High Intensity Discharge Headlamps - 300M Special
This vehicle is equipped with High Intensity Discharge Headlamps (HID) . The HID type lamp is used in place of the conventional halogen low beam lamp. High beam lamps remain the same halogen type.
There are three components in the HID system (Fig 1 ), the ballast module (attached to the bottom of the headlamp unit), the igniter (plugs into the ballast module), and the lamp itself (part of the igniter assembly and only replaceable with the igniter).
HID lamps get their name from the intense white light produced by the electrical discharge. The light produced by the HID lamps appears as a white color as opposed to the yellow color of the standard halogen lamps.
HID lighting provides about three times the light output of standard halogen lamps while using less energy. The lamps are also designed to last 10 times longer than standard halogen lamps.