Blue Light Special

[City_Slicker]

I am getting into this whole bright light deal.

 

1.What kind of difference do these upgraded bulbs make? 2.Can you really see better with the white light?

3.Where is a good place to order them at a good price (I mean cheap).?

4.What wattage should you get?

5.Will the get too hot and melt the housing?

5b. What if I have the 4 light system on bright?

6.Do you get different wattage ones for bright and dim?

 

Thats alot of question, huh?

 

 

 

[RyanbabZ71]

are you just replacing the bulbs?

 

How much are they?

 

I changed my lowbeams to sylvania silverstars.  $19.99 each plus a $10 rebate.  They are awesome

[City_Slicker]

Yeah, just the bulbs.  

[cowboy02]

I'll make this short and sweet............

 

If you want the true white light you are going to have to replace the whole headlight assembly and install the balasts and everything....... $600.00  

 

If you want to see "blue" go to wal-mart and get the little crap bulbs they sell for about 20 bucks a piece and have at it.  The downside to the wal-mart bulb is it pulls out all the other colors in the light band so you only see blue, to me this means less light on the ground and harder to see.

 

As for the true Zinarc/Zeon style lights they light up the road.  If you want a good example of a high quality Zinarc go test drive a BMW :thumb:  :thumb:

 

If you put them in your truck let us know..........

[RyanbabZ71]

check down a few pages i have pics before and after of the silverstars.  They arent yellowish looking anymore.  Much cleaner, clearer, and crisper

 

Ryan

[Z71GUY]

I'll make this short and sweet............

 

If you want the true white light you are going to have to replace the whole headlight assembly and install the balasts and everything....... $600.00  

 

If you want to see "blue" go to wal-mart and get the little crap bulbs they sell for about 20 bucks a piece and have at it.  The downside to the wal-mart bulb is it pulls out all the other colors in the light band so you only see blue, to me this means less light on the ground and harder to see.

 

As for the true Zinarc/Zeon style lights they light up the road.  If you want a good example of a high quality Zinarc go test drive a BMW :thumb:  :thumb:

 

If you put them in your truck let us know..........

DING...DING...DING.

 

We have a winner.

 

You've hit the nail on the head with this one.  ANY bulb that uses ANY type of filter (ie slight blue) removes light.  This is not good.  The ONLY possible way to get more light out of a halogen type bulb is to increase the wattage.  This is bad in a few ways...higher heat due to more wattage could melt your housing, higher wattage draw could melt your wiring & higher wattage lights WILL cause glare to on coming drivers.

 

As stated above, go drive a vehicle that has TRUE HID lighting...literally night & day difference will using ONLY 35 watts.  Apples & Oranges.

 

Side note:  Xenon gas is used in true HID lights.  This gas is ignited by the VERY high voltage produced by balasts.  Those halogen type bulbs that are called "Xenon" DO NOT iginite the gas (I highly doubt they contain the gas anyways...its not doing ANYTHING).  They are still lit up by a filament.  If the bulb you are putting in does NOT use completely clear glass, dont use them.

 

My $0.02.

 

Eric