Honda Car Forum

Silverstars are not HID bulbs. They are a very bright Halogen. The US
version of this bulb are colored. The European version are not colored.

George Macdonald wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 05:26:57 GMT, pencilcup <anon@here.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I saw some auctions on Ebay that claim to sell HID bulbs for 2003
>>Honda Accord. They are selling for about $20 a pair. They seem a bit
>>cheap for HID lights. Can someone please comment on whether these are
>>of any value? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> See the http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/tech.html If they are HID
> bulbs, where is the high voltage going to come from? It cannot be included
> for that price. Anyway, HID bulbs are not compatible with the
> reflector/lens used for regular halogen bulbs and would give an illegal and
> bad beam pattern which would not improve your vision, as well as blind
> other road users. IOW the only way to upgrade to HID, if that's what you
> want, is to exchange the entire headlamp assembly... if one exists which
> fits your car.
>
> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
> "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:36:54 GMT, lcopps <LC@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Silverstars are not HID bulbs. They are a very bright Halogen. The US
>version of this bulb are colored. The European version are not colored.

I see no mention by me or pencilcup of Silverstars below. You are right of
course, though the U.S. Silverstar is also U.S. legal whereas the Euro
Osram version is not... but I don't see the relevance of your post.

>George Macdonald wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 05:26:57 GMT, pencilcup <anon@here.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I saw some auctions on Ebay that claim to sell HID bulbs for 2003
>>>Honda Accord. They are selling for about $20 a pair. They seem a bit
>>>cheap for HID lights. Can someone please comment on whether these are
>>>of any value? Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>> See the http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/tech.html If they are HID
>> bulbs, where is the high voltage going to come from? It cannot be included
>> for that price. Anyway, HID bulbs are not compatible with the
>> reflector/lens used for regular halogen bulbs and would give an illegal and
>> bad beam pattern which would not improve your vision, as well as blind
>> other road users. IOW the only way to upgrade to HID, if that's what you
>> want, is to exchange the entire headlamp assembly... if one exists which
>> fits your car.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??