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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
Here's a question. Are the HID's in the Camaro going to be just in one mode? They only have one projector so is there a HID for high-beams and one for Low Beams? Or is there something they do to move the beam other than 2 bulbs, or is it a matter of only the high beams get the projector and the low beams are not in the same place?
Do other cars have single lens HID for hi/low beams?
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On my current car, the there's only one xenon projector per headlight. If you select high beams, a mask is mechanically removed. This mask covers the upper part of the projector in low beam mode.
Also, the projectors' pitch attitude is electro-mechanically controlled to compensate dynamically for the effects of the car's suspension. E.g. if you brake the nose gets lower and the projectors turn upwards to compensate.(This is required with HIDs by German law)
Finally - also required by German law for every vehicle with HIDs - there are high pressure washing nozzles in front of the headlight assemblies. The operate every 2nd time you use the windscreen washers while having the headlights on at the same time.
I have no idea if there are exceptions from this rule for individually imported cars, though.
