SOARISTO

Hello, LEXUS pilots!!

I tried to make HID burner paler. This is a report of the result.
http://www7.plala.or.jp/soaristo/page/diy/pale_hid1.htm

It is written in Japanese, and It can translate to English by Altavista.
(But it is very strange (funny) English.)

At the end of the report, there are useful figures when you convert HID burner by yourself.

GammaLex

What does that mean? Will it make the HID bulbs more blue?

rominl

iTrader: (4)

i guess omething like that. coz' on the 6000k philips bulbs the ground wire is blue

gotta do some translation

jtanoyo1

Really....I think SOARISTO needs to start making an "ENGLISH VERSION" of his website.

There are so many English-speaking fans of his site right here on CL and we sure need to soak up all that info on his website, if we actually could understand it heheheh

lcc014

According to his pictures, he converts a 4100k HID bulb to a 6000k bulb by painting the return wire of the bulb to blue using the Japan Brand High temperature blue color spray paint (up to 500 degree C). His description also mentioned that after the paint dried out, the first time to light up the bulb within 10-15 minutes, smoke/fumes would come out of the paint due to the chemical material in the paint. After that paint would be harden. I believe that he mentioned this as a important step before putting the bulb back to the headlight for usage. The smoke/fume could be poison !!!!

He also showed how to remove the brown strip on the Philip D2 bulb glass before painting the return wire. Details and steps were in Japanese. He definitely needs to translate the whole page to English before we can try it in US.

Ching-Ho Cheng

rominl

iTrader: (4)

i think the interesting part is how to use a blade to peel away the metal block on the d2r. i wonder how long it would take to do that, maybe i can try that on my bulbs too

the article basically says that on 4100k bulbs, you see a bit of yellowish color at the bottom, and that's caused by the brown ground wire on the bulbs. if you paint that thing blue, it would have some of the 6000k effect

LEXISM

iTrader: (2)

So whos going to try this first? some of our DIY experts should Get a crack At it. Banana gs, superjoex, globeclk ..... or maybe even our moderators.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

i will see, my spare set of bulbs aren't with me now, so i have to wait. not sure if i will do the painting part rhough coz' i already have 6000k. but i am kinda interested in peeling off the metal block

GammaLex

First thing to start is were in the heck would u find blue paint that would stand up to 500 celsius?

LEXISM

iTrader: (2)

I want to do this to my GS4 stock hid but I have a question are you able to touch the bulb or no, so i can be extra careful

PHML

iTrader: (33)

If you touch the HID bulb, just clean with rubbing alcohol.

Pete

PHML

iTrader: (33)

Ok Rominl should try first....LOL

What kind of paint is this?

Pete

rominl

iTrader: (4)

ok i hate you

you can touch the bulb, but you need to make sure you use rubbing alcohol to FULLY CLEAN everything before putting it back.

the paint? easy.... go to pep boys or kragen... most of the engine enamel are 500C ready.... some of them are even higher

LEXISM

iTrader: (2)

So let us know what happends, and pics please. ok Rominl

PHML

iTrader: (33)

Rominl = Lab Rat (just joking) LOL !!

As Forum Moderator....makes sense to me. All in Favor? Say "Aye"!!

Congrats dude.....PS....Make sure you take before and after pics of the HID on...just to compare the color.
Pete