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Old 06-27-2009, 10:17 PM
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I need to change my light bulbs

I am running secondhand silverstar ultras and they are ready to die.

What would be good for my Hella h4 Conversions?

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osram night brakers. you can find them on ebay and they are awesome.
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What about 80/100 watt Hella or PIAA bulbs
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Im running some 80/100 diamondwhite bulbs in my truck now. they are green on the road but i love em.

they are x brand and arent dot legal. Go check a store that doesnt sell DOT stuff. Places like autozone only sell legal stuff.
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Originally Posted by Tubbyfatty
Im running some 80/100 diamondwhite bulbs in my truck now. they are green on the road but i love em.

they are x brand and arent dot legal. Go check a store that doesnt sell DOT stuff. Places like autozone only sell legal stuff.
What stores wouldnt sell legal stuff?

Autozone still carries cherry bomb mufflers, even though those are illegal here
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Does 80/100 work with the stock woring harness?
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I just bought h4 conversions of ebay and upgraded to the 80/100 bulbs and they are plug and play
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i was also thinking of changing my lights, from what i read you will need to upgrade the wiring harness, I just got done replacing my upper ball joints and installed the new 26mm torsion bars
my nest plan is to install my new carpet kit and then weld in new front shock brackets then work on the lights
if you do this keep posted what and where you got and did stuff
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got to admit the stock lights are dim
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from what i see sealed beam lights dont have that reflecter or cone or umbrella or shield covering the bulb inside. sealed beams only have a textured lens patten. sealed beams probably produce more glare.

Another question, are hids a good option?
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Anybody have pics of 80/100 bulbs at night
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I will just go the 80/100 for my hella visions on the stock harness.
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kind of crappy pics but here ya go.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...-bulbs-159923/
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does all 80/100 bulbs produce green effect light I thought they come out whiter as said on its package
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search through my old post for pics of my Hella 80/100W bulbs on stock wires and aftermarket headlight housings.
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FYI: Any bulbs that use more than 55/60 watts SHOULD[as in 'shoulda, woulda, coulda'] be using an upgraded harness/relay. I like the one I got from rallylights.com.
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Originally Posted by 3VZRUNNA
does all 80/100 bulbs produce green effect light I thought they come out whiter as said on its package
Dont think so, these were "off road use only" bulbs.
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My hella 80/100w Xeon blue bulbs along with their 200mm e-code lenses. Best setup ever!! very nice white light output, not that good in the rain though, but I have yellow fogs for that now.
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are bixenons any good or do they produce lots of glare
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I just used the factory wiring and it seems to work fine. As far as glare, it dont rain much here, but I was down in Texas a while back and it was rainin like a cow peeing on a flat rock and I noticed some glare of of the road signs. Whole lot more light then factory. I understand that these have a European light pattern and that is different then what we a used to, and I like them fine. I have them adjusted pretty low and very seldom get flashed by anyone, but if I do, it dont take much of the high beams to get them to dim theirs......regards.....Rick
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