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HID vs non-HID headlight

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 11:37 am
by bjk
So my crash repairer is trying to chase down a facelift non-HID headlight. He's been in contact with Mitsubishi and forwarded me this email, I'll see if the image comes up.
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It would be the bottom one that is the regular halogen yes? Email also included

"2/97 TO 9/2000 MR344281 (HALOGEN)"

Re: HID vs non-HID headlight

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:05 pm
by Bennoz
New headlights... what sort of fancy malarkey is this?

Re: HID vs non-HID headlight

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:58 pm
by bjk
Bennoz wrote:New headlights... what sort of fancy malarkey is this?
Insurance malarkey! \o/ (i.e. trying to make comprehensive on a near two decade year old car worthwhile :lol: )

But because I wanted legit, after the first run in with a parked Colt, when I got the Ts front bar I also got the facelift headlights; but not the HID ones. And insurance obviously won't cover me for replacing something new that I replaced with something more expensive *breathes*. Because the HID headligts are like $1300, but the non-HID are about half that, and seemingly not much more expensive than the regular prefacelift which insurance would cover the cost for. (I guess because it's just a parker bulb in the housing in addition).

ANYWAY.

Is the light on the bottom the one I want? :lol:

Re: HID vs non-HID headlight

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:32 pm
by PHIL069
The one on the bottom is halogen.
The one at the top is HID. (you can see the ballast in the pic)

Re: HID vs non-HID headlight

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:53 pm
by bjk
PHIL069 wrote:The one on the bottom is halogen.
The one at the top is HID. (you can see the ballast in the pic)
Yeah, I figured that was it. Will let him know if he hasn't figured it out already.

Re: HID vs non-HID headlight

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:03 pm
by bjk
Triple checking that there are only three kinds of FTO headlight? The prefacelift, facelift halogen and facelift HID? want to be 100% before I ask the shop to go ahead with the purchase.

Re: HID vs non-HID headlight

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:54 am
by vipfto
Correct