Quick head light bulb question.

[The_Stig]

For those of you who dont have HID's, what do you like for head light bulbs? Mine are so gross and yellow im looking for something bright, and that i can just pick up here in town. (calgary). I know C1 sells some, any one used theirs?

[RONDAL]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

do you have actual HID's or halogen with the faux ricer blue bulbs to give the HID look?

[The_Stig]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

Right now i just have stock mk4 GTI head lights with factory bulbs

[stefan]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

I just have sylvania silverstars. there are a couple simmilar bulbs in other brands. They are better than OEM, but still within spec. Avoid super bright bulbs that blind everyone (like HID bulbs in stock housing).... i hate it when guys do that. Don't get bulbs that are blue for the sake of blueness either.

[The_Stig]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

No i dont want HID but i dont want ricer blue either. Just looking for a super bright white.

[RONDAL]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

K.
I know you don't want them but just to clear up the misperception that may exist:

You don't have HID's or HID bulbs, you have halogen lighting with halogen bulbs. Halogen lights up a filament much like your standard light bulb at home to produce light. HID's use a gas that gets heated to produce light.

You can't stick HID bulbs onto a halogen system, it simply doesn't work. HID systems have ballasts and everything else needed to run them.

You also can't legally put HID's into a halogen housing on your car. Meaning if your car didn't come with HID's from the factory, putting HID's into the headlights is illegal. The housings are different to avoid glare and blinding of other drivers as the beam patterns are different.

Many people choose to ignore this, some more than others. If you run an ecode setup you can generally get away with not blinding people, but it is still not a legal setup. Many cops however don't even know the difference and so they wont call you on it.



If you are looking for good bulbs try the sylvania's they are really good. Relaying your headlights is also very good as it will make them brighter and you can run higher wattage bulbs.

To get the most out of halogen's you should switch to a european headlight housing with relays as you can then run 100w and 130w bulbs relayed properly and get far more useable light than any HID system.

[The_Stig]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

Thanks for the tips. Yeah i wasent looking to put HID bulbs in becuase i dont have the right housing. Drives me nuts to see cars and trucks that do that. It blinding. I was just looking for a good bulb to swap out the factory ones. Places i may find these sylvanias?

[RONDAL]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

I believe canadian tire actually sells them.

I may run HID's but it will be in an ecode housing so it has the cutoff and they will be aimed properly. Either that or run 110/130 lights and blind the hell out of idiots who dont have theirs aimed right.

absolute worst in a lowered car is trucks with improperly aimed lights or HID retro kits. I can't see **** in my rearview

[The_Stig]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

Ill try there thanks!

Oh i know. my car is not even lowered and i was behind a jacked up truck the other day with 5000k in factory housing. I couldent see ****.

[Ben]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

I've tried a couple different bulbs in the past month.

Had a pair of Hella Super White or something cost about 50 bucks for the pair, low beam was great but the high beam was really dissapointing.

Last week i switched them out for a pair of Phillips NightGuide bulbs. They have 3 different color patterns in them. Yellow for less glare on other drivers, brighter white/purply/blue for the ditches and a good white light straight ahead. Low beam on these was just as good as the Hella, and the high beam was amazing.

[The_Stig]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

I've tried a couple different bulbs in the past month.



Last week i switched them out for a pair of Phillips NightGuide bulbs. They have 3 different color patterns in them. Yellow for less glare on other drivers, brighter white/purply/blue for the ditches and a good white light straight ahead. Low beam on these was just as good as the Hella, and the high beam was amazing.

Where did you find those?

[Ben]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

Napa -- part number 9007ngs2

[The_Stig]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

Thanks bud, ill look into those. Those look awesome.

[Khyron]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

I bought NA spec silverstars and while I really liked how white they were, they didn't last very long for me. Still have em in the high beams since I rarely use highs.

[GoNzO]

Re: Quick head light bulb question.

Rondal,

The halogen light assemblys you are talking about....do you know of a company name for them(or place to buy online). I dont want HID but am in need of a new halogen set up that is better for lighting. I own a 02 jetta. In searches I find angle eyes and such but know nothing about lights. i do need hi and lo beams as most of my driving is highway at night. I use Sylvania bulbs now and they are good but the plastic lens are so ratty that they cant be touched up anymore.

PS. I have done the sanding of the plastic for the last 3 years. Its time for new. Waste of my time after the second time.