| Retrofitting |
Specifically designed for aftermarket retrofitting to stock halogen lights. Bases designed to plug directly into vehicle's factory light housings with virtually no modifications.
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May require substantial modifications.
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| Time between power ON and OFF |
With Intelligent Ignition Protection System® (I.I.P.S), the ONLY HID system with circuit protection that could be powered ON and OFF continuously within 0.2 second interval.
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No circuit protection may temporarily shut down, damage or cause the HID to malfunction permanently if HID is powered ON and OFF within short intervals continuously.
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| Water Resistance |
Industry's FIRST 100% water resistant design, HID system could continue to function if contacted water or even UNDER WATER for short period of time.
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HID system may damaged permanently if contacted water.
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| Color and pattern of Light Beam |
Laser technology to calibrate the focus point and color of HID bulb for precise focused and correct colored light beam. Each bulb is also fully tested before packaging.
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HID bulb may not be calibrated correctly to produce inconsistent color beam and pattern.
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| Quality |
To ensure correct beam patterns Xtreme HID's DOES NOT use rebased/modified generic bulbs nor machined fittings with an adapter ring glued on HID bulbs. All Xtreme HID's products are up to the highest Japanese industry standard.
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May use rebased/modified generic bulbs e.g. Phillips or machined fittings with an adapter ring glued on HID bulbs.
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| Safety |
Micro-processer (CPU) controls 3 stages safety features to prevent ballast overload due to high temperature, power spike, and irregular voltage.
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May temporarily shut down, damage or cause the HID to malfunction permanently due to high temperature, power spike, and irregular voltage.
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| Wiring Harness |
Equipped with very long 24" power and bulb wiring harness for easy fitting.
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Short wiring harness (usually about 12") makes installation very difficult.
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| Ballast and Igniter Designs |
Separate ballast and igniter modules to reduce the size of both units for easy mounting. World smallest ballast.
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Large and heavy modules make mounting very difficult.
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| Ease of Installation |
Connectors equip with Reverse protection - the ballast will not damage if the positive and negative wires are plugged incorrectly.
Fool-proof connectors ensure correct connections.
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System may easily damaged if positive and negative wires are plugged incorrectly.
Non Fool-proof connectors.
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| EMI-proof |
Cases & cables are designed to eliminate EMI (Electro-magnetic Interference) produced by high voltage of the HID system. |
No EMI protection. May cause severe interference with other electronic devices e.g. radio, navigation system, etc. in the vehicle. |
