MoNkEy MaGiC
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through a clear lense headlight, which bulb is better in terms of Brightness, the actual amount of light it puts on road?
and Blue effect, like the newer mercs and bmw's?
 these are the philips, legal, 55/60watts xenon gas/light blue effect
 and these are the "Sportz ring" not-legal, 80/100watts, darker blue effect
[Edited on 24-01-2005 by MoNkEy MaGiC]
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Adam_B
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neither are legal if there coloured....
phillips are the better bulb in terms of how long it will last, not sure on brightness.
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whitter45
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go for 80W
I'm running 110/130 and the light is amazing. Not legal but not been pulled and I have been behind police etc
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Joff
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Get the bulb that emits the whitest light, not one that tries to be something it's not.
If you've got clear glass then you won't need blinding bulbs, so stick to 55/60w
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
Get the bulb that emits the whitest light, not one that tries to be something it's not.
If you've got clear glass then you won't need blinding bulbs, so stick to 55/60w
Very fair comment it depends what you want
If you want a blue tint go for anything over 4800K - thats the temperature of the bulb hence the colour.
[Edited on 23-01-2005 by whitter45]
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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holy sh1t dude! 110-130! wouldnt the increased heat, damage the headlight lense??
i have the ring sportz 80/100watts in a H4 fitting for my Current headlights and they are very good, very bright and very blue!
but wouldnt a headlight with a clear lense make the bulbs look brighter/more intense?
plus... they will be easily visable and police could easily just see it which is why i was thinkin gof the philips ones but i dont want to loose the light effect
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whitter45
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they run a little hot but i replaced my frosted headlights with clear one so they have a directional cone on infront of the bulb. I found with standard bulbs my original headlights were brighter than the clear ones as the originals had no directional cone infront of the headlight if you know what i mean
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Will94
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I had the ring h4 sportz blue bulbs... they were bright (till they popped) so i tried the phillips vision plus bulbs, easily as bright and they were pure white... no yellow at all (these were 55/60w). now using the philips power2nite bulbs which they say are the next step up, little bit brighter & have a subtle blue effect. The bluevision ones are phillips top ones, i'd say go for them! Ring ones aint as quality trust 
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Filby1
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www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk i got some 7500K bulbs around 25quid and with my blue Side lights they look really nice
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gsi-gaz
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the blue vision ones are best mate
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Filby1
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The bulbs i have are blue tiped so they look bule even not tured on.
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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im going for the sportz ring for now, i had them in H4 and they are good 
had the OLDER legal 55/60watt "Philips normal extra white bulbs" they were brighter/nice white compared to standard bulbs but they Popped after little while!! then i got the 80/100watt sportz ring and they blew it away! lol
ALSO... thinking about the bulb size's... wouldnt the smaller "H1" fitting bulb be LESS bright, or the SAME as the larger "H4" fitting??
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Filby1
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im not sure so if im wrong say but think all corsa bulbs are H4, other cars are different i dont think the fotting of the bulb makes a difference. so a 55/60watt bulb is same in H4 fitting as any other fitting bulb
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Rileysport
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how much you paying for these then 
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Filby1
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only 25 quid i think
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Rileysport
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fooook me. i get em for about 4 quid a pop ....
i do work for ring though
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PaulW
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i got me some ultra xenon ones, sposed to be 60% brighter...
there certainly brighter than the old ones & are also a white light, not tinted 
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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quote:
Originally posted by SRi-Co
fooook me. i get em for about 4 quid a pop ....
i do work for ring though
bloody hell £4! get me some lol
the bulb fittings of H1, H4, H7 are different but also the actuall size of the bulbs is different also with H4 being the biggest, thats why i was wondering if the smaller ones wont be as bright?? 
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Rileysport
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xenon plus ones £3.06 each to me, hahahaha cool
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