UPDATE:
Spoke again to Baja Designs this afternoon. I basically indicated that if we can work the price model correctly, I could set up GB that might net sales of 30-50 *sets* (obviously, I'll be bringing in more then just our forum, in order to reach those kinds of numbers). They seemed somewhat interested, and ask me to put together more info for them.
Which I did, and they have it as of this afternoon. We may well hear something back this week. Maybe.
There is no plasma cap in the cap design - they aren't intended for on-road use.
:lol:
As Iggy correctly observes, none of our current aux lights (PHIDs, Hellas, PIAA 910s, etc) are used in the presence of prevailing traffic. We use them in the mountains, deserts and plains where there isn't any traffic, but there are plenty of deer and other furry critters to ruin your evening.
Re: Bulb color temperature: These lamps are just about optimal for the human eye: 4200 Kelvin
Ballasts have been attached to the bulbs since the 4th gen HIDs were released.
Er, no. No ballast is ever attached to a bulb.
It's the
ignitors that are attached to the bulbs, and it's the ignitors that have been built into the lamp housings for quite some time now. But until recently, we have not yet seen a large, rally-sized lamp that has both ballast, ignitor and bulb all contained within the lamp housing itself (certainly not of this size and construction). If you know of a HID Driving Lamp with a 4" or larger reflector housing with all three components contained in the lamp housing, and it has been on the market for some time, I'd like to see the web page for it.
Now, it's true that the Tiny HIDs (like the ones BLM-Accessories.com sells) have been available for over a year now, and they do have all components miniaturized. But these are not serious Driving Lamps for rally use. They put out some serious candlepower
for their size, that's true, but they certainly are no PHIDs by any means.
But these babies here.... these just might prove to be THE lamp. I have just a couple of concerns that I am still researching with Baja Designs, but from what I can tell in my conversations with them, and what I can make out in their literature, these just might be The **** to have....
