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is this the real deal?
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 1:38 pm
by MarkMoore
help me out here, cuz i know just about as little about lighting as possible, so tell me if something like this is worth the money:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... gory=33710
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 1:56 pm
by Redlined
I cant see that working. It seems to be a clear bulb with just a blue cover that goes over it.. the wattage seems pretty damn high too. Even a proper HID conversion kit would probably not give you what you are looking for in the mx-3 stock headlight housing since it is a reflector housing and we have the most craptacular lenses around. You are probably better off just buying some halogen bulbs like the Sylvania Silverstars or PIAA bulbs. The link seems to be a waste of money to me but well see what everyone else has to say....
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 2:29 pm
by 93SOHC
yeah, that looks like b/s to me. Try some silverstars, I love mine. I'll even post some night pics if ya like
Posted: February 14th, 2005, 10:13 pm
by jschrauwen
BS is right. They're re-wiring the halogen bulbs so that you will drive both high and low beam filaments at the same time directly from the battery through their new relay. Great way to overheat the bulb and reflector area and possibly melt the plastic or even start a fire. At the minimum, bulb life will be extremely short IMO. If it looks to good to be true...than it is.
Posted: February 15th, 2005, 12:06 am
by MarkMoore
thanks for all the input guys
i'm sorry, what is piaa?
Posted: February 15th, 2005, 12:40 am
by Redlined
Just a brand name. A more expensive brand name lol. Check out Eurolite, Raybrig Bulbs, PIAA, Sylvania whatever ones you like!
Posted: February 15th, 2005, 1:07 am
by Taras
Gotta Love eBay......
Posted: February 15th, 2005, 1:44 am
by Gro Harlem
looks like a gimmick to me. the fact you have blue-tinted glass is stupid too. You are only lowering the brightness by tinting the glass so you "look kewl y0".
Go with OSRAM silverstars....they are the german-spec silverstars and are better than the syvania ones we get here.
Posted: February 15th, 2005, 12:48 pm
by Taras
OSRAM Silverstars are not available in 9004, only SYLVANIA one are....
Posted: February 15th, 2005, 6:05 pm
by mazdubber
Silverstars are okay. But gimme a set of PIAA's anyday! They may be expensive but they're the brightest things you'll find in 9004's.
Posted: February 17th, 2005, 7:21 pm
by MX-SLICK
sylverstarts are like 50 bucks, eurolites are like 20 bucks canadian. Eurolites are 55 watts but more blue than sylverstarts...sylverstars are 55 watts white. I picked up a set of cheap APC's that are a few different colours.
Posted: February 19th, 2005, 9:12 pm
by solo_ryder
I have a pair of eurolite xenon's there ok, but one of them burnt out and I have only had for about 3-4 months, but they look really blue and there fairly cheap, so its a trade off between xenons and silverstars cause silversatrs give out alot of light.
Posted: February 20th, 2005, 1:22 pm
by hgallegos915
i dont know what i did wrong BUIT haha ...um i bought one of those "ebay" bulbs and it melted the inner part of my housing....this was a while back. on a maxima.
Posted: February 20th, 2005, 3:52 pm
by jschrauwen
jschrauwen wrote:BS is right. They're re-wiring the halogen bulbs so that you will drive both high and low beam filaments at the same time directly from the battery through their new relay. Great way to overheat the bulb and reflector area and possibly melt the plastic or even start a fire. At the minimum, bulb life will be extremely short IMO. If it looks to good to be true...than it is.
Told you so.