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 Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:53 pm |
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one my mates got bright bulbs in his that have a blue glow to them but not hids.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:54 pm |
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The problem with white halogens is that they have a blue tinted bulb. Due to the way that light works, the blue tint can only filter out red/yellow light. It stands to reason that the more light you filter out, the dimmer the bulb is.
Clear bulbs are the brightest form of halogen, but you are always restricted by a certain output. Also, the brighter the bulb, the shorter its life span.
Any difference between halogens will be negligible, no matter what they say on the box.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:56 pm |
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Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info Code
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Yurp stay away from blue tinted bulbs, they look brighter when you look at them because of the tint, but the light output onto the road is less than a clear untinted bulb.
Also blue bulbs perform badly in the wet it has something to do with the way light reflects idk I read it earlier when I was deciding what new bulbs to buy 
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:57 pm |
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I have a subtle blue tint on my dipped lights, which looks nice but doesn't lose to much light. I have Xtremes in my high beams, which counteracts the lack of light.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:58 pm |
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so is it worth getting the philips ones or sticker with ones that i have that look bright but r not
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:59 pm |
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Completely down to aesthetics. If you like the white light, keep them. You won't notice much difference in output either way.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:07 pm |
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ok thanks that helped loads. i might just leave it
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:08 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Philips Xtremes FTW
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:28 pm |
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Joined: Dec 09, 2010
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I personally love the ice white HIDS in mine with a slight blue tint, visibility is great as well as looks. I had Phillips H7 xtremes but still too yellow for me personally.
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:30 pm |
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One word of advice as well dont buy cheap bulbs as you will end up buying them again in a few weeks as they blow very quickly
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:34 pm |
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Those LED ones are really dim, like REALLY!
I got some H7 ones and they were dimmer than standard sidelights
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:43 pm |
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Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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| amy-v17 wrote: |
| I have Philips Xenon bulbs in mine and they give off a white/blue light I had HIDs in (had to take them out because they were messing with my electrics) and they look very similar |
i just bought philips xenon h4's today, hopefully going to have them installed shorty. (code for when i can be bothered going outside)
there the blue ones aswell...
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