part# HID-XP3018-B

H.I.D. kit with headlight assemblies. H.I.D. (High Intensity Discharge Lighting) is the motor vehicle headlighting technology for the new millennium. Unlike halogen incandescent lamps, the HID lamp does not have a filament. Instead, it creates light from an electrical discharge between two electrodes in a micro-environment of Xenon gas, mercury, and metal halide salts that are hermetically sealed in a tiny quartz capsule. The arc tube is encased in a glass jacket to filter ultraviolet rays that could damage plastic parts. The light is emitted by and electrically energized gas formed and sustained between two electrodes. This is achieved with and electronic ballast that controls the arc ignition process.