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Originally Posted by HemiGpaw
Nice right up. So you can put a 9005 in place of a 9145??
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Absolutely. Just make sure you don't use anything rated over 65W, as the 100W bulbs can burn up your stock harnesses. In addition to what I posted above, I have been recently testing these bulbs even further, including measuring the actual light output and adding the "HIR" bulb that is supposed to be so bright it is almost illegal (not true in either case). Here is a sample:
Here are the stock foglights vs. Xenon:
Looks like the Xenon is brighter, right? Nope! The "whiter" light of the Xenon
appears slightly brighter because of the way the eye interprets colors. In reality the stock fog light - with 23 less watts of power - puts out over 15%
more light:
No worries, despite the angle of the first picture the lights were the EXACT same distance from the meter (exactly 20'6") and were in an "open" lense with only a clear plastic cover (highbeam socket of a Yukon Denali):
I should have a color meter soon and will test not only the brightness of these bulbs (and the factory 300 HID's), but the color temperatures as well. Stay tuned to this thread if you are interested!
