Headlights

by **bassthrive** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:43 am

follow up on the bulbs...

WHAT A DIFFERENCE!

These 70/65 watt bulbs are fantastic. They more than make up for the otherwise crappy design of the gen 1 solara's 9003 reflector headlight housing. These bulbs make silverstars look like flashlights. The big jump in lumens is very noticable despite a relatively small increase in wattage.

I think the wattage I got is perfect. I feel the 85/80 watt bulbs will be overkill. It may look like daytime in front of your car but everyone else on the road will hate you.

by **philosophicaljt** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:22 am

so you bought the hyper bulbs that have no coating? Is the color the same as stock?

by **bassthrive** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:46 pm

yeah 70/65 hyper - i think they look whiter than stock, they are certainly a hell of a lot brighter.

by **Solorange** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:50 pm

bassthrive wrote:follow up on the bulbs...

WHAT A DIFFERENCE!

These 70/65 watt bulbs are fantastic. They more than make up for the otherwise crappy design of the gen 1 solara's 9003 reflector headlight housing. These bulbs make silverstars look like flashlights. The big jump in lumens is very noticable despite a relatively small increase in wattage.

I think the wattage I got is perfect. I feel the 85/80 watt bulbs will be overkill. It may look like daytime in front of your car but everyone else on the road will hate you.

I agree!!! I just got mine in and wow. I got the Xenon XP and they have the purple coating. They are defiantly brighter than stock with a little purple look. Thanks for the suggestion!

by **bassthrive** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:00 pm

credit goes to philosophicaljt.

i never even knew these existed.

now if i could only figure out why my passenger side light projects a tight beam while the driver side is more diffused... anyone else notice this? is this done by design?

by **Solorange** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:43 am

Do you have those cheap black housing headlights from ebay?

by **philosophicaljt** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:28 am

bassthrive wrote:credit goes to philosophicaljt.

no problem, I just mentioned the link

I love that site.

bassthrive wrote:now if i could only figure out why my passenger side light projects a tight beam while the driver side is more diffused... anyone else notice this? is this done by design?

do me a favor and switch the bulbs. if the problem switches to passenger side, its a bulb thing. If it doesn't, its your drivers side lens. Maybe its more yellow or has somehow gotten condensation?

by **bassthrive** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:36 am

lenses are clean, housing is stock, will try switching the bulbs tonight.

by **Solorange** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:11 pm

I got that same issue but i know its the headlights.

by **philosophicaljt** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:08 pm

any update?

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