Anyone else try balancing the Hi/Low switch so both burn??
>From: Spee-dee-D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: GTS-1000 Owners List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Virgin......Now Lights
>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:34:45 -0700
>
>I know I know.......they're not HID's, but neither was the price. And PIAA
>makes some pretty good lights so I thought I would give them a try. I had
>switched from the OEM bulb to a 130/90w bulb the year before and was
>concerned about the heat it generated as well as the draw it put on the
>electrical system, so I thought I'd give these PIAA Super Plasma bulbs a
>try.
>
>I have to disagree with that article about these lights performance though.
>I think they are as good as the 130/90w bulb I had and yet with the same
>draw as the factory 60/55w bulb too. I live on an acreage out of the city
>so I actually get a chance to see the difference, and it's not the color
>that's allowing me to see further.
>
>I'm sure true HID's are the choice of champions. However I use my PIAA
>1100X driving lights (55w) to light up the rest of my riding world at night.
>
>GWN
>Daren
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
>Of Hon. Rev. Baroon
>Sent: October 31, 2001 8:46 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Virgin GTS1000 Owner....HI! - - Now Color Wars!
>
>
>Right, I think it was overboost.com that did a test on these 'blue' bulbs,
>they were so bad that one example even put out 50% of the light of a normal
>H4 bulb.
>
>They used a lightmeter and tried it in a car at different distances. Very
>interesting reading.
>
>It was mainly aimed at the 'riceboys' with their lowered Acuras with
>coffee-can exhaust, they love the blue lights, so the test was done to see
>if they really put out "85watts through a 55watt bulb" as they claim.
>
>Nope.
