captandy Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 any one do the research on the best and brightest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Talking about bulbs? Osram and Phillips are quality. As with most things of this nature, your mileage may vary. What I like might be something you don't. But I recommend the Osram Nightbreaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04Pathfinder Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) I just replaced mine on my 04. Gives it a whiter light and I love them so far. OSRAM - Night Breaker Unlimited H4 Edited February 17, 2014 by 04Pathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpe991 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 im running the zxe Sylvania's and they are much brighter than any I have tried but over priced if you got them off ebay for like 30- 40 bucks it would be a good deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNAM Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I run PIAA super plasma GT-X H4 bulbs now but I'm currently looking at a plug&play HID kit. 8000k-12000k.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Two of you that are running H4's, does your housing call for H4's? Or do they call for 9003? 9003 is better than H4 because the filament placement is much more strict. So if you're running H4's in a 9003 housing, you could have even better output if you used the correct bulb. Basically the government took the H4, loved it, but hated the lax attitude with filament placement which required the headlights to be re-aimed with every new bulb. So they made the filament placement stricter and called it 9003/HB2. Edited February 17, 2014 by silverton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I run Phillips 9003 Xtreme Power bulbs (amazon for ~$30) and couldn't be happier. Nice spread, very clear white light, and for every day driving duties they're perfect. Only issue is lifespan,which is about a year or so but that's no problem for their output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaR50 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I have a 10k hid plug and play. Im a happy camper haha --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.804655,-122.223090 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I did a retrofit on mine, this is 5000k HID in bi-xenon projectors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I did a retrofit on mine, this is 5000k HID in bi-xenon projectors. What did you use? Is there a kit? Pics! Pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GePa Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Those H.I.Ds looks quite good there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 (edited) It's all custom stuff from theretrofitsource.com I used Morimoto Mini's, Morimoto 35W digital ballasts, Morimoto 5000k 35w globes, a bi-xenon harness that plugs to the factory so that it flicks to high beams, mini gattling gun shrouds and XB LED rings to give the halo effect. The reflector bowls have been painted satin black and the shrouds colour matched to the car. Using properly designed projectos gives that nice sharp cut off line with that exotic blue colour band that you see on high end luxury cars (well, most new cars nowdays). It avoids getting all that glare and messy light pattern that comes from putting a HID kit straight into a reflector housing. Not to mention how much it annoys oncoming drivers.....anyway. Splitting the housings is easy done with a heat gun. Setting up the cutoff so it's even takes the most amount of time, but these Morimoto projectors are very easy to mount and retain the factory adjustments. Here is a pic of the housing: Halo's on - first paint scheme was chrome housing, gunmetal gray shrouds.... Edited February 20, 2014 by SMOKEYR50 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmann Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Gah that looks so good. I know what to save my pennies for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 All up cost was about $500 including materials. But a siginificant cost of that was shipping to Australia, I think you guys get free shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GePa Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nice, it's shame tough i don't think i can do that to my R50 Gen1 since the lense is not clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMOKEYR50 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Nice, it's shame tough i don't think i can do that to my R50 Gen1 since the lense is not clear. Yeh that's an issue - but if you can find the 'crystal' type headlights on eBay - they are usually a clear plastic lens, they would work perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltaR50 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 should make a write up for us! lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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