what bulbs should i get for my headlights

what bulbs should i get for my headlights

i jus wanted to know whats a good brand of bulbs for the headlights and not too expensive

what does everyone in here have???

thanks for the help ahead of time

I'm thinking about getting Sylvania Silverstars to replace all my bulbs. Low, high, fog, and even the turn signals.

You'll probably find that most people have the US Silverstars (I do), then other HID-look bulbs run a close second. There are a few on this board that have real HID's.

You might want to look into modifying a 9005 bulb to fit your lowbeam 9006 socket. By doing so, you'll gain around 700 lumen, which would effectively almost double your current light output. Also make note that darker coatings (to produce HID-look) will reduce light output (lumens).

9006 = 1000 lumens
9005 = 1700 lumens
True HID = 3200 lumen (assuming 4300k capsules)

As for replacing your fogs with Silverstars... You might want to reconsider and get yellow bulbs (i.e. PIAA Ion Crystal). With a lower kelvin, you'll have increased definition in inclement weather (better in foggy and wet conditions).

I just bought a pair of piaa 7500k bulbs from ebay, my fren has it on his car and its really nice looking, bluish white

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...6625&ed=1066628818&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOT:MT:3

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So what have you done to improve your lighting?

low output though... (lumens). If your were a human insect a 7500k bulb is perfect. Assuming that you can't see UV light that coated bulb was a waste...

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So how do you explain "black" light? and how colors fluoresce under that light, if the bulb doesn't emit higher wavelengths? How do you explain full spectrum lighting? I see a flaw in your logic...

dyed glass which blocks most of the visible light but passes the UV light, so is a filter, not a increaser of light, read below:

The difference is that "UV" lights lack the white phosphor coating, and they are made with dark blue glass.

Flourescent tubes contain a near vacuum with a little mercury vapor. If you could find a flourescent tube made from clear glass with no white coating, you'd be able to see some tiny droplets of mercury rolling around inside. When high voltage is applied across the ends of the tube, a big, silent, fuzzy spark jumps through the low pressure gas inside, and this makes the gas glow. The gas gives off various frequencies of light, and humans usually see these as colors. Mercury gives off green, blue, violet, and invisible ultraviolet (UV) frequencies. If you point an inexpensive classroom spectroscope at the flourescent lights in the ceiling, you will see the green frequency emission as a thin green stripe (although the rainbow of colors coming from the white flourescent powder will make the blue and purple strips nearly impossible to see.) Other gasses give off other frequencies. For example, neon gives off strong red/orange, which gives neon lamps their bright color.

Mercury gas gives off green, blue, and UV light. If your black light tube was made from clear glass, the bright blue/green glow would light up the room. Because of this, black lights are made with dyed glass which blocks most of the visible light but passes the UV light. If a perfect dye were available, black light tubes would not glow purple when turned on, they would look totally black, even when turned on. But the dye in the glass lets a little violet visible light through as well as passing lots of invisible UV.

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