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Old 08-17-2011, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Enzo354
There is a main ballast that kind up "ups" the power going to the bulb. Its the same concept as a fluorescent bulb in a business. Compare one to a regular 110 bulb. Yea the same power is going int, but its a difference coming out.
I'm aware of the kits you can purchase that include the ballasts, but I'm talking about the replacement bulbs that are being advertised as HID. Since you're not installing a ballast and the wattage of the bulb is the same can they really be considered HID? I think it's marketing mumbo-jumbo.

Frank - Did you purchase both bulbs (that emit different colors) at the same time from the same place? If so, let me know who you got them from. That way I can avoid buying from them if I ever decide to rice out my Monte.
 
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Old 08-17-2011, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 03SSLE
I'm aware of the kits you can purchase that include the ballasts, but I'm talking about the replacement bulbs that are being advertised as HID. Since you're not installing a ballast and the wattage of the bulb is the same can they really be considered HID? I think it's marketing mumbo-jumbo.

Frank - Did you purchase both bulbs (that emit different colors) at the same time from the same place? If so, let me know who you got them from. That way I can avoid buying from them if I ever decide to rice out my Monte.
Its like when people put fans in a tube on ebay saying its a turbo. It isnt.
 
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Old 08-17-2011, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 03SSLE
I'm aware of the kits you can purchase that include the ballasts, but I'm talking about the replacement bulbs that are being advertised as HID. Since you're not installing a ballast and the wattage of the bulb is the same can they really be considered HID? I think it's marketing mumbo-jumbo.

Frank - Did you purchase both bulbs (that emit different colors) at the same time from the same place? If so, let me know who you got them from. That way I can avoid buying from them if I ever decide to rice out my Monte.
ummm no, i have an HID KIT thank u very much, thats why i just bought replacement HID bulbs to replace my 10000k's
 
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Old 08-18-2011, 08:08 AM
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Children, if you can't fight nice, I'll have to force you
 
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Originally Posted by ChibiBlackSheep
Children, if you can't fight nice, I'll have to force you
Wow...I hope that comment wasn't directed towards me. If my questions came across as 'fighting' then I'll try to word them better in the future to prevent any misunderstanding of my intent.

Frank, I didn't know you had installed a kit. I thought you purchased some of the replacement bulbs only. I know there are a lot of places selling them, and didn't want to purchase from somewhere the quality wasn't up to par.
 
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Nah, your fine. I'm just messing with Brock and Frank :p
 
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Old 08-18-2011, 11:30 AM
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That's cool...since I was kinda in the middle of the conversation I just wanted to make sure my intent wasn't being misunderstood.
 
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Originally Posted by ChibiBlackSheep
Nah, your fine. I'm just messing with Brock and Frank :p
You're lucky I'm not a minor anymore!
 
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