PIAA Xtreme White Bulbs

[SnakeEyeSS]

FYI: If you guys don't know, Sealed beam headlight didn't vut it in eurpose, so Hella Made the H4 headlamp. they most cars with 5 3/4 round sealed beams, if you have a car like this and wsh to upgrade. This review was made for the BMW boards I visit, but still review the PIAA Xtreme White bulbs, available in (9005 and 9006 varietys.

 

H4/PIAA Review

 

ITem & Source:

(2) Hella H4 headlights: Classicgarage.com $37 each

(1) Pair of PIAA H4 Xtreme White bulbs: BavAuto $69.95

Total cost including shipping $160.

 

Conversion:

This is a DIRECT swap, just like you changing a regular headlight. The noticeable difference is that the H4's lense sticks out a bit more, and now you can change bulbs w/o changing the whole unit.

 

Product "look":

Classic Garage supplies you with a generic H4 blub for each H4 you buy, it's included in the price. I wanted to get as close to an HID look/output as I could without shelling out the extra cash, so I ordered the PIAA Xreme White's from BavAuto(not to be confused with the SuperWhites). As for the look of the light, I had a a second person come over to look at the lights. He agreed, these look really close like HID's. You may be wary of getting a "Cheap clue" look that a lot of cars have when they go buy the $8 dollar "cool blue" lights at wal-Mart. this is NOT that kind of blue, the H4/PIAA Xtreme's yield a HID blue. IT's not a

"cheap blue" or a dark blue. It's a very bright whie light with a blue hue to it. When I was behind white cars or near white roadsigns, it look like the sun of shining on them, it was a very clean, clear light. The father away you get, the more they look like HID's. My frined was impressed, as he was wondering if there was a bulb that could achieve the look, and he thinks this one does it. HID's have the look of 4300K, PIAA Xtreme Whites look of 4150K, and sealed beams around 3000K. so as you can see, the look is close to HID.

 

Product Performance:

There is instantly a noticeable increase in lighting. For the moment you turn it on in the garage and see the prue white light off the garage wall, you know its better. They field of view is wider, taller, and "farther"(more distance). All this thansk to the H4's. The field of view is also much more clear and visible, thansk to the PIAA's. As I went on the road, not one person flashed their highs, so I'm guessing my lights are adjusted right(or pointing in totally the wrong way, lol). When I had the sealed beams, I always noticed what my field of view was, when testing the H4/PIAA on the raod , I found myself not even noticeing the field of view. This is good, because the limits have increasedso much, it's like its day time in my field of view, I can see everything quite well. When backed into the garage withs lights on, My neighbors graage door is lit up like its daytime. With the lights shining trhough the top of the glass part of the door, it even looked like there were lights on inside!

 

 

conclusion:

I am very happy with the upgrade, and everyone whoe took the time to look at the new headlights(some relative were over during the conversion, they check them out when I was done) shieled their eyes when in front of the car with the lights on. If I ever own another e30, I will deffinately do this upgrade. It's almost HID's for much less. I hope answered your guys questions!

[Mule]

I did the H4 conversion on my F-car and the difference is amazing. Old yellow headlights gone, nice bright white (with a better reflector) and more modern look.

 

Though I don't drive it much at night, the pattern is much improved and it is not too bright that it bothers oncoming traffic. The lights are white without the "cheap" blue tint, just a little.