Replacement car headlight bulbs

[willbewill]

Not a fan of HID or LED as they can be dazzling and/or distracting to other road users, especially for elder members of the driving population.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1771460/

[goraman]

I have used upgraded headlight bulbs for years and have learned several things.
Bulbs I have used are Hella, Piaa and Sylvania silver star ultra in the last couple of years in several cars both driving lights, fog lights and pencil beams.

1. They all draw more current than stock bulbs.
2. How long they and your car last depends on a couple factors ,
Factor A. the gauge wiring used in the headlight circuit.
Factor B. Will the contacts in the relays, head light switch and sockets carry the extra load and heat.
Factor C. Climate if it is very hot where you live 110F or 45C it may cause premature yellowing of your plastic head light lenses due to the extra heat.

I have found some cars will not handle the really hot bulbs but I have had good luck with the Sylvania silver stars my Hyundai could not handle the Ulta version of that bulb they burned out very quickly I suspect due to voltage drop as the wiring is not very heavy duty.
My 88 Ford T bird had both headlight switch and relay problems with some strong Piaa bulbs.
Hella fog bulbs and pencil beams have a very long life if you have good wiring.

Bright lights are good, but pull to big a load on a circuit not rated for the load and things will fail sooner than later.

The truck is 4 wheel drive and once I had to chain all 4 tires to get through closed logging roads.
My wife has gotten nerves a few time as we have gone through some pretty deep stuff, When it gets real bad only tire chains do the job.

[struth]

Nice truck. See you have a bit of that wander lust

[jollyfix]

Yeah... They are really.

I wish all headlights were standardised in brightness. If you have an older car like mine, having mega bright LED headlights in your mincers in the dark its really quite dangerous.

They are like a nuclear blast going off compared to normal halogen.



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Yep, same here, nighttime driving these days is such a pain, and dangerous id say. The amount of times i am blinded from the front and rear.. These new bulbs like having full beam on .

[CageyH]

Have a look at Autoexpress online. They do bulb tests and will offer you a guide to the best option for brighter, legal bulbs.

[goraman]

Nice truck. See you have a bit of that wander lust

Thanks Grant,
Since these pictures it sits up a couple more inches has a big roof rack now seen in one picture, It is very low geared and has true possi traction in the rear ,limited slip in the front.
Not great for corners but dose real well in mud and snow. I don't look for big rocks to climb over or try to find challenges that press the limits.
I just want to get to secluded places to camp or just piss in the snow if I feel the urge. It dose that just fine. I like Donner summit . Have been on a lot of snowed up trails.
Once it got pretty deep and we where not far from where the Donner party got snowed in. I pity them being in that with just horses and wagons.
You cant walk in deep snow it's just exhausting and freezing even in modern snow pants with layers. Poor souls didn't have a chance.
I have been camping in weather close to 0 degrees and even with heavy sleeping bags and a tent heater Nosheen objected . We where at Goose Lake last day they allow visitors before it snows in.
I had 2 propane heaters our tent is big 14 x 10 ft. the other campers around us where freezing , I slept on top of my bag it was so warm inside.
we also use cots to stay off the ground.The heat was like smoke coming off the top of the tent.

[struth]

Ah yes donner pass. I read a book about that. Harrowing. 1840's. Many became cannibals.

You certainly travel in style. Well done

[icehockeyboy]

They are for “off road use only”. What you really need is the new LED lights.

I swapped my Merc CLS which had xenons, to a brand new C class which has LED’s.
I think that the xenons are superior.


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[Pigmy Pony]

May I say you're looking exceptionally fetching today, shweety. I think it's the new hairstyle.

Marco.

Thank you for noticing, I had it done at "Turn Your Head And Coiffe". A bit pricy, but worth it.

[Cyrus]

They are superior for the driver, but the scatter of xenon light is much worse than LED in my opinion.