I've so far had 2 sets of these and so far I like them although I'm sure people will think I'm a ricer. Some people don't want to spend the money on HID's and want the look of them. I just wondered if anyone else had tried them and what you thought? The first set were of 9006 55 watt ones that I put in the low beams on my Honda. I ran them for about 4 months and then I changed them out for something with a little more color. They didn't have much if any blue to them they just were slightly whiter than stock and seemed to be a little brighter. These are the first ones I had. Sorry for the bad pictures.




I liked these but they didn't have much if any color to them. They seemed to be pretty decent bulbs though.


The next set is a set of 80/100watt ones I tried in my truck. Now these I liked more. They have a lot more color to them although it's hard to see in the pictures. With these it's reccomended that you upgrade your headlight harness as to not risk melting the factory one. These bulbs don't seem to be quite as good as stock vision wise but look a ton better to me. I tried Nokya's and liked the color but with those I had a hard time seeing at night as it seemed to light the ground up the same color as the asphalt. These aren't quite like that but they are slightly harder to see than stock. I'd say these are similar to the Eurolite Fusions I run in my Accord maybe slightly bluer. I really like these bulbs and to me gives off a better look than stock. The only time I've not liked them was on a back road with no other lighting around with my high beams on it the light beam didn't hit the road. It lights it up but the beam is higher up. This is how my truck lights are and always have been. It just lights up the whole road even instead of having a big spot where the lights are aimed into the road. They did fine if I held the high and low beams on at the same time but you have to hold the light stalk in the truck to do this. They were a little hard to see but they were still okay. I don't know that stock ones would have been any better. I really like these bulbs while I've used them. The look good not the bluest I've seen but still look good and seem to work pretty well not like some where you can't see at all. They may not be quite as good as stock but don't seem to be a whole lot worse.
These are what I used.




Stock lights


Farenheits

 

I have difficulty understanding how you can recommend these when the majority of your post keeps stating how the actual lighting performance is not very good.

 

I'd reccomend them if you are looking for the blueish look without the HID price. The first set I'd reccomend for light output as they seemed superior to stock. The second set doesn't seem much worse than stock like some but look a ton better imo. Thats why I say I'd reccomend them if you are going for that look. In some spots they seem better than stock lighting wise but in others they don't seem as good. The high beams are mostly where I think they aren't quite as bright but they look a lot better on the road and look a lot better outside.

 

On a side note and I know you all will probably think I'm crazy for this but after riding in my uncles Toyota Prius I'm not all that impressed by HID's like I thought I'd be. They may have been slightly brighter than the halogens on my 06 Accord but not a whole lot. He didn't seem to impressed with them either. I wasn't the least bit impressed for what they cost. If they were any brighter it wasn't much and they really didn't seem any brighter. When I thought ok these look good I noticed he had the high beams on. My lights are about as bright with the highbeams also.


The truck isn't a fair comparison because it's so high up the lights just suck.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hometheaterman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">On a side note and I know you all will probably think I'm crazy for this but after riding in my uncles Toyota Prius I'm not all that impressed by HID's like I thought I'd be. They may have been slightly brighter than the halogens on my 06 Accord but not a whole lot. He didn't seem to impressed with them either. I wasn't the least bit impressed for what they cost. If they were any brighter it wasn't much and they really didn't seem any brighter. When I thought ok these look good I noticed he had the high beams on. My lights are about as bright with the highbeams also.


The truck isn't a fair comparison because it's so high up the lights just suck. </TD></TR></TABLE>

55W halogen bulb = 1000 to 1200 lumen
35W HID capsule = 3200 lumen

You really can't say 3 time more light, is "slightly brighter".

However, since that much light in the normal pattern of a halogen would be useless, a proper HID setup will put about teh same amount of light straight in front of the car, and significantly more off to the sides and further down the road.