Super white headlight...

[rml]

Do they last long?

Any over heat problem.

Is Cool Blue good?

Where is the best place to buy?

Is H4 identical to 9003?

 

[LAUST]

The street lights are always out in your state too huh

 

[Kaervak]

I've got cool blue's in my high and low beams. The low's have been in there for almost two years and the high's a little over a year. No problems with them at all. Be sure to pick up some boot grease to protect the connection from getting wet or arcing.

 

[Thegonagle]

I believe H4 is identical to 9003.

You can get cool blue or something similar at Napa for the approximate same price as regular bulbs.

PIAA makes something called super white, but they?re very expensive.

I don?t think it?s a good idea to use cool blue or any tinted bulb that blocks out any portion of the light spectrum. Standard clear ?bright halogen? bulbs are better, unless you pay a lot for something like PIAA super whites.

It?s a good idea to not look like a ricer fan boy in front of the cops. Even though I sometimes (OK, often) drive ?aggressively,? the car itself does not draw attention by standing out, so I rarely get pulled over, even when I speed right by. Incognito is awesome.

 

[rh71]

Ebay.

 

[Czar]

Anyone else find these headlights extremely anoying on other cars?

 

[Redwingsguy]

<< Anyone else find these headlights extremely anoying on other cars? >>



Yes, but they are so much easier on your eyes when YOU are behind the wheel! I thought they were awesome when I drove my dad's audi. Considered getting some for my car.... looked around.... didnt have $210 lying around. Dropped idea

 

[Czar]

wow, thats expensive.
I´v actually never driven a car with those headlights but the cars I see that have them I just find them.. blinding.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

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<< Anyone else find these headlights extremely anoying on other cars? >>



Yes, but they are so much easier on your eyes when YOU are behind the wheel! I thought they were awesome when I drove my dad's audi. Considered getting some for my car.... looked around.... didnt have $210 lying around. Dropped idea >>

So in other words, you admit to knowing you annoy other drivers? Sweeeet Wait, how are your own headlights hard on your eyes?

 

[atom]

PIAA bulbs are some of the biggest pieces of crap you can get for your car. For less than half the price you can get phillips bulbs that are both brighter and can give you that cool white look if you really care about it. Not to mention PIAA superwhites just don't last very long. But for the price you can't beat Hella bulbs. They are way brighter than any super white bulb, but it doesn't give you the super white effect. Function over form...............

 

[LAUST]

sarcasm: Hmm should be real fun then, how bout I get some on my truck once I put on the lift? Should be right at your rearview mirror level, I can also get some bright driving lights down at the bottom too to cover the low ground, well low to me not to cars

sarcasm off: People on the road get more and more out of control, all the good drivers are from the past, they had normal bulbs and less street lights but yet less wrecks, so what does this say? people are worried too much about the bull$h!t then just getting to where they are going.

 

[Draco]

<< PIAA bulbs are some of the biggest pieces of crap you can get for your car. For less than half the price you can get phillips bulbs that are both brighter and can give you that cool white look if you really care about it. Not to mention PIAA superwhites just don't last very long. But for the price you can't beat Hella bulbs. They are way brighter than any super white bulb, but it doesn't give you the super white effect. Function over form............... >>



Yeah ok. Have you even tried PIAA bulbs? I've had a pair of H4 Super Plasma's in my Maxima for a good 6 months, working great. Not to mention numerous interior lights (also working fine) Plus, PIAA is one of the few manufactures that offers a 1 year warranty on their bulbs. Yeah, they are expensive, but so are other good brands, Raybrig, Hiper, etc...

I think PIAA and Raybrig are the best.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Try looking at this site before you make a decision about "super white" bulbs. As far as HID's go, the real HID's do not bother me. I actually think that real HID's create less glare than most Halogens from my perspective as an oncoming driver. Fake HID's (ie, blue tinted halogens) are a HUGE PITA! Blue Halogens create glare like it's going out of style, and when that's combined with the generally less-than-optimal headlight aim on cars with blue Halogens it's just that much worse. Now, a bulb like the Sylvania "XTraVision" (pink and black box) which is not tinted blue, but is an optimised white Halogen bulb, are as nice to oncoming drivers as normal Halogens and offer a fairly large benefit to the driver in terms of useable light. If you really want useable light though, get a set of European Spec. (aka E-Code) headlights if you can afford them, the Euro beam pattern is far superior to the US pattern. (Note: Unless you have sealed beams, an E-code conversion can be a lot of trouble and money.)

ZV

EDIT: <<I think PIAA and Raybrig are the best.>>

Then the majority of people familiar with lighting would disagree with you. Osram-Sylvania and Philips are widely considered to be the best by people in the industry. Hella is also well respected.

 

[Thegonagle]

Actually, for the same price as regular bulbs, I can get some H4 80/80 watt "motorcycle" bulbs for my Civic at Napa. Regular bulbs are about 55 watts.

 

[dave5317]

wow.....u guys gonna spend few hundreds bucks for the head lights????The HID is expensive. Watch for the cops ahead while u're driving coz it's illegal to be too bright!

 

[Draco]

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EDIT: <<I think PIAA and Raybrig are the best.>>

Then the majority of people familiar with lighting would disagree with you. Osram-Sylvania and Philips are widely considered to be the best by people in the industry. Hella is also well respected. >>




Which Philips H4 bulbs? Where can you get them? I've seen some $9 "Blue Vision" Philips bulbs around... are those what your referring too?

 

[Zenmervolt]

<<Which Philips H4 bulbs? Where can you get them? I've seen some $9 "Blue Vision" Philips bulbs around... are those what your referring too?>>

I cannot say for H4's, as both of my cars use sealed-beam type bulbs and I quite naturally do not pay much attention to H4's. I would suggest visiting the link I posted earlier, it has some very good information on bulb types. I personally use Sylvania Xtravision bulbs and I aim them every time I replace them. I don't like blue bulbs myself (it's a blue tint, therefore it necessarily makes the bulbs dimmer because a tint blocks light by definition).

ZV

 

[Thanatopsis]

Great - another person I can turn on my brights for when I pass them. What, it hurts your eyes? But I can see so much better with my brights on...

 

[atom]

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<< PIAA bulbs are some of the biggest pieces of crap you can get for your car. For less than half the price you can get phillips bulbs that are both brighter and can give you that cool white look if you really care about it. Not to mention PIAA superwhites just don't last very long. But for the price you can't beat Hella bulbs. They are way brighter than any super white bulb, but it doesn't give you the super white effect. Function over form............... >>



Yeah ok. Have you even tried PIAA bulbs? I've had a pair of H4 Super Plasma's in my Maxima for a good 6 months, working great. Not to mention numerous interior lights (also working fine) Plus, PIAA is one of the few manufactures that offers a 1 year warranty on their bulbs. Yeah, they are expensive, but so are other good brands, Raybrig, Hiper, etc...

I think PIAA and Raybrig are the best. >>



You think PIAA, Hiper, and Raybrig are the good brands? Ok....................

And yes I have had PIAA's in my car. 1st set lasted 6 months, the second lasted 8 months. Then I went back to OEM. If I wanted to get something brighter I would get Hella, Phillips, Bosch, or Osram. Nothing PIAA will touch my car again.

 

[trulfe]

Ive heard of the cheap bulbs overheating and melting the headlight housing, causing people to have to shell out hundreds of $$$

 

[ddave]

The HIDs that blind people are usually the ones that are not properly aligned.

I have the PIAA hyperwhites in my Honda and it's very bright compared to stock headlights I see on the new Hondas. They have been on my car for at least two years now. Nope, Im not a rice burner- I just like to see where I am going at night On my bimmer, I have the HID which is MUCH more efficient as far as lighting up the road in front of me. I keep them both well aligned. I have seen them both in my rear view mirror as well as head on and I was not blinded nor bothered by them.

 

[Jerboy]

<< The HIDs that blind people are usually the ones that are not properly aligned.

I have the PIAA hyperwhites in my Honda and it's very bright compared to stock headlights I see on the new Hondas. They have been on my car for at least two years now. Nope, Im not a rice burner- I just like to see where I am going at night On my bimmer, I have the HID which is MUCH more efficient as far as lighting up the road in front of me. I keep them both well aligned. I have seen them both in my rear view mirror as well as head on and I was not blinded nor bothered by them. >>




Is it the same wattage?

Watt-per-watt, those dumb lights can never be brighter than standard clear halogen bulb. Naturally lightbulbs puts out more light in red and yellow region than green and blue. The light looks white when everything is about equal in output and superwhite does this so by reducing the amount of low wavelength region that can pass through the bulb with some funky coating to match the output of blue and green.

 

[Jerboy]

<< Do they last long?

Any over heat problem.

Is Cool Blue good?

Where is the best place to buy?

Is H4 identical to 9003? >>




Cool blue does look slightly whiter, but not that much. Its a great bulb since it lets you look your car look 'cool' while being DOE compliant... or are you looking somedumb and stupid rip off imports like these that usually cost about $100 a pair junk bulbs. Ofcourse this trash is not DOE compliant. duh!

 

[rml]

thanks Zenmervolt

Very good article!

 

[rootaxs]

Just a word of advice if you do end up getting the PIAA Platinum Superwhites. *DO NOT* touch the bulb themselves. If you do makes sure to wipe it clean with some ethyl alcohol and let it dry completely.

The numerous cases where you see people complain it didn't last them n amount of months is because of the dirt that significantly shortens the life of the bulb (e.g. overheats, bulb breaks or filament dies). I had one in my last car and it lasted for well over a year.

I've got real HID's now tho

P.S. Blue is uncool. If you want white lights get white lights. Not blue ones.