Das Borgen

he looks so happy

you don t understand if you're saying this :eek: the HID in a reflector housing that wasn t designed for it makes for horrible scattering of light.............. The Prius (methinks) has OEM HIDs in a housing that was designed for it, do it s OK then. Most projector housings can accept an HID well enough to "work" but not fully. It s legions better than reflectors. When used with HIDs, however, these lights become somewhat dangerous. They cause unacceptable amounts of glare to oncoming drivers, and because of their halogen E-code (european regulation) upticks, blind oncoming drivers in right-hand curves and drivers on the right on multi-lane roads. Because these projectors send much of the light directly forward, they create significant hotspots in the center of beam pattern, which are quite a bit above the acceptable level of illumination. This amount of light leads drivers to believe that their lights are brighter, and therefore safer. However, in reality, these very bright hotspots cause tunnel-vision and significant eye strain and fatigue. Any projector that is not designed for HID bulbs and instead relies on a "rebased" kit (such as the H1 kits sold for E36 euro ellipsoids) is subject to all these problems, and is not an proper HID solution, and using HID kits in these projectors is not by any means ideal. Proper HID projectors are usually manufactured by Stanley, Koito, Bosch, AL, Magneti Marelli, Valeo, ZKW, or Hella. These HID projectors accept D2S or D1S (other bulbs like D3S and D4S, which are mercury-free, are sometimes used, but usually D2S or D1S) capsules made by Philips or Osram-Sylvania, who are the only two OEM suppliers of HID capsules (bulbs). In lighting systems that utilize proper HID projectors, there will be little or no glare caused to other drivers (this depends on headlight design), there will be a solid, horizontal, defined cutoff pattern with a slight horizontal uptick, and most importantly, NO HOTSPOTS. The ideal lighting is a very balanced and even spread of light (with a gradual brightness increase towards the center, but no hotspots). This can only be achieved with proper HID projectors.

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lower it you need to be so low that this becomes true http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7836/e7bec1f0.jpg

all cars have sensors that fail................. heat and vibrations do that.. being bmw has nothing to do with it.... I ve had Japanese and german vehicles 1 more thing, they use lots of oil....and yea those apex seals are a bitch.....basically have to pull the motor

Jack lives in Powell he works for Switzer Performance by Cleveland he writes also for www.thetruthaboutcars.com His writing is actually pretty damn good, IMO good read and moar he tracks his Boxster a lot apparently seems like a good old fashioned GearHead.... I'd beer him i'm a fan of the obnoxious green S5 as noted, Porsche Lime Green is a classic color http://www.pcars.us/albums/10808_porsche_cars.jpg http://www.madwhips.com/upload/images/green_997_porsche_911_gt3_rs_7-568-426.jpg http://www.johndglynn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Orange-Porsche-911-World-feature-9.jpg

http://bukkakeninja.info/pics/kill-it-with-fire.jpg always works

but is it REALLY any safer safety is not really that easy to measure but in the corporate cog of capitalism, it s easy to make people people than snell really is better (at least m2005...i ll have to wait for m2010)

nice what temp does the mugen thermostat open at?

how many posts must I reach to be able to post an avatar?

keep em nicely coated with some silicone grease

Hey Whirling Dervish! Good times indeed in PA.... I'll be working MiD-OH at the end of the month... see you there! so you in Dublin? me 2

read through the who;e jalopnik article it was originally written by Wes Siler for HellForLeather (Wes used to be on Jalopnik, always been my favorite reporter on there, even when he moved completely to HellForLeather) I ll have to do more digging around but I m ready to retire my Snell M2005 to uniquely car driving events.......... Screw Arai and Shoei for their blatant disregard for ethics over profit in getting Mr Ford fired over good work agreed on ECE22-05

I can understand the thinking that Snell is better for one's safety until you examine the standards between Snell, DOT and ECE 22-05 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/automobiles/27SNELL.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 Dexter Ford who wrote that article got fired from Motorcyclist for writing that article for NYT because advertisers got pissed Wes Siler wrote for Hell For Leather the story http://jalopnik.com/5582380/how-the-truth-about-motorcycle-helmets-got-a-journalist-fired God Bless Capitalism for making a guy lose his job over investigative reporting which seems to be fairly exhaustive and well researched I leave you now with an excerpt and even better food 4 thought

OP, don t be so ungrateful

i m a fan of this

is that the Phoenix Yellow one with the downturned muffler tip? doesn't look peaky... must be very driveable. I like. any AFRs?

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thanks guys Hey Casper! http://jonhillenbrand.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/unamused1.jpg duct tape is not always the answer......hammers are good too

my thread too :) you got a dub?

which UDF? what street?

thing with any tireshine is that you apply it and wipe it off with a microfiber (like wax or sealer) most people just apply

yea that' s gonna happen :bangbang::bangbang:

I do try. I need to get this bitch dynoed. any hook ups for me, anyone? oldfag

yes and yes :cool: