Information About Xenon Light Kits

HID xenon kits are used to convert a vehicle's factory-installed headlight system to a more advanced technology known as High Intensity Discharge lamps. HID lights are glass bulbs filled with xenon gas. When a voltage is applied to the gas, it ignites. This creates up to three times the amount of light produced by halogen headlights.
Availability
Xenon headlight conversion-kits are available for virtually all makes and models of cars, trucks and off road motorcycles. Upgrade kits are not available for vehicles with factory-installed xenon lights, due to manufacturer tendencies to use special types of bulbs and connectors.
Colors
HID xenon kits provide a choice of color temperatures rated in degrees Kelvin to indicate the hue given off by the bulb. Xenon lights with a 3,000K rating display a yellowish tint, often used for fog lamps. The 4,300K is the color temperature used for most factory-installed HID lights. Kits with Kelvin ratings of 8,000K produce light with a slightly blue tint that increases as the rating numbers become higher. Lights that display a purple tint are of the 30,000K variety.
Installation
Installing xenon light-kits generally takes from 20 minutes to an hour, depending on how difficult it is to access the original bulb and remove it. Once the original bulb is removed, the xenon bulb plugs into the same connector; it is then remounted into the existing headlight frame-assembly.