, and this is a general problem with HID conversions, is the bulbs are long and the light-producing center is in the wrong place to be at the correct focal point for a narrow beam. So for right now I'm going to mount them and go with what I have but they are a really wide flood beam. All I need to do to fix this is turn a new brass piece to set the bulb in the right position.

[Brantel]

Here is an iPhone Video of my new inexpensive HID's wig-wagging with the new flashed I installed. Works better than great!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY7UcK6XD2s

[NYTOM]

Alright Brian! Way to go.
Gotta get me one of those flashers ASAP.

[rv7charlie]

Originally Posted by rocketbob

I got a set of these reflectors and with about 30 minutes of lathe work last night made them work quite nicely with a set of H3 HID bulbs purchased on ebay.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/52-8mm-...emitters-13803

The problem, and this is a general problem with HID conversions, is the bulbs are long and the light-producing center is in the wrong place to be at the correct focal point for a narrow beam. So for right now I'm going to mount them and go with what I have but they are a really wide flood beam. All I need to do to fix this is turn a new brass piece to set the bulb in the right position.

You're probably right about bulb length, but don't forget that an MR16 reflector can have any focus angle between around 10 & 40 degrees; I don't see any angle specified in your link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifaceted_reflector

Charlie

[gordodavis]

Brian, where did you order your "Soundoff Signal" flasher?. I went to the website and it doesn't look like you can order direct.

[Brantel]

http://bestwarninglights.com/

[gordodavis]

Found these ballast, pretty small. However, I didn't see a wattage rating and I'm not for sure if the kit comes with the bulbs. Any thoughts on this kit?

http://www.hidcountry.com/Products/g4mini.php

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by gordodavis

I'm not for sure if the kit comes with the bulbs. Any thoughts on this kit?

http://www.hidcountry.com/Products/g4mini.php

Those two little cylindrical items on the right side of their example photo are the bulbs...well, the plastic bulb housings they are shipped with...

I'd give it a shot.

[Tram]

Originally Posted by Brantel

Here is an iPhone Video of my new inexpensive HID's wig-wagging with the new flashed I installed. Works better than great!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY7UcK6XD2s

What kind of switch setup are you running the flasher on?

[Brantel]

I used the single three position switch from Bob Knuckles inexpensive wig-wag circuit but it is wired different of course with this flasher.

Off/ON/Wig-Wag

With the flasher I used, you could just about use any of the common switch setups for it.