Hey guys, I'm curious about the blue headlight bulbs on ebay.

Are they any good? 10/20 dollars is awfully cheap, but I would love to see them if anyone has them. Plus, are they High and Low beam? I don't quite understand how that works.

Here's an ebay post of the ones I mean: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Xenon...mZ230289585038

 

i wouldn't buy ebay light bulb.. thats just me..

 

personal experience --- they suck

 

Well that pretty much sums it up then.

In that case, I'd like to get some new bulbs. Something more blue/white, and not so yellowish. Not HID's or anything way expensive.

Any recommendations? I really know nothing about them.

 

Those pictures are not true representations of the bulbs you were looking at. Any halogen bulb that says xenon is a lie. Halogen is a metal filament. Xenon bulbs have a small capsule that contains salts. All xenon bulbs need ballasts to fire them up and run them. The small capsule is much wider than a thin filament. This is why the pnp hid kits throw up so much glare. The optics are off.

I don't know if you are after more light.... or just a blue color. Regardless... if you buy blue tinted halogen bulbs... you won't be able to see as good as you do w/the stock bulbs. There are two or three options you have now.

1) Catz Zeta system for halogen bulbs. IDK the price though. The system increase the voltage of like 13v to 15.4v. It's kinda like a halogen "ballast". It will decrease the life of the bulbs a little. But it will give you brighter lights while keeping the optics correct. (no glare)

http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/view...359&highlight=

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...inity-j30.html

^ Jessea510 is using the catz zeta system on his hi-beams. I'd see what his opinion of the system is first. Ask him where to buy it from too.

2) When you look at buying good halogen bulbs.... 40 or 50 bucks... why not just go ahead and buy a plug and play Apexcone hid kit for around $80 for a lifetime warranty included.
http://www.ddmtuning.com/hidkihidbuhi.html

you may have to make casper shields... to keep the glare down... but it will better than any halogen.

3) Do a retro fit. Minimum price of about $150 total. Get a set of projectors from someone on HIDPlanet.com/forums. In the F/S section or post a WTB thread. Then open up your headlights... drill and make mounting screws. Then make it all pretty... etc. etc. And then you can get a set of hid bulbs and ballast from apexcone's website to use inside of the projectors.


Most people, including myself will say that you should stay away from just putting 9004 hid pnp systems in our car's headlights. It's ultimately up to you.

 

nuttin tried, nuttin done. Give it a try and then warn us.

 

Thank you for the information, Andrew.

Would you mind terribly explaining number 2 a bit further? What exactly is that plug and play HID kit? I like the sound of it, and that is a pretty fair price.

 

I have those kind of "xenon" bulbs. On my car they're awesome. Extremely bright and whitish blue. They're also low-high beam lights. I would buy them from this guy, xenonranger (http://myworld.ebay.com/xenonranger), that's where I got mine from. As you can tell, his feedback is great, trust him.

 

don't buy them! Follow Andrew's advice and you won't be disappointed

 

hah thank goodness i found this thread. I was looking into buying those lights off ebay. i think ill just get an HID kit later on in the long run.

 

Xenon is a gas, the glass housing is filled with it, the filament lights it up and burns it. you do not need a ballast to have a true Xenon bulb.

 

You are missing the point here. Halogen bulbs have a tungsten filament that is current runs thorough which creates light and is very inefficient. The halogen makes them slightly more efficient and durable vs a regular incandescent bulb which is just a vacuum. Using Xenon in the bulb accomplishes the same thing that halogen does.

HID (High Intensity Discharge) bulbs work by igniting a small amount of gas whether it be Xenon, Sodium, Halide with a blast of energy from a balast. Once it is ignited HID bulbs take much less energy to sustain than a bulb with a filament. Different gas fillers produce different color tempatures. Halide is what you would most likely see in a basketball stadium, sodium would most likely be seen in parking lot lights. And of course Xenon is most comon in automobile applications. Different color temp variations are accomplished by varying the concentration and mixture of gas in the bulb.

So while you may be able to buy a bulb filled with xenon what you are really looking for is HID xenon

 

A Xenon bulb burns brighter than the equivalent Halogen bulb.
HID is of questionable legality to retrofit into a vehicle not originally equipped with them.

 

Maybe marginally brighter, most ebay xenon bulbs are also drawing much more wattage than the stock bulbs which can cause problems with fuses blowing or even worse frying wires. So IMO don't waste your $10 on sh@#$y bulbs from china that will:
a) burn out prematurely.
b) probably blow your fuses.
c) not net you any gains in light output.

 

I ONLY HAD ISSUES W/ THE ONES THEY SOLD THE HEADLIGHTS W/ TOO (BOUGHT THEM FOR MY 88 P/U) BUT THE BULBS THEMSELVES ARE GREAT, SERIOUSLY

 

i bought these bulbs before...too be honest not worth it..they look good with the blue light but light output not good in the rain..and they burnt my socket both of my socket were burnt by these bulb..these are cheap bulbs...get silver star that's what I'm using right now on stock headlights..pretty good..

 

You're right most bulbs are made in china... What i was going for was buy from a well known manufacturer that will have better quality control. It is better to do it right the first time then to have to deal with problems down the road. I'm not saying that these can work but in my experience and most everybody elses they aren't the best investment

 

haha... did we touch on a soft spot maxpimp?

secondly... shut up. Quit making blanketed statements. Most of us know(from experience) that they are low quality bulbs that look cheap and give you worse output, especialy in rainy conditions.

 

first off, no need to yell...

Secondly i have tried these bulbs. In my first attempt to get that true HID xexon look and they sucked. they lasted 3 months and weren't all that much brighter than stocks. I am trying to save everyone else on this forum a headache by sharing my knowledge and suggesting they bypass this option and go HID.

of course you can do whatever you want with your money though

 

i purchased them and they suck. Sometimes i'm driving at night and i get scared because i think i forgot to turn my lights on. but they're on!

 

who said cheap bulbs?
I used Wagner Brite Lites:
http://federal-mogul.com/en/Aftermar...liteHeadlamps/
Personally I was impressed, others weren't

 

None of those happened to my car.

 

It seems like i many of you agree with me and i have pissed many of you off which isn't really what i was going for.

Now those of you who have bought these bulbs and have liked them if you wouldn't mind sharing the brand and/or the seller and how much you paid so we can figure out which bulbs are a good value

Conversely, those of you who are disappointed with the bulbs you got should share your brand and/or seller so others know to stay away.

 

There you go, already posted.

 

how about some to stay away from as well

 

i bought those bulbs from ebay for my 02 accord, thought they were ok at first till i drove in the woods and visability was greatly decreased and found i couldnt see much at all, not to mention one blew in about 3 months. no doubt waist of money

 

Those lights really suck in the rain.

 

I don't understand how everyone else says they're bad, but I think the complete opposite.

 

i got my headlight bulbs from e bay ive had em for 3 months now works great! paid 8 bucks for them
i got my fog light bulbs from ebay thou and thouse things do notthing but burn out daily. i say go for it b\c most of them work great

 

get a conversion kint mang its like 60 bucks on ebay and they may be cheap but thouse kits work like no other 3 of my frinds bought them and tehy work great and im actually ordering one as im writing here.

 

What brand did you get or what seller where they from?

 

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