Armani

OK, I tried many bulbs and none come close to the ones my friend has on his max. He has the 9004 Farenheit super white xenon bulbs 45/65W. These produce the most crisp and true WHITE color out of all 9004 bulbs that claim to do the same and don't even come close, like for example the PIAA xtreme white, which are fu.cking yellow (bought them before so excuse my language).

I know many here have argued to go ahead and purchase 80/100W bulbs, but supposedly without modifying the wires these bulbs will eventually fry them. So please, if you do have a suggestion post it here, but keep them under 80/100W. Thanks

njmaxseltd

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When will we learn it's called marketing... Everybody's superwhite bulbs are brighter and whiter then anybody elses bulbs.

Fact is a light bulb with any color "filter" on the glass is reducing the light output of the bulb. The blue color filters out yellow light, thus making them appear whiter when actually your simply taking away the yellow spectrum. It's causing a negative effect on the lumens output of the device.

Personally I like the PIAA bulbs, most noticably for the beam pattern which is very crisp. Most other super white bulbs or other cheap high powered bulbs have poor beam patterns or focus. That makes the light even worse. The PIAA lights are focused, they look whiter, cleaner and thats cool. I still can't see in the rain, thats sucks, but I can live with that.

tcf_dk

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Just get the ones from Best Buy or Wal*Mart's Super Blue.They both were on my max.Best Buy ones are brighter by a long shot.

Wisdoms97

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i use sylvania silver stars. i tried a bunch of different brands up until i found these. their nice and crystal-white and their bright as all hell. i constantly have other ppl flashing their brights at me to turn my brights off, little do they know its my lowbeams. cracks me up every time. try em out if you havent found anything better. i get em at Auto Zone for 20 bux a piece.

Jatan

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Pep Boys has the twin pack for $25 link

But how long do they last?

Armani

so your saying they're crispy white with no yellow tint whatsoever?

bklyncat718

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Thats a dam good price at pepboys. I just bought those bulbs off ebay and paid the same price.

Wisdoms97

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yeah theres def not yellow-ish tint. very nice color, im really happy with them. im in the process of gettin pics together for my cardomain site and various other things so ill post asap

blackmaxx96

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Forget the 9004's man.. put in some 9007's!! Such a huge difference!

Broaner

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Silverstars are by far the whitest but certainly not brightest. As njmaxseltd explained, nothing will be brighter than stock without upping the wattage.

Armani

in that case guys, what would I need to put in 9004 80/100W bulbs? I know this causes something to melt, so my friend told me that all I have to do is buy these other sockets from pepboys or anywhere else and that will solve the problem. Is that correct?

Or do I need more stuff?

96ItaliaSE

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All you would need Armani would be an upgraded 9004 light harness. They are three wires and are pretty straight forward on the install....9.99 on ebay for a pair. Use these harnesses and 80w/100w bulbs and you will need

link http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33710

Max_N_Action

ive heard good things about the nokya bulbs, thinking about buying them...any1 have um?

Armani

Thanks for the help. Just so that I'm on the right track, all I have to do with this is basically cut my stock wires and merge them with these, correct?

Also, wouldn't this mod also enable me to put in 9007 bulbs in?

JSutter

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JUNK!

blue bulbs suck

Broaner

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How does splicing in a new harness solve anything? The wattage is still flowing through the original higher gauge wire.

96ItaliaSE

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i am not a electrician.....nor will i pretend to be...simply put this harness is rated for higher wattage.... I used these harnesses on my nissan altima with 100 watt xenons from procarparts.com. No issues...over 2 years.

J sutter please point to part where I advocate blue bulbs? My .02

JSutter

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oh that blue bulb was not to you TickingVTC, but for Armani

z32drifter

If you want to protect the wiring from damage due to overload.... you will need to install relays to power the lights... if you upgrade the wiring and use relays to power the system you should have no problems with the wiring.. since the factory wiring would just switch on the relays ... however I have seen other cars suffer melted headlight housings from the extra heat produced by the higher wattage bulbs.... I don't know if this would be a concern on the Maxima lights...

Broaner

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I don't understand how the melting is eliminated. Unless the harness extends to the power source I don't see how this can work. I believe that you have done it and had good experience. I just need it explained to understand the reasoning.

A Flood99

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just get yourself a 4000K-5000K HID kit, if you really want white light

all halogen bulbs are contain yellow light

96ItaliaSE

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Hey I admit it I honestly dont know!!!! anyone?

crewchief264

I've been using watt for 2 years with no problems and no wiring problems.

Armani

...like I said in the first post, my friend's Farenheit Super White Xenon 9004 80/100 bulbs give off the most white light, the whitest I've ever seen from a regular bulb. They DO NOT contain yellow light whatsoever and are basically like a 4700k HID divided by 4. I used to own many others, including PIAA xtreme white bulbs - now these crappy bulbs came nowhere near giving off white light. PIAAs are definitely a POS.

So in the end, I think I'll just buy the bulbs my friend uses. I simply thought there are other ones out there that will do the same, perhaps better quality ones. Apparently not.

illmortal

Dont they sell them @ pepboys?...
Or is that specifically made to convert 9004s to 9007s?
I could have sworn APC has this product @ pepboys.

Gmahoney

PIAA's are the only way to go

queenambeach

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In order for these halogen bulbs to give off this whitish color you're looking for, they have to tint the bulbs. Those tinted bulbs never last long. Plus they will reduce the amount of output you're getting. Try driving in the rain, with those sucky bulbs. No halogen bulb will ever come close to the output and brightness of HIDs. Not even HIR bulbs.

nismos14

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the reason the harnesses melt is not because of just the wattage, but the HEAT that the bulbs generate.

Taken2DaMax

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I agree ever time I see cars with blue bulbs i think RICE.

Max Mutes

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Me too. It's good nobody can see behind my Gauges or my Reverse Lights...or my Courtesy Lights, or....Ahh

Underneath the skin, I guess I'm really rice at heart. HaHa!! Jeeeauh right!

mzmtg

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Higher wattage = more heat

That's what wattage is, a measure of power, or energy output over time.

deezo

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Lets add to this.............

Thin wires add too much resistance (causing heat to build up) to allow current to flow at the proper rate for high wattage bulbs.

Broaner

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Thanks for explaining why heat builds up. But why does the original part of the harness not melt?

Crockpot

Any links on where to buy HID kits?

4DRSpeed

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I agree on PIAAs they are great bulbs. I am soon getting PIAA H4s, just purchased some Cefiro lamps. Only complaint about my PIAAs is the same complaint you have. I can't see **** in the rain and it bothers me.

It use to be real bad when I had bald Uniroyals that would just hydroplane like crazy. I can see a little bit better in the rain now due to my ground wires, have improved lighting greatly IMO.

Max_N_Action

i have piaa superplasma fog light bulbs and they are awesome...i dont like blue bulbs but these really look like hid...to bad they dont make them in 9004...

THT

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I'm a fan of the Nokyas. I had Silverstars and they were crap when compared to the Nokyas.

~THT