Ebay xenon style lights

[kebabman2k]

anyone tried anything like this on their car? wondered if theyre anygood because i need a new headlight bulb anyway and thought that seeing asthough they come with a 12 month guarrentee they might be worth a look. My bulbs go all the time on my car and thought these might look ok.

whats your thoughts/experiences with these?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8018657190

 

[sharkaroo]

Phillips make the best H7 bulbs i have found, although theres a wide market with quatily bulbs. The Phillips vision plus bulbs are about 25 - 30 quid.

 

[kebabman2k]

Sorry for being a thicky but, what is it that makes the xenon lights xenon. I mean, is it the fitting or the bulbs themselves? can you make a normal car xenon by just buying xenon bulbs ie H1, H4 and H7? sorry if this is a daft question I just dont really understand

 

[McBunny]

lots of electronics and about 300 gets you xenon ligts rather than xenon gas filled bulbs

 

[kebabman2k]

ah right! is there anypoint getting the xenon gas fitted bulbs? just wondered if theyre anygood in comparison to normal xenons or whether they are worth the money

 

[Guy]

plus the fact real xenons use about 20,000v to start with.

 

[Guy]

ive always found them ''50% brighter'' bulbs to be bullshit from previous experience.

i bought a xenon conversion kit from america for 200 quid for my old pug, they were mega dazzling bright. awesome, brighter than my 182 xenons.

 

[nelson182]

Xenoms are noticably better. Real xenons work from xenon gas and not from a filament, and omit very liile heat but more light. This means they are very effiecent. They also give a more crisp light than Halogen bulbs. Best way to see is to line the two different ones up together.
I love my xenons. They have a great look to them.

 

[V1NNY]

Normal halogen bulbs are filled with xenon gas because it makes them burn better and give a slightly better light and maybe life, a actual xenon doesn't have a fillament, a xenon bulb creates a arc of light and the light produced is much brighter and produces many more lumens than a halogen bulb, the arc is ignited by a high electric voltage across two electrodes. This voltage causes a spark to arc, charging the mixture of noble gas and a matalic vapour in a quartz glass sleeve then a lower voltage then maintains the arc, i will post a pic of my bulb if i can find it

 

[V1NNY]

 

[_Kenny_]

I recently got these type of bulbs and I honestly think they give better visibility at night than my previous standard bulbs. Girlfriend thinks so too

 

[V1NNY]

HID's do give out more light than standard halogen bulbs, although standard halogen bulbs have got much better these days withe the demand for better light they will not surpass xenon technology

 

[ben_p]

where did you get these from m8 ? i need some for my 172 mrk1(same twin optics) is that just the bulbs or is there fancy wiring needed,

have u got a pic of them on?

 

[V1NNY]

it does need wiring but i suppopse anyone can do it unless you were blind maybe

 

[ben_p]

kk i want soem, where are they from what needs wiring?

 

[V1NNY]

Here's a pic

 

[ben_p]

rite now i defo want some, mine look ginger standard, where are they from

 

[V1NNY]

i got mine a couple of years ago and the website's not there no more, its a proper philips HID kit

 

[ben_p]

aaaaaaahhhhhh anyideas where to get them from these days? price?

 

[V1NNY]

There are a few on ebay but thats mostly jap stuff

 

[V1NNY]

This pic was before i had the hid conversion, they are philips blue vision bulbs, well this was a couple of years ago