Replaced Halogen headlight bulbs!

McGoats

McGoats

Bought an X
Location
Asheville, NC
Pictures to come later. Swapped out the supplied Sylvania burners to GE NHP burners.
Soon i will need to clean my lenses, but th NHP are fantastic for halogen bulbs.

Working during the day, and going to school at night, a vast majority of my drive-time is dark.

Granted these burners are not being compared to HIDs

I have used Sylvania SSUs the ZXEs and now the NHPs.

For the price, the NHPs have definitely been my best result!
 
Prime

Prime

Shut up Baby, I know it!
Admin
Location
Denver Adjacent
Gotcha. The work van needs new headlights badly, and I'm not going to bother with an HID conversion. So I'm trying to find the best halogens I can.
 
McGoats

McGoats

Bought an X
Location
Asheville, NC
The GE's really are quite good! a lot of the little backroads we took in Cullowhee were unlit and unpaved. Quite the improvement. Not to mention I think I paid like $25 for them!
 
McGoats

McGoats

Bought an X
Location
Asheville, NC
Time for the final write-up.
Took a few days given the rain and home circumstances.
All is well. Life moves on.

To the goods!
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Blue/silver tip is the GE
gray tip is sylvania
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Driver side has the original and the passenger is the GE.
Already a noticable difference in brightness and light quality.
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Low and high beams

Hard to show via picture, but in both, the passenger side is the brighter, with a longer beam distance than the driver.

Hope this helps some!
 
T

TJTJ

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
NJ
McGoats said:
Time for the final write-up.
Took a few days given the rain and home circumstances.
All is well. Life moves on.

To the goods!
View attachment 2580
Blue/silver tip is the GE
gray tip is sylvania
View attachment 2581
Driver side has the original and the passenger is the GE.
Already a noticable difference in brightness and light quality.
View attachment 2582View attachment 2583
Low and high beams

Hard to show via picture, but in both, the passenger side is the brighter, with a longer beam distance than the driver.

Hope this helps some!
Click to expand...

That's normal for headlight aim though, as to avoid blinding oncoming drivers and provide the longer beam along the shoulder side, the passenger beam will throw farthest.
 
Silver dude

Silver dude

Sliders
Founding Member
Location
machesney park IL
From a fellow night shifter. These performance halogens are a half upgrade. You do get increased performance but its always at the cost of longevity. I tried many brands, Night Hawks, Silver Stars, the highest rated bulbs available Phillips whatever they were. All didn't last very long with continuous use. Run a google search its a characteristic of the performance bulb. I'm a mechanic by trade and trust me I was installing them correctly (not touching the glass etc.) Spent many nights driving home with a head light out. Upgraded to full HID projectors which was quite (really) costly but the performance is almost double and the bulb life nearly quadruple. If legal in your state auxiliary lighting is the best way to spend money on performance lighting. But, if you can find the performance bulbs cheap the appearance they give is nice.
 
Prime

Prime

Shut up Baby, I know it!
Admin
Location
Denver Adjacent
I completely agree that a retrofit is the way to go. Which is why the X has one. Problems are:

1) It's against federal law to modify DOT headlamp assemblies.

2) States that requires automotive inspections will normally kick back any vehicle with that modification as a fail. VA is one of those.

3) it is spensive

Why should I be penalized for installing modern lighting if it's done in a way as to conform to the lighting standards that all OEMs are bound to?

Well.... Not everyone has the same attention to detail and can/will install them correctly /safely. So I see the reason for the law. However, I chose to not listen. And I'm glad I did.

I know people. So inspection isn't a problem.

For a work van, nah. I'll run an upgraded halogen.
 
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