Damn, I go on a 7 hour flight to a conference in SoCal, wrestle for a couple hours trying to get my wireless laptop to connect with the hotels network, and log in to see you'all have turned this into a 2 page thread already! :lol:
OK, let me see if I can answer some of these questions...
I'm guessing headlight modulators wouldn't work too well with either.
If you *have* to have the modulators, you don't have to worry about scraping pennies together for this group buy, because you
CAN NOT use headlight modulators with these HID kits!
Based on this description, how does one test for the longevity of such a system?
My first generation HID setup has been in my Blackbird's low beam since 2001. It is still going strong. Average HID bulb life is reported to be in excess of 3500 hours. One reason is that HID bulb's extreme longevity is that they do not contain traditional filaments like halogen bulbs, so they aren't subject to vibration issues, etc.
Got to figure these would work on the '06 also. Please say it is so.
It is so.
Guys... you
MUST exercise patience here, for several reasons.
Firstly, I don't have the H4 system in my hands yet.... you gotta let me check them out first before I can honestly recommend them to you!
Y'all know how I work this shit by now... I get the components in my hands, I examine them, I install them, I test them, etc, etc, all
*BEFORE* I go ahead with the Group Buy!
Will we have a choice in what color temperature the bulbs are. From what I've been reading the products in the 3000k to 5300k are the most effective.
Trust me - BELIEVE ME - if you want the maximum ability to see deer early enough for a controlled panic braking exercise,
YOU WANT TO OBTAIN THE 4300K kit!!!!. The 5000K kit would also be acceptable in a pinch, although you'll start to show the first hints of blue tinge.
6000K and above, and you're entering "cop magnet" territory. Avoid these higher Kelvin temperature HID capsules. Trust me, fellas.
(1) Bi xenon H4 kit for the FJR(1) 9005 kit for my XJR
(1) H3 kit (for my Jag's Foglights)
(1) 9007 Bi xenon kit for my Mustang (if available)
All of these will be available on this GB.
Does the Bi-Xenon moving capsule provide high and low beam capability to the stock assemblies?
Yes.
And, if so, why would anybody want a low-beam only setup?
There are several reasons to go with an low-beam setup only. I may end up going this route myself.
First off, we don't have a history trend on these "moving capsules" to any significant degree. They might just perform as advertised for a long, long time. Or, maybe they won't. If the latter proves to be the case, imagine the solenoid failing in the "hi-beam" position.... no good.
I'm not saying that is going to happen, I'm just saying, "what if.."
One reason I may stay with the "low-beam only" bulbs is that I already have a set of PHIDs if I want to turn night into day for a 1/4 mile in front of me. The "low-beam only" has no solenoid to (potentially) fail, and the brutal truth of the matter is.... when I have my stock low-beam adjusted to
my satisfaction, the high-beam is kinda useless..... shit lights up the owls in the high trees! I don't need to see the tree-tops, ineed the lumens on the roadway.
I can already tell that when I install true HID in the exceptional low-beam reflector housing, I bet I won't give hi-beam a second thought.
The above having been said....
A "hi-beam/lo-beam" Bi-Xenon moving capsule kit should be at my house when I return at the end of the week. We'll know something shortly thereafter.