Shinjuku Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 What are generally considered the best bulbs to upgrade the front lights of a 2005 z - side light, main and maybe dipped. Cheers Shinjuku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinjuku Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 What are generally considered the best bulbs to upgrade the front lights of a 2005 z - side light, main and maybe dipped. Cheers Shinjuku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Depends what you want... i personally like HID's with a blu-ish tint so i'd say get some 10000k HID's... but then thats me. Are you looking for more light output, or nicer looking etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Depends what you want... i personally like HID's with a blu-ish tint so i'd say get some 10000k HID's... but then thats me. Are you looking for more light output, or nicer looking etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I read though the more blue you go the less useful light they emit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I read though the more blue you go the less useful light they emit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 stock HIDS are 4200-4500k i would up grade to 5K or 6K around there but no more, at those numbers the light is more white than yellow. 10k is very blue, but the lighting ability is pretty poor in comparison to the same bulb at 4500k as for side lights you can get blue lense 501 bulbs that are also white in light or some LED versions instead. as for full beam i just put philips x-treme vision in +100% over normal vision. i think they are about the best you can get, but OSRAM night breakers or Ring +120% are meant to be good. i would avoid EBAY HID bulbs, the price is good but the bulbs tend to be poor quality. try someone like autobulbs direct. to be honest the OEM ones are very good, but very expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 stock HIDS are 4200-4500k i would up grade to 5K or 6K around there but no more, at those numbers the light is more white than yellow. 10k is very blue, but the lighting ability is pretty poor in comparison to the same bulb at 4500k as for side lights you can get blue lense 501 bulbs that are also white in light or some LED versions instead. as for full beam i just put philips x-treme vision in +100% over normal vision. i think they are about the best you can get, but OSRAM night breakers or Ring +120% are meant to be good. i would avoid EBAY HID bulbs, the price is good but the bulbs tend to be poor quality. try someone like autobulbs direct. to be honest the OEM ones are very good, but very expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinjuku Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 So are the bulbs in the 2005 cars hid as well. I thought the later models were supposed to be better. Surely a hid is a hid? More light is better but as has been said more blue means less light. I have used 6k before but that was when you had to choose between 4 and 6. First up has to be getting sidelights that are whiter than regular. So probably led. Thanks for the tip about the main beam. Will take a look. Shinjuku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinjuku Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 So are the bulbs in the 2005 cars hid as well. I thought the later models were supposed to be better. Surely a hid is a hid? More light is better but as has been said more blue means less light. I have used 6k before but that was when you had to choose between 4 and 6. First up has to be getting sidelights that are whiter than regular. So probably led. Thanks for the tip about the main beam. Will take a look. Shinjuku Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yep the more blue you go the less light is output - thats why i said it depends what you want from the upgrade. I like how the blue light looks (from the outside... JDM style)... the output doesnt bother me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yep the more blue you go the less light is output - thats why i said it depends what you want from the upgrade. I like how the blue light looks (from the outside... JDM style)... the output doesnt bother me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazmcc Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Am I right in thinking that since my 04 Jap import doesn't have headlight washers that HID kits are illegal on my car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 So are the bulbs in the 2005 cars hid as well. I thought the later models were supposed to be better. Surely a hid is a hid? More light is better but as has been said more blue means less light. I have used 6k before but that was when you had to choose between 4 and 6. First up has to be getting sidelights that are whiter than regular. So probably led. Thanks for the tip about the main beam. Will take a look. Shinjuku pre 2006 = hid post 2006 = bi xenon (hence why they are better) also better sue of the bulb and light etc) Am I right in thinking that since my 04 Jap import doesn't have headlight washers that HID kits are illegal on my car? nope because you didn't fit them after market it came that way from the factory, so will still meet MOT rules, but the only way to find out is when you get it MOT'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazmcc Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ah right, so my current headlights are HID?? I got the impression they weren't! I've had no MOT problems since I owned the car (over 4 years) so all good I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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