The ULTIMATE (almost) light bulb comparison thread (w/pics!)

[300C2NV]

anyone wanna tell me how to get the stock halogen low beams out of a 300C? They dont just twist at all. The high beams, i can twist easily, the low beams won't move at all.

[YoungMedic23]

http://www.300cforums.com/forums/ext...ideo-pics.html

Here's my results with IMO the perfect matching foglights....check my post above

[kings11]

Glossy magazine quality write-up. Strong work.

Scott

[THSRT8]

Great writeup! I am going to replace the ebay Xenon with the Silverstar in my other car

[StealthAuto]

GREAT write-up!!! WOW!

[Tedman5]

Just wondering why you didn't try Hoen Xenon match bulbs in your test?
Hoen high performance halogen

[PimpJi]

nice write up man

[Y2K5SRT]

Originally Posted by Tedman5

Just wondering why you didn't try Hoen Xenon match bulbs in your test?
Hoen high performance halogen

Unfortunately, there are about 100 different brands out there and I simply can't afford (or want) them all. I looked over their site and agree that the "color temperature" of their lights (4000K) is closer to the factory HID's. But they still use a coated lens to get that color. And a color lense puts out less light - no question. Indeed, here is a photo comparison directly from their site, with their light on the left:



You can clearly see that the blue light is dimmer and largely washed out by the factory halogen on the right. So in terms of a color match it is undoubtedly closer, but in terms of brightness (safety) it is a lesser bulb.

And I will be adding to this thread shortly: I got a light meter and actually measured the light output of all of the previous bulbs, plus the HIR bulbs. The results are surprising! (hint, don't buy "Xenon" for light output) Full details, numbers, and pictures to follow...

[CANHEMI]

Great write-up....so what is your final say, which bulb will mostly match the HID factory color ?

Can anyone help on hwo to change the fog bulbs !


Thanks

[HemiGpaw]

Nice right up. So you can put a 9005 in place of a 9145??