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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 10:00 PM
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What kind of headlights does a C6 have?
Zenon?
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What kind of headlights does a C6 have?
Zenon?
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The low beams are HIDs, which, I think, are Halogen. There is a "caution" note about Halogen bulbs in the Owner's Manual on page 5-44, right after it discusses the HID lighting of the low beams.

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The low beams are Xenon High Intensity Discharge projector beam headlamps. The high beams are tungsten-halogen bulbs. If you go to http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/ and click on the picture of the headlights an info thing pops up and tells you about what they are.
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Originally Posted by beezeye
The low beams are HIDs, which, I think, are Halogen. There is a "caution" note about Halogen bulbs in the Owner's Manual on page 5-44, right after it discusses the HID lighting of the low beams.

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See page 5-48. The high beam is an H9 halogen, the low beam is a HID, which stands for "high intensity discharge" -- and is a gas like Xenon.

Two different technologies, and not interchangeable.
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