What are some good ones that are close to HID but don't burn out the friggin connector?

 

CATZ zeta system- looks very close to HID

later

matt

 

The zeta system is too expensive, I just need some semi cheap bulbs that won't fry the headlight conntector. Thanks

 

Just use regular bulbs, you dont need that fake *** look of HID's.

 

PIAA Hyper White, I had those before I got HIDs. The PIAA's are a lot brighter than stock.

 

CATZ Galaxy white looks good. Or their new Aqua white is suppose to be even more of a pure white.

 

you need some of these

 

Good lord that's nice. What are they? Real HIDs?

 

yeaup

 

Funny that this subject came up.... one of my PIAA's just went out after 2 -3 yrs of usage... too poe to get HID's. Was thinking of the catz aswell, but don't know if I wan to spend the money again. The PIAA's are really nice though...

 

Use OEM unless you can afford real ones. I have gone through 2 sets of PIAA super plasmas. Luckily 2nd one was free. 1st set went out in under 3 months. Then I realized that fake bulbs are a waste of money because they don't last long enough. So until I have $$ to buy the real deal, I'm stayin' OEM.

Peace,
Larkin

 

ive had the same piaas for 4yers now , never blew out and took em from car to car. to car to car to car to car to car. just to give you an idea.

 

Yup, OEM Acura HID's made by stanley. Those were off a CL Type S. You like?

 

actually, what your asking for is something like the best of two worlds..well, not really.

the deal is that normal bulbs use a filament wire going accross. this heats up, and cools down when the bulb is on/off. this causes a problem since theres a connection that keeps heating up cooling down, it will, eventually, break.

now the more wattage you throw thru the filament, the more prone it is to break. heat = causes items, including filaments to break/warp.

so for like the cheap 15 dollar HID look bulb or the expensive piaa super ultra neon plasma bulb running at 100watts, or 120watts, the life span is short.

the reason HID's are so bright and use 35 watts (less than the standard 55 w bulb) is because its a entirely different way of creating light. using a huge capacitor (the ballasts) it literally throws sparks of electriciy accross the arcs of the bulbs. notice that the hid bulbs do not have a filament, instead 2 points where the light travels accross. this is why hid bulbs can produce the amount of light they do and still outlast normal halogen bulbs.

and for 300 dollars for the cheapest of the cheap hid kits, i think it would be a worthwhile investment, even if money is a huge issue. the $100+ for the piaa bulbs that look like HID but are much duller than HID is just not worth it.

 

did you tint the picture blue?

 

I think the blue is from the glare on the camera lens.
Looks nice.

 

its very odd though, as the 4300k are not blue at all. they are on the yellow/white spectrum of color output...

 

Piaa's

 

9005 stock replacements!

 

Isn't 9005 for the high beams?

 

"Hypa white lights, ultra violet lenz....sumakuma tires and dey gotta be run flat"

 

9006 are high beams

 

Yup,

9005=low beam(Canadian), + High beam
9006=driving lights

 

Thanks I just looked at a high beam bulb and it's 9005.

 

really? I remember reading on vtec.net that a cheap mod for lights is to get the 9006 and remove one of the pins so it fits in the low beam spot, and you have highbeam bulbs in for low beam bulbs. I could have mixed the numbers around though.

Are you using those bulbs on your JDM front?