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Which headlight bulbs are best?

Postby Bling » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:02 pm

Title says it all.

Wanting to replace the bulbs on two ae111s (H4 IIRC, raining and cbf getting wet to check)

So which ones have people had good results with? I can just go to *insert autoparts store name here* and grab some..... but I want some suggestions of good ones as the current ones are very average.
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Postby sergei » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:11 pm

Uncoloured ones are the good start. +50 Narva are good. Don't go higher wattages, way too many problems and they will be dimmer as the wiring is not up to the task.
You might need to look at wiring if your lights are too dim.
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Postby Dell'Orto » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:22 pm

Narva Plus 100's will be available shortly, they ought to be fairly awesome. Phillips bulbs are better quality, but for the cost, you may as well go Narva.
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Postby wde_bdy » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:08 pm

If you are willing to import these guys are worth a look -
http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=111
Or just Narva Plus 50's will do the job pretty well, upgraded wiring will help whatever bulbs you get.

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Postby ch4ng » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:13 pm

I can confirn that they are H4's
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Postby Simon K » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:54 pm

Ive got some Hella ones which are quite good. They have a faint blue exterior halfway down the bulb and give off a pure white light. Pair them with a blue tinted park bulb and there's no yellowing of the light at all. 8)
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Postby AE82 FXGT » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:18 pm

+1 for Narva +50

though now im cranking HIDs :lol:
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Postby Bling » Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:18 pm

Sounds like +50s are the go. Cheers for the recommendations :)

Will have to see how spendy they are and maybe just replace the ones in my car :lol: :lol:
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Postby Leon » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:17 am

They are an item with massive mark up.

Even with my meagre discount card (Repco blue) the price to me for buying the boxed pair of them was within a couple of $ of buy one individual bulb at retail.

So if you know "a guy" ... hit them up
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Postby B1NZ » Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:48 pm

From previous experience I have found that they all emit the same light to the naked eye anyway, So just buy a good quality brand.

My work car blows bulbs randomly, I replaced one about 6months ago with a Narva +50 and it looked the same as the original one in the car, The other one blew last week and I replaced it with a +30 Repco branded one and the light output and colour look the same to me.
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Postby gepsk8 » Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:13 pm

do you do much country road driving?
or just around chch and on main state high ways? just go will 30+
as 50+ will blind you back on any road sigh on high beam, just get them for use on poorly marker country roads. I've got them.
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Postby Bling » Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:25 pm

Do my fair share of open road driving, not too worried about glare back if the flipside is increased vision.
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Postby sergei » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:19 pm

B1NZ wrote:From previous experience I have found that they all emit the same light to the naked eye anyway, So just buy a good quality brand.

My work car blows bulbs randomly, I replaced one about 6months ago with a Narva +50 and it looked the same as the original one in the car, The other one blew last week and I replaced it with a +30 Repco branded one and the light output and colour look the same to me.


That might be to poor condition of wiring.
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