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Car HID Lights, are very common to be seen on the streets these days. They stand out of the crowd with the intense lighting and colorful luminous. HID Lights, are becoming more of the norm on many vehicles. These kits are becoming more, and more popular on many vehicles.

Car HID Lights, were introduced as an OEM option on cars since the mid to late 1990s. Some of the first manufacturers to introduce this option on their vehicles are Mercedes, BMW, and the Lincoln. These options were offered on these cars as more of a safety feature then anything else. We will go through the safety features, and the cons and pros of a car HID kit a little later on. But first let’s try and understand what the HID kit consists of.

Car HID Lights or just HID stands for High Intensity Discharge. This kit uses Xenon bulbs to create a much whiter, and brighter light, then its predecessor the halogen bulb. They are called xenon bulbs, because that’s the name of the gas that the bulb uses, so hence Xenon bulb. Xenon gas is a colorless, odorless gas that responds to electrical current. The more gas in the bulb, the more electricity going through the bulb, the brighter, and more colorful the light is emitted.

Car HID lights were introduced more as a safety feature then anything else. The light that the HID kit emits is brighter, has a longer and wider range. All of these characteristics allow night driving to become safer, and obstacles appear earlier on the road, allowing more time for drivers to respond earlier.

HID lighting is not only provided by many manufacturers as an OEM option. It is also provided by many aftermarket companies, as an aftermarket option. They are available in most bulb sizes. Here are some of the most common bulb sizes for HID kits:
H1, H3, H4, H7, h13, 9004, 9005, 9006, 9007, D1S, D2S.
There are single beam conversions, duel beam conversions, and there are Telescopic beam conversions.
The Single beam is designed for just the low beam to be converted to an HID. They come with two xenon bulbs, and two ballasts.
The Duel beam consists of four xenon bulbs (two for low, and two for high beam) and four ballasts.
The Telescopic (duel filament, which is when one bulb is used for low and high beam) comes with special two xenon bulbs, and special two ballasts.
Car HID lights are designed to emit different colors. The xenon bulbs are temperature rated, and depending on the temperature they emit a different color. Here is what they are: 3000K (Golden Yellow) , 4300K (Bright White), 5000K (white), 6000K (Crystal White),8000K (Crystal Blue), 10000K (Aqua Blue), 12000K (Purple-Blue).

HID Lights are available from most manufacturers as an OEM option, but if you don’t have that option, or if you have an older vehicle, you can always purchase an aftermarket kit, just make sure before you do so you check the rules and regulations in your state.

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