danger?

[Reaper948]

Waaaaaait.....where the hell is our gas tank on our car.....

dont wanna end up like our friend over here
:bounce:

Also....Did anyone find a nice pair of Xenons to put in their car yet?.......

[SergntMac]

No worries, Mate...safely tucked away.

[V10_P70]

The gas tank is in the same location for the CV, GM and MM. On the P71 CV, the car is being hit at speeds upto 120 mph. You can look at what happens to a CV being hit at 82 mph at this site:

www.firepanelllc.com/frameset.html

[smith5365]

Re headlights. Found HID's at McCulloch Motors (Santa Fe Springs, CA) for my '89 GM around $600 per set. They can be contacted at info@mccullockmotors.com. Contact name: Jen Liu.

[merc]

Yes I have a nice set of Xenon headlights

www.streetglow.com

[Mikeenh]

Go to ebay and type 9007 you'll find many types. I got a set of 5200 Kelvin.Kelvin is what photograpers use to measure the type of light.Ther was only one higher than this, but twice the price. They look like HID. Beware of inexpensive HID conversions. They usually eliminate the high beams. You only get one setting.

[SergntMac]

Originally posted by Mikeenh
Go to ebay and type 9007 you'll find many types. I got a set of 5200 Kelvin.Kelvin is what photograpers use to measure the type of light.Ther was only one higher than this, but twice the price. They look like HID. Beware of inexpensive HID conversions. They usually eliminate the high beams. You only get one setting.

Pull up a moment, Mike, and clarify what others here should consider? "Kelvin units" measure a light's temperature, not necessarily it's brightness, which is Lumens. Temperature and brightness can increase in scale alongside each other, such as horsepower and torque can climb a mutual scale, but each index defines something quite different.

Photographers would look at a Kelvin index for the heat of the light they want to use, and Lumens for the light's brightness, to pick a bulb that fits their application. Ideally, it's high Lumens for low Kelvins, and that may be an important piece of info for us to consider when changing out headlights mounted in plastic, or near plastic structures. I presume you want the brightest light from the coolest bulb, temperature-wise anyway, which gets you the "coolest" look in appearance, and safely too.

As a point of reference in everyday life, a standard television picture tube may generate 5200 Kelvin RGB. A High Definition LCD panel can endure much higher Kelvins, and therefore, produce produce brighter and cleaner RGB in numbers like 7200 to 9600 Kelvin. Brighter and clearer, yes, but also hotter and affecting related structures. Push a picture tube to 9600 Kelvin, and black is purple, for a short time. Then it's black forever. Remember those "flash bulbs" of late black and white photography? They "flashed" once and produced a balanced Lumens for a great BW photograph, but flashed only once.

I can't say what the manfacturer means to say by advertising their Kelvin Units in this e-bay sales pitch, they may be warning us of high temps, or, bragging of maximum brightness at low temps. With that intent unknown, I suggest you advance carefully on the install, and check your headlight temps as you go. IMHO.

More "enlightening" stuff here, if anyone is concerned.

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/kelvin.html

[SergntMac]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by V10_P70
[B]The gas tank is in the same location for the CV, GM and MM. On the P71 CV, the car is being hit at speeds upto 120 mph. You can look at what happens to a CV being hit at 82 mph at this site:

There is a new thread on this old topic, better to reply there?

[Reaper948]

Originally posted by merc
Yes I have a nice set of Xenon headlights

www.streetglow.com

streetglow only seems to be for Neon stuff

[Reaper948]

Originally posted by Mikeenh
Go to ebay and type 9007 you'll find many types. I got a set of 5200 Kelvin.Kelvin is what photograpers use to measure the type of light.Ther was only one higher than this, but twice the price. They look like HID. Beware of inexpensive HID conversions. They usually eliminate the high beams. You only get one setting.

What color? How much? What brand? Mind putting up a pic? Im sure many of us would love to see how much better our car looks with Blue xenons.....I know cuz Ive already seen one with them in Guttenberg NJ....WHO ARE YOU MAN!?