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How to retrofit automobiles with halogen bulbs with high intesity discharge system on 10/26/06

The word "retrofit" doesn't just refer to cutting a parabolic reflector type headlight casing to fit a projector lens/body into it, but also to converting halogen bulb lighting to high intensity discharge. You do not "simply replacing the bulb" when you retrofit a car with HID. You have to consider wiring for the ballast, relays, signal wire (for the relay, not the clicker) and power wire to the battery. What YOU are referring to is modifying the headlight assembly which is usually done in poor workmanship e.g. leaky insert, distorted beam pattern, poor alignment, etc. and has nothing to with retrofitting the high intensity discharge lighting. You may be aware, there are two types of headlights found in automobiles: projector and parabolic reflector types. HID lighting can be used in BOTH projector and reflector headlights (e.g. First gen Acura TL used reflector type HID, current gen Acura TL uses projector type.) HID lighting can be retrofit into both types and doesn't require "retrofitting" projectors into parabolic reflector headlight casings.
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How to change engine oil on a Mercedes Benz SLK - It's so easy, you won't even get your hands dirty! on 06/04/07

Thanks for your responses! This is a long-running debate and there are "drainers" who can't imagine a simpler way to change oil is better than getting under the hood. New Mercedes are designed to have oil sucked through the dipstick tube. The evac method will get just as much oil out as getting under the hood. It would be fair to say when the engine is warm and the oil has been circulating, solids are suspended in the oil and would be "sucked" out with the oil via a pump. Drainers wouldn't do an oil change without warming up the car for the same reason or the sludge will just sit at the bottom. If you prefer to drain the oil, that's fine. I've had this discussion with many "drainers" and it's like trying to persuade a vegetarian to eat a filet mignon. Just for fodder, even Car Talk guys agree with me. :) http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1997/July/09.
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by AbbyNormal on 04/28/08 : LOL, thanks for the tips. I never knew that about chocolate. ...
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by neilj on 04/27/08 : I'm sure it is Moderately Easy. But for those of us that don't know the other terminology, it needs an illustration. I've gapped plugs, dribbled oil on their threads, and screwed them in. I don't know if I ever noticed anything in the empty holes besides darkness. My cylinders have four valves -- can I recognize which one is the exhaust valve if I look in there? You also offered another point of reference, "the center of the chamber," at which to point the open spark. Would the center of the chamber be any easier to recognize than the exhaust valve? Thanks, -Neil- ...
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