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