HID Headlights for your H2

[Beastmaster]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mr. I - Man:
Thats what I was thinking and 70watts is not that bad considering some jackasses are run 80/100 watt piaas in their OEM buckets </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, but those 80 watt PIAA's are only putting out 3800 lumens. 6000k HID's put out 5000 lumens.

So, for 70 watts of draw, you're able (if you can get the high/low beam to do BOTH at the same time) to put out 10000 lumens of light. That's painful....and yet very, very fascinating! I know that even with the high cutoff range of the Hella E-Codes, there would be a TON of light leakage with both high and low beams on at the same time.

If I didn't have this spare HID set that I'm waiting for a fellow Hummer owner to pay for (on vacation right now), I'd get one of them and swap these in place of my McCulloch's.

You know, I just thought of what I just said. High beams will leak light anyways past the horizontal glare line - so who cares?

[Nixxxster]

Sorry forgot the site http://www.hidtech.com/

[kodiakz]

The pic you have posted is for a low beam set only. The bi-xenon's use a motor to lower a shield and allow the same light/beam to project further down the road. Check this out: http://www.xenondepot.com/product.php?product_id=37
We have done quite a few of these on H2's as of late and have not had any problems with them. They are easy to install, use oem style projectors (which really sets them above the typical bulb only replacements), and are truly high/low beam in one sealed unit. The ignitor is internal and you cimply mount the ballast right next to the light and plug it in--no need to run any extra 12v wires as you do with the retro kits.

[kodiakz]

Projector is always superior to reflector.

[Beastmaster]

And it's got separate ballasts/ignitor sets for each bulb. So you end up with 4 ballast/ignitors.

I can't see high beams really being useful unless they stay on all the time. But ouch - 70 Watt HID's per reflector? Wow. You'll never need anything else.

[PARAGON]

Sorry, you are a little mistaken. I, personally have indeed seen them in action. They were the only thing available back in 2002 when I bought my truck and they sucked. I ended up getting Sylvania Xenarcs. Not projector, not expensive and with halogen high-beams. Simply put, the stock buckets on the H2 do not diffuse the light worth a crap.

If you like your setup, fine. That's all that matters for you.

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by NJ H2:
I happen to have a set of Hella Projector Bixenons, retrofitted to my OEM housing. I have 0 problem with light scatter. The lght is bright and white with a very nice cut off. Back a few years ago there were no other housings available so I had to use the OEM. Although I have no complaints about mine if I were doing it now I would try to locate a better housing (if there is 1) and I would stay with the projectors!
my .02


low beam:


High beam:




</div></BLOCKQUOTE>Yours are not using the stock reflectors to diffuse the light though. Yours is still a true projector style and are using the buckets just to "hold" the light assembly in place.

I forgot about your setup. Mine are not projectors and there are hot and cold spots. I have projectors on my Denali and the light pattern is smooth. I like the way yours looks and will go that route when something happens to one of my Xenarcs.

[kodiakz]

http://www.xenondepot.com/product.php?product_id=37
Here ya go. By the way, what are you doing to your dog in that avatar of yours???!!!!lol

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Beastmaster:
Those look like the first generation Xenarc X6024's. They work, are DOT rated, but create a bit of a hot spot at the middle, with some peripherial light scattering on the side. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Great lights but you have to aim them properly yourself. You eliminate the hotspot in the middle, but it still has some hot/cold spots thoughout.

The price is too much since they are not making those any more and there are better options. 3 years ago, that's all you could get that would work decent.

[md_sailor]

I agree on the buckets Paragon, But we can all agree that Stock is grossly inadequate for the Hummer. Brighter HAS to be better even if its not as well focused as it could be.

[Sportsdude]

I'm waiting for the company to fit the H2 with these.

[Mr. I - Man]

Thats what I was thinking and 70watts is not that bad considering some jackasses are run 80/100 watt piaas in their OEM buckets. Only H4's have the motorized cutoff(or a cut-off between the filament on halogen H4 bulbs). 9007 have side by side filaments so in theory they will work perfect in the OEM buckets with no mods.