Yes Its a vehicle Housing, Ballasts are wired up Already. Mods please move the Thread if the Need be. Meanwhile, I am having good luck painting the Bulbs. I Painted a few Crappy Halogens Yellow and Blue to see how it goes. They'll be Dried till sunday and then fired up Overnight (8 Hours). Will report how it goes.
I like to tinker, but I know the limits of what I can build and of what is safe to operate on public roads. You are throwing good money after bad and I hope you stop. Email
Daniel Stern and find a better way to do what you're doing. If you don't like his answer, at least call your insurance company and warn them. Daniel Stern on filtered lamps:
Daniel Correct selective Yellow,
crap blue, and
OK blue bulbs that don't help Daniel Stern on Don't Do HID conversions Most DIY vehicle lighting modifications are unsafe. The reasons can be summed up as follows: In most countries with paved roads, there are strict laws regulating production of vehicle lighting. In the US, it's FMVSS108 (208 is mine at work) and the test standards required. FMVSS108 is long, about 75000 words - You can read the text
Here law.cornell.edu, but it calls out a few dozen standards of tests - How long an assembly must last, etc. FMVSS108 lists the long set of requirements to produce a legal safety lighting bulb - That is, a headlamp, driving beam, fog lamp, turn signal, brake light, CHMSL, etc. These laws are created to ensure that bulbs are safe: Adequately durable, not dangerous to other drivers, and at least minimally effective in their job (To see, signal, or be seen without glare). If you change bulb (Light source type, bulb type or output rating) you may invalidate the safety engineered into your lighting. This could lead to a lamp failure, a vehicle fire, excessive glare endangering other drivers, or inadequate long-distance seeing at night leading to your collision with things. In particular, putting HIDs in a fixture of any type, designed for a filament, is a bad bad idea. If you cover your lamp or light with something - Any filter, any "clear" cover, etc, you have increased glare and decreased your ability to see. There are no optically-clear coverings to add to the bulb or light front. They are all unsafe and increase glare by scattering light. Colored filters reduce output greatly. Your "Make it less blue" idea will remove blue photons, overheating the HID bulb envelope and decreasing light output. This may make the bulb fail, with or without fire. This will certainly reduce output and increase glare. Please don't continue wasting money to endanger others.
