RocketSlug

JCWhitney baby! 100w (instead of 65) replacements for about $11 each. Adding blue or purple (or worse) filters to the bulb glass to make them appear white has no true benefit to the human eye. . .we are least sensitive to the blue light spectrum and this actually causes more glare.

The 100w full spectrum (regular) halogens light up signs for over 1/2 mile, when I get an opportunity to use them. I use them more to flash people into traffic or to pass, and with that much power, you can see them in daylight.

MrSypher

RocketSlug, becareful not to fry your wire harnesses.. Did you upgrade your wires when you put in your 100W bulbs?? The OEm wires aren't meant to to pull that much wattage through them. A few years ago I did the same thing and I ended up frying my wires..

///MDex

I bet the PIAAs, albeit more expensive initially, are just as bright if not brighter, and won't melt anything; they're still 55W.

Just a thought.

RocketSlug

What bulbs were you using? How long were you running the things? And at what ambient temperatures? I would always run them for a few minutes after going to the drag strip (which is in a rural area) and even a few minutes in town, and I was suprised how cool everything was. . .I expected everything from the lens back to be hot, and it was not. Plus, I'm only going over by 35watts, which isn't too aggressive.

I honestly can't run them as long as I would like. . .they reach at least a half mile or more, and the HIDs cover almost every other situation. They are more for justice distribution than anything else, especially against people who won't dim their bulbs in downtown traffic.

I don't know how bulbs, at least ones using halogen gas, can be "brighter" and pull less wattage. They may appear "whiter" and therefore "brighter" (due to visible spectrum filters) but I would think it is impossible for a lower wattage *halogen* bulb to put out more lumens.

If someone has the box to one of these low-watt megabuck boyracer blue bulbs, please post the lumens and I will compare them to my full spectrum 100w. Blue/purple is a byproduct (or throw-away light) produced by the arc in the HID process. Tinting, shading, and reducing the output to gain a color or look is not advantageous.

So why don't I go with HID to replace my brights? Respone time. Flashing HIDs is like flashing a office building fluorescent light at people. It just doesn't work like halogen.

Kash

no but driveing behind them with your xenon high beam bulbs will sure let them know your pissed offf

bagwell

go with RAZO !!! color is perfect match for XENON...