Thread: replacement headlight bulbs.

Originally posted by Pedro_The_Swift+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pedro_The_Swift)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Originally posted by one_iota+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(one_iota)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Pedro_The_Swift@
<!--QuoteBegin-p38arover

Read this first: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...lbs/bulbs.html

yep, ok,, so Mr stern poo poos coloured lamps, and "85w from 65w bulbs",

good info, but it doesnt get me a "100w high beam on oem wiring"
:?

Mr Lucas B'st'd probably measured it in candelas or the number of unprotected candles still illuminating in a stiff breeze.

Mr Stern Esq. measures light output in Lumens and not Whats.

Pedro, I will swap over my Osrams for the OEM this weekend and with the trusty light meter I can measure the difference in Lux

:wink: [/b][/quote]

must cleanse my mind of soap jokes :roll: [/b][/quote]



Surfactant 8O

Insufficient Froth 8O

We might need to add some alum as a flocculate.

Originally posted by one_iota
We might need to add some alum as a flocculate.

flocculate
• verb technical form or cause to form into small clumps or masses.

Umm, wouldn't that be flocculant?

Ron

Originally posted by p38arover+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p38arover)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-one_iota
We might need to add some alum as a flocculate.

flocculate
• verb technical form or cause to form into small clumps or masses.

Umm, wouldn't that be flocculant?

Ron[/b][/quote]

Do you ever get that feeling of deja vu?



Simon

Originally posted by Pedro_The_Swift+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pedro_The_Swift)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-p38arover
Read this first: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...lbs/bulbs.html

yep, ok,, so Mr stern poo poos coloured lamps, and "85w from 65w bulbs",

good info, but it doesnt get me a "100w high beam on oem wiring"
:?[/b][/quote]



<span style="color:blue">before you worry about wiring.......what are your headlights made out of....
glass or plastic.....?</span>

The whole issue of improving low beam has a major limitation and that’s the legal height to which you can adjust your low beam.

Many people forget that you can increase the actual power of the lights but you CAN NOT increase the distance in front of the vehicle, that the light can illuminate.

If you can’t see the road that is being lit up by your low beam at present, then you will get a benefit of some form of low beam upgrade, be it newer type globes or wiring improvement but you are not going to light up any further down the road in front of you.

Next, the age of the vehicle will more than like have the greatest influence on whether you go for a wiring upgrade first or newer type globes.

The older the vehicle, the more likely a wiring upgrade will be very beneficial.

Now to globes, here I can only go on my own experience and use, with headlights ( not driving lights ) I have only played around with improving low beam recently and only on my RR as I have usually been in a position where high beam has always been far more important.

Only after working on my own vehicle did I get requests from mates to improve their headlights.

I actually had no need to improve the low beam light on the RR, it’’s just that I was blowing low beam globes on the RR on a fairly regular basis and while having to replace the globes, I decided to try to see if I could get better light from low beam for the shear hell of it.

I tried the Narva 50+ and found no noticeable difference in light, but remember, I was fitting them to a modern vehicle with better headlight wiring. Older vehicles may get an advantage from the Narva globes, I did not. I only had them on the RR for 48 hours.

One of my trade customers put me onto the Philips Crystal Vision globes and these were not cheap at the time so I was not going to be happy if they didn’t improve the low beam light.

Not only is the light vastly improved but after replacing 4 ordinary low beam globes in 12 months, I still have the same Philips globe after 3 years, so they have paid for themselves.

BTW, it was because I was so impressed with the Philips headlight globes, that I tried and then replaced all my 130w standard driving light globes with 55w Philips Crystal Visions and if you want to see what they look like a night, check out how WHITE the light is.

There are 2 night pictures on the page.

http://www.aulro.com/modules.php?name=Foru...der=asc&start=0

OK, I have an opinion (as most do).

About a year ago I upgraded the headlights on my POS.
It had 1 sealed beam, and 1 halogen.

I bought some "Crystal" lights off ebay.
They cost $80ish delivered, so not that much of an investment.
They came came "Super White" look alike 90/100 globes.

All they seem to be are normal globes dipped in blue glass paint.
They put a blue tinge to everything, and don't look natural.
They don't perform that well.

I replaced the wiring and installed relays at the same time.

I am going to swap the globes back to normal halogen globes to see if that helps, but the lenses are definately better than what I had, so I guess I paid for the lenses only, and got a set of cr#p globes for nothing.

On another note, I just upgraded my Narva cheapo spotties to a set of Lightforce 170s.
WOW!

Originally posted by Ralf_the_RR
OK, I have an opinion (as most do).

About a year ago I upgraded the headlights on my POS.
It had 1 sealed beam, and 1 halogen.

I bought some "Crystal" lights off ebay.
They cost $80ish delivered, so not that much of an investment.
They came came "Super White" look alike 90/100 globes.

All they seem to be are normal globes dipped in blue glass paint.
They put a blue tinge to everything, and don't look natural.
They don't perform that well.

I replaced the wiring and installed relays at the same time.

I am going to swap the globes back to normal halogen globes to see if that helps, but the lenses are definately better than what I had, so I guess I paid for the lenses only, and got a set of cr#p globes for nothing.

On another note, I just upgraded my Narva cheapo spotties to a set of Lightforce 170s.
WOW!

Yes to all including the spotties

Originally posted by p38arover+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p38arover)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-one_iota
We might need to add some alum as a flocculate.

flocculate
• verb technical form or cause to form into small clumps or masses.

Umm, wouldn't that be flocculant?

Ron[/b][/quote]

That has cleared things

Better flocculant than flatulent :roll: :wink: