Post by JerohmThanks for the heads up. First, I am dealing with a 1990 LS400, so needed a
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I was actually VERY pleased with them when I first installed them. I doubt
if I used the Hi-beams more an 15 minutes total. The Lo-Beams, at least for
ME, were significantly superior to what I had been using. Forget about the
so called warranty... I REALIZE these were super cheap ... the seller has no
real interest after the sale is completed... messing around with shipping
costs, isn't worth it. If mine would have lasted 13 months, I might have
been actually satisfied, given the improvement.
*anything is better than OEM. The bulbs you ordered seem to indicate
that the blue iwll someone be more "natural" and throw off more "pure"
light.
Hogwash. What you saw as actually a shorter coverage area that
*seemed* brighter. Bulbs with "sunglasses on", will not throw off
more light.
Here's his actual email reply when I asked him about his bulbs:
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Wow! Thanks for the quick response on a Sunday too!
Yes, I'll take your recommendation and order a set of the
H7 rallye+65 H7's as recommended immediately. I'll call your
voicemail
with the information you requested.
Thank you for the education, you're the only resource I've read on the
internet that makes sense, not hype. You're doing people like myself
(who knows squat about lighting), a great service.
thanks again.
ps. please let me know when you receive the fax.
Post by JerohmMy wife has a 2000 Lexus ES300 that takes the H7 bulbs.
H7 low beam, 9005 high beam, yes.
Post by JerohmI made the horrible mistake of purchasing the Sylvania Silver Star bulbs
after one of her OEM bulbs burned out and quite honestly, they *suck*.
Oops, yeah, they do. Big scam.
H7s:
Standard H7: 55w, 1400 lumens, 500 hours
H7 ultra "Plus+50": 55w, 1550 lumens, 225 hours, $17.50/ea
H7 rallye+65: 65w, 2100 lumens, 500 hours, $24/ea <--Obvious choice!
The extra 10w is of no consequence as far as electrical power or heat.
(those 80w to 100w bulbs are a different story!)
High beams can be significantly boosted, too, with the new 9011 bulbs.
The new bulbs are not some tinted or overwattage version of 9005, but
rather employ a relatively new technology called HIR, Halogen
Infrared.
The mechanical dimensions of the bulb are all virtually identical to
the
9005, but the bulb glass is spherical instead of tubular, with the
sphere
centered around the filament. There is a "Durable IR Reflective"
coating
on the spherical glass. Infrared = heat, so the coating causes heat to
be
reflected back to the filament at the center of the sphere. This
causes
the filament to become much hotter (producing more light) than it can
by
passing electricity through it, *without* the shorter life or greater
heat
production that comes with overwattage bulbs (to say nothing of
overwattage bulbs' incompatibility with stock wiring.)
Here's the comparison:
stock: 9005, 12.8V, 65W, 1700 lumens, 320 hours
new: HIR1, 12.8V, 65W, 2530 lumens, 320 hours
These bulbs are spendy - $24/ea - but their cost is worth considering
in
context: Any number of companies will charge you more than this for a
tarted-up 9005 with blue colored glass (PIAA and Sylvania Silverstar
come
to mind) that doesn't produce more light and has a very short
lifespan.
The HIR bulbs have a double-wide top ear on the plastic bulb base,
this is
to comply with the law requiring different bulbs to have different
bases.
The extra-wide plastic top ear is easily trimmed or filed to make the
bulb
fit your headlamp's bulb receptacle. Once that's done, they go
directly
into the headlamp, and the existing sockets snap on.
Post by JerohmI also feel that the reflector design of the 2000 ES300 isn't all that
great
True. The interchangeable 1995-1996 projector-beam units are better,
but
they were more expensive to make than the '97 and later reflector
units.
Post by JerohmI just want her to have the best night viability legally possible. And
quick!
Can ship 'em out tomorrow.
Post by JerohmAlso, am I to understand the OSRAM 65W Ultra High Output H7 bulbs are
not recommended for low beam use?
They'll work fine in that car -- as long as the lamps are aimed
correctly!
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