R56 A Little Night Blindness
#3
Anything than can be seen, will be seen much better with the halogens. This is due to their brighter light and the way it's focused into the perfect wide rectangle that covers the street in front of the car.
The rain-slicked road itself will still reflect the light away from you, so the "Hey are my headlights even on?" effect you notice now will still be there.
I am very happy I got a package with the halogen headlights.
The rain-slicked road itself will still reflect the light away from you, so the "Hey are my headlights even on?" effect you notice now will still be there.
I am very happy I got a package with the halogen headlights.
#4
Anything than can be seen, will be seen much better with the halogens. This is due to their brighter light and the way it's focused into the perfect wide rectangle that covers the street in front of the car.
The rain-slicked road itself will still reflect the light away from you, so the "Hey are my headlights even on?" effect you notice now will still be there.
I am very happy I got a package with the halogen headlights.
The rain-slicked road itself will still reflect the light away from you, so the "Hey are my headlights even on?" effect you notice now will still be there.
I am very happy I got a package with the halogen headlights.
#5
Anything than can be seen, will be seen much better with the halogens. This is due to their brighter light and the way it's focused into the perfect wide rectangle that covers the street in front of the car.
The rain-slicked road itself will still reflect the light away from you, so the "Hey are my headlights even on?" effect you notice now will still be there.
I am very happy I got a package with the halogen headlights.
The rain-slicked road itself will still reflect the light away from you, so the "Hey are my headlights even on?" effect you notice now will still be there.
I am very happy I got a package with the halogen headlights.
Foctory equipped xenons are 4700k color temperature and great for all road conditions
The only thing I don't like in MINI xenons is that the lack a high beam halogen bulb which restricts you from using the high beam flasher because xenons are not meant to be turned on and off in a fast repetitive manner
#6
Now if you have the lights turned completly off during the day (no DRLs) and you flash your high beams at a fellow motorists by pulling the signal/light stalk... thats turning them on and off rapidly... and yes, thats bad for xenons. So just wave instead.
Mearly switching from low to high and back again has no ill effect.
#7
NOT necessarily true. The OP asked
Do the xenon head lights make a big difference in seeing on ... rainy nights?
Good (and legal) fog lamps produce white or Selective Yellow. Xenon or HID bulbs are inherently unsuitable for use in fog lamps, and blue or other-colored lights are also the wrong choice.
http://danielsternlighting.com/tech/...fog_lamps.html
For bad weather, you want yellow light. HIDs are not the answer to foul weather.
They are much better in clear weather but not the answer for fog/inclement weather.
Do the xenon head lights make a big difference in seeing on ... rainy nights?
Good (and legal) fog lamps produce white or Selective Yellow. Xenon or HID bulbs are inherently unsuitable for use in fog lamps, and blue or other-colored lights are also the wrong choice.
http://danielsternlighting.com/tech/...fog_lamps.html
For bad weather, you want yellow light. HIDs are not the answer to foul weather.
They are much better in clear weather but not the answer for fog/inclement weather.
Last edited by chows4us; 05-06-2007 at 05:53 AM.
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#8
Your not turning them on and off by switching between the high and low beam on the MINI xenons... you are only activating a solonoid that is changing the pitch of a small reflector inside the light housing.
Mearly switching from low to high and back again has no ill effect.
Mearly switching from low to high and back again has no ill effect.
Switching them on and off repetitively is the bad thing I think I didn't explain myself clearly a while ago hehe
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I'd agree that the yellow fogs are handy for the poor weather.
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