100W H1 bulbs

[Stick Insect]

and they also have to be E marked.

If they are fitted to a vehicle made after 1973 only IIRC.

David

[newsh]

Just putting in the relays will help with stock bulbs, then you can get the 30% brighter Philips (Hyperwhite?) bulbs which are same power as stock.
Clean all the contacts on the bulb holders and coat with silicon grease.

[Stick Insect]

Just putting in the relays will help with stock bulbs, then you can get the 30% brighter Philips (Hyperwhite?) bulbs which are same power as stock.
Clean all the contacts on the bulb holders and coat with silicon grease.

Can't help but agree John. I have silly plastic lenses in my Mondeo Headlamps which can't take high power bulbs. I have the Xenon gas bulbs and they do help.

David

[missmouse]

70W illegal??

Isnt 100w illegal in halogen bulbs for the car as anything over 70w is classed as motorsport lighting and hence too bright for road use. Dont know if its true but i chatted with an MOT tester when i had my Nova SR (and a great car it was) and he told me i couldn't after an hour of research in books.
HTH
Graham

Interesting that 70Watts conventional H4 is supposedly illegal & yet HID lamps are advertised as being over 4times brighter than halogen!
( and perfectly legal?)

seems a bit like the law that says you cannot use a tyre smaller than the original one fitted & yet cars are sold with these stupid "space saver" wheels!
Duh!,
Mad country this!
Simon

[Stick Insect]

Interesting that 70Watts conventional H4 is supposedly illegal & yet HID lamps are advertised as being over 4times brighter than halogen!
( and perfectly legal?)

Simon

It's difficult to quantify 'brightness' so they just have a measurable and chose wattage.

If we had aceteylene lamps they would probably say not to use more than 2 lumps of carbide per hour!

Details of what I'm wittering on about here: http://wasg.iinet.net.au/lampfaq.html

No I'm not an old git


David

[bob69]

Quick question,

Whats the best brightest bulb to replace as stock without getting the HID kit then???????

[Pete_RS2]

These Nokya's sound good. Cheap too.

[Stick Insect]

Quick question,

Whats the best brightest bulb to replace as stock without getting the HID kit then???????

Saw these H4 xenon bulbs. The wattage is too high though.

http://www.m-99.co.uk/Car_Neon_LED_Lighting/Xenon_H4_Headlight_Bulbs/xenon_h4_headlight_bulbs.html

David

[kninio]

good evening

As you said Doug, you need relays. I melted my stalk with high power bulbs and that was on dip 90W!. The wattage is not a problem for the MOT I believe. IIRC bulbs over 65? Watts are not 'E' marked and as such cannot legally be fitted to post 1973 cars.

If you fit a relay don't forget to disable the Autocheck light system.

David

i wonder if i wanna put relays for my car.. then i have to disable the autocheck? why will it bright that i have a dead lamp? and how can i disable the autocheck ?

[newsh]

Main thing is you must fit relays if fitting higher wattage bulbs. The stock wiring and switchgear is not up to passing any more current, in fact the stock lights will be improved with relays and a decent size wire direct from the back of the alternator.
100 watt bulbs will melt the steering column switches in short order..

[newsh]

These are good

H4-Phillips Vision Plus 50% Brighter Bulbs

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...932271277&rd=1

[kninio]

These are good

H4-Phillips Vision Plus 50% Brighter Bulbs

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...932271277&rd=1

i want bulbs for the elipsoid.. not the regular style.. and i just found osram H1 55 wat i didnt find yet philips is there any difference? between osram and philps? i will try in monday to go yo the industrial zone to see if some have philips vision plus cause near me i didnt find it

[Jamo]

IN a few months.... I'll have some new kits that we've designed that are going into production :-)

We've got off shore marine kits, race car use only and light commercial aircraft kits coming. These will be base on 50 watt ballasts which will be about 50% brighter than current HID's!! beelinding!! I'm hoping very much that the 50 watt ballasts will provide so much extra grunt that the ellipsoids in our lights will finally put out a decent amount of light down road. Heat will not be a concern at all as still 5 watts less than the current halogen H1 bulbs. I look forward to testing these :-) aircraft landing lights inside my headlamps :-)

Oooooooh, what date are we looking at?

[Skull]

Dont buy osrams!!!!!! They suck big time!! I already wasted money on them, so you dont have to. Buy philips vision plus or philips blue vision.

[RIX]

i have just fitted Ring bulbs,50% brigter they are british,quet pleased with them, i just need to go out in the country side at night fore the final test,but it´s look good so fare.
i have the elipsoid light´s

RIX