HIR Lights

[HazMatt24]

anybody use them?

Halogen Infrared Reflecting

Everything I've been able to drum up on them says they are the shit, just wondering if anybody else has experience with them

[cherrington17]

links?

[HazMatt24]

http://hirheadlights.com/
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=954736
http://reviews.ebay.com/quot-Xenon-quot-and-quot-HID-quot-and-quot-Plasma-quot-bulbs-the-truth_W0QQugidZ10000000001832221?ssPageName=BUYGD: CAT:-1:LISTINGS:6
http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1764499

seems like every forum I can find something on them raves about them and supposedly they are much better than HIDs although they aren't white or blue in color

[JunkProwler]

It says on those websites they aren't as bright as HIDs. 55w HIDs are rediculously bright; and the bluish colour makes objects seem more defined. I had to wire them to get power directly from the battery, but they still have my vote.

[cherrington17]

seems like snake oil.

i doubt those are brighter then HID. even the main site (first link) seems like it was made by a 15yr old.. not a reputable company.

[HazMatt24]

ok doc, I did a little more research and tell me if what I learned is right from what you know.

The human eye sees best around 55nm wavelength which falls into the green spectrum.

Blue light has a tendency to scatter (hence why the sky appears blue) which is bad for a focused beam.

Yellow + Blue = Green

so it seems to me then that the best light would be in between normal "stock" yellowish/white light and the blueish HID lighting

[cherrington17]

along those lines.. you need an optician, and a physicist. :lol:

i know how the eye works, but not the specific parameters of how it works best.

[HazMatt24]

the physics of that doesn't make sense.

unless the plastic case flies off when you drop it, thus expelling alot of energy, nascar accident style.

I thought you were a physicist based on other threads

[cherrington17]

I thought you were a physicist based on other threads

i've taken physics, and still understand the mechanisms behind it.. but as for refractory quotients of specific wavelengths.. thats a little beyond my level.

[HazMatt24]

makes sense though, look at night vision, it's all green

[sfi3400]

It says on those websites they aren't as bright as HIDs. 55w HIDs are rediculously bright; and the bluish colour makes objects seem more defined. I had to wire them to get power directly from the battery, but they still have my vote.

so if i get the ddm 55w HID i have to wire them to my battery?

[HazMatt24]

so the more I research, it looks like no matter what source you use, 4500 is the most ideal temp of light to use

[MotorCity]

I have green ones, there okay. i only paid like $20 for em for the hell of it. they really dont help that much but i jus have em in my foglights for the fun of it