Headlights bulbs
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Headlights bulbs
Hi,
I'm a new member of this forum and new owner of a V70 (Phase 2). Being new to this car, there are many thinghs I don't know... Well, there are many things I don't know in general, but expecially on this car!
I saw yesterday a nice offer on some nice bulbs H7, that is PIAA Extreme white plus (http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-H7.html). I don't have xenon headlights, so I'd like to have good bulbs.
There are two question I have...
First of all, does our car support 110 W bulbs? I usually see only 55 W bulbs for sale in normal shops...
Second question, are PIAA bulbs really wirth the price? Why do they cost more than twice top Osram or Philips H7 bulbs?
Thanks,
mic.
I'm a new member of this forum and new owner of a V70 (Phase 2). Being new to this car, there are many thinghs I don't know... Well, there are many things I don't know in general, but expecially on this car!
I saw yesterday a nice offer on some nice bulbs H7, that is PIAA Extreme white plus (http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-H7.html). I don't have xenon headlights, so I'd like to have good bulbs.
There are two question I have...
First of all, does our car support 110 W bulbs? I usually see only 55 W bulbs for sale in normal shops...
Second question, are PIAA bulbs really wirth the price? Why do they cost more than twice top Osram or Philips H7 bulbs?
Thanks,
mic.
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RE: Headlights bulbs
ORIGINAL: michib
Ok,
thanks for your info!
mic.
Ok,
thanks for your info!
mic.
But HID's are well worth the money and seeing as how you can get them for less then $200 these days it is just stupid to waste money on PIAA or Silverstars.
If you do decide to go the HID route I suggest buying them from SharpHID. Great service. The kits are awesome and so is the price.
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RE: Headlights bulbs
ORIGINAL: S70driver
Sorry if I was vauge about my answer.
But HID's are well worth the money and seeing as how you can get them for less then $200 these days it is just stupid to waste money on PIAA or Silverstars.
If you do decide to go the HID route I suggest buying them from SharpHID. Great service. The kits are awesome and so is the price.
Sorry if I was vauge about my answer.
But HID's are well worth the money and seeing as how you can get them for less then $200 these days it is just stupid to waste money on PIAA or Silverstars.
If you do decide to go the HID route I suggest buying them from SharpHID. Great service. The kits are awesome and so is the price.
I have a 2008 V70 and I WAS thinking of getting PIAA light (they cost about $80 / pair) but you mentioned that I might as well get the HID (Xenon) kit from SharpHID.
I am curious whether you have installd a full HID kit (with ballast) from SharpHID, because I never heard of ApexCone brand. Furthermore, apparently there is major issues with the V70 on using the ApexCone HID conversion kit. (see their blog here: http://www.sharphid.com/blog)
FYI, I just want to have a brighter light and whiter color for both my hi/lo beam and fog light.
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RE: Headlights bulbs
All I can say about that BLOG post is this.
Try it, buy the harnesses. If it doesn't work and you get the light have your car flashed for HID's.
Also if your going to put HID's in your fogs do not go over 3000K for the bulbs. And when you put them in your headlights if you want the most light and the brightest white go with 4500K. Anything higher you loose light output and all you gain is a color change.
Try it, buy the harnesses. If it doesn't work and you get the light have your car flashed for HID's.
Also if your going to put HID's in your fogs do not go over 3000K for the bulbs. And when you put them in your headlights if you want the most light and the brightest white go with 4500K. Anything higher you loose light output and all you gain is a color change.
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RE: Headlights bulbs
I just got a set of those type of bulbs from ebay they look good but that a **** to fit I still cant get the metal retainers back on and the bulbs are now wedged in
Spoke to volvo and they said that to replace the bulbs they have to remove the front bumper and headlights
when asked what price to do the replacement they said it would take 3 hrs so about £240.00 + VAT to replace the bulbs !!!!!!!
Spoke to volvo and they said that to replace the bulbs they have to remove the front bumper and headlights
when asked what price to do the replacement they said it would take 3 hrs so about £240.00 + VAT to replace the bulbs !!!!!!!
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