vehicle question

[somewherebeyondthesea]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

As far as lighting is concerned when you don't want to do an expensive ballast/HID upgrade, your best bet is definitly GE Nighthawk, or Sylvania Silverstar Ultra headlights. They are a lot better than stock bulbs for sure. You may also want to look at the whole headlight housing to make sure that its not yellowing or hazing. Some headlight lenses/housings tend to do this over time. Canadian tire also sells a polishing kit for these issues as well. I think its called headlight restore.

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[Evilweevil]

I have a jeep that and what I did was I got some over wattage lamps from a off road store they are awesome way way better then silver star or anything you can buy In store I will do some research tonight and tell you more of what brand and such they are twice the watts of regular bulbs

[fishyfishster]

Please don't put hid bulbs into headlights without projectors. It blinds everyone else on the road. Just get silver star halogen bulbs

[Nano]

lol no worries no plans on going HID, I am looking into the sylania or GE, which ever is going to be the best long term I will go with, also yes the lamps are a bit yellow but only externally, I have some headlamp polish, so I will be doing this as well

thanks guys and gals

now I'll be onto my next thread for the day :P

[Delphinus]

I used to run Silverstars but had to go back to regular lamps because everyone kept flashing their high beams at me when I would drive at night. Apparently there is such thing as being too bright. I tried lowering the focal points but it didn't matter, they were aimed correctly, just "too dang bright" apparently.

[Proteus]

I hate all the vehical a with hid. Especially the blue ones

[scubadawg]

Originally Posted by Titus99

I hate all the vehical a with hid. Especially the blue ones

Don't you mean all the aftermarket HID that all these people put in with all the blue bulbs

I have HID's in my Porsche, but they come with the Porsche and it's OEM with the projector lens, and stock color temperature stock bulbs.

They don't realize the higher the color temperature (more blue) you get less distance

[paddyob]

I just wash the covers and they get brighter. Winter driving is dirty.

[Nano]

hehe forgot about this


Went with ge nighthawk platinums and polished my reflectors and headlight lenses.. I'm getting flashed a lot now.. not just by girls but guys too! perhaps they're a bit too bright!? But man.. gotta say, changing headlights on a jeep is 100x faster then my old chev.

[riceboy]

Originally Posted by fishyfishster

Please don't put hid bulbs into headlights without projectors. It blinds everyone else on the road. Just get silver star halogen bulbs

yes please dont! to put hids in you need projectors to focus the the light and direct it onto the road. even with 10% tint i get blinded