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bihsoccer14 04-07-2010 10:13 PM

light bulbs
 
i want to know what lights i can get that are bright that are white, but i dont want hid lights with the box can anyone help please

nicolaselias 04-07-2010 10:20 PM

if you can pick up a set of PIAA extreme white bulbs they will serve you well, just be prepared to pay

Sylvania silverstar ultra is ok as well but overpriced for what you get

jlewisinsyr 04-08-2010 06:12 AM


Originally Posted by nicolaselias (Post 213102)
Sylvania silverstar ultra is ok as well but overpriced for what you get

And they have a very short lifespan, so with a car with DRL, you'll be replacing them about every other month.

poopbunny 04-08-2010 08:44 AM

Lights
 
I prefer white lights myself and bought them from ebay.

Search for H7 55W under car parts

K or Kelvin is a measure of temperature. 6500K is pure white daylight. Anything above that will start to look colder or blue, any figure below means warmer or yellow.

The stock bulbs are a bit on the yellow side and the temperature is about 3800K.

The ones I've found and use are 5800K and looks white enough for me (700k away from 6500K) and I picked those over the 7500K colder (1000k from 6500K).

Hope this helps.

nicolaselias 04-08-2010 12:17 PM

Actually, from my experience with HID's 5000k is normally pure white, once you go above that you tend to have blue creeping in...
But light output tends to depend on your lens as well

But if you can afford the PIAA, definitely reccomend


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