| We have all been there, driving along the motorway | | | | give the impression of a blue xenon light. |
| at night when suddenly you see a vehicle approaching | | | | It is possible to get a similar HID blue xenon light |
| in your rear view mirror with intensely blue xenon | | | | effect, even if your vehicle does not have HID |
| headlights that seem to stand out from all the other | | | | xenon bulbs fitted as standard, by replacing your |
| cars around you. Once the vehicle has passed you | | | | existing halogen headlight bulbs with the latest |
| by, you may find that it was the latest Range Rover, | | | | upgrade blue xenon bulbs. Importantly these upgrade |
| BMW or Mercedes, but is there a way to get that | | | | headlight bulbs are a direct replacement for your |
| same blue xenon bulbs look for your own headlights? | | | | standard halogen bulbs and so can be fitted without |
| The light you see from the headlights of these | | | | modifications or cutting wires. |
| prestige cars are generated by HID xenon bulbs, the | | | | Whilst there is a wide range of upgrade blue xenon |
| HID stands for High Intensity Discharge and it means | | | | bulbs on the market today, ECE regulations limit the |
| that these xenon bulbs operate on a different | | | | maximum level of blue tint, so you will find that the |
| principle to normal halogen headlight bulbs. Instead of | | | | amount of blue light emitted by street legal upgrade |
| using a metal coil filament to create light the HID | | | | bulbs is very similar. Typical examples of street legal |
| Xenon bulbs use a very high voltage spark to ignite | | | | blue xenon bulbs include Osram Cool Blue, Philips Blue |
| the xenon gas inside the bulb to create a much more | | | | Vision and Ring Extreme Blue. |
| intense and powerful light. | | | | For vehicles not limited by street legal products, like |
| Although HID xenon bulbs generate a more intense | | | | rally cars and off-road vehicles, there are much |
| light, the blue colour that you see as they loom up | | | | darker high wattage blue xenon bulbs, like Ring |
| behind you is not necessarily due to the bulbs having | | | | Sportz Blue, which will really ensure that your vehicle |
| a blue xenon tint. Often the colours you will see | | | | stands out from the crowd. It is important to |
| emitted from HID lights is due to refraction. If you | | | | remember however that the darker the blue xenon |
| can remember back to your school days, you may | | | | tint, the hotter the bulb will get which will shorten the |
| have seen a science experiment whereby a white | | | | bulbs overall lifespan. |
| light is split into to different colours by passing | | | | So there you are, fitting blue xenon bulbs will not only |
| through a glass pyramid. The same principle occurs | | | | make your headlights look more stylish, you will also |
| with HID xenon lights, normally the xenon bulbs emit | | | | find that they help to reflect and illuminate road |
| a white light but as the light is refracted around the | | | | markings more clearly with a much crisper and more |
| metallic reflector and glass lens it changes colour to | | | | intense light. |