nmaxima_24

Does anyone have pics on the different "brightness". Recommendations on purchasing upgraded harnesses.

Ammi

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I ran PIAAs for many years on my cars w/out purchasing upgraded harness.

bigdo26

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Dont have a pic of difference in brightness, but I used 100 watt highs on my old car and they were definatly brighter than stock bulbs. Never any problems with the wiring harness, but its a good idea to upgrade the harness if you plan to run higher wattage bulbs.
Actually, I think I have one 100 watt bulb out in my garage cause the other one burnt out... maybe I'll go toss it in a take a quick picture of the comparison between 65 watt and 100 watt. Hang on all

2k3TitaniumSe

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Okay, I'm waiting.

bigdo26

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OK well my 100 watt bulb disappeared in the past months while I've been at college. Sorry! I tried. Just note that one of my 100 watt bulbs burnt out after just a few weeks in my Maxima... could have been cause the bulbs were somewhat old, but I dunno, had a problem with numerous bulbs burnin out on my Maxima, especially higher wattage bulbs

nmaxima_24

thanks for the replies, i'm also waiting

nmaxima_24

okay, i guess what i'm trying to ask is, how can i get the "brightness" of HID not the "temp color". I like how it just lights up the road with that bright white. I bought some Hilite SuperWhites XE 7000K.
they look nice ( better than silverstars ), and not ricey, but just don't light up the road like HID. Is HID systems my only hope?

bigdo26

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65 Xenon Highs:



These do a good job at imitating the HID look, and the 100 watt ones that I used to have are maybe 10-15% brighter I'd guess. Sorry I couldnt come up with a pic of the brighter bulb....

bigdo26

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The brightness with the 100 watt would about match that of the HIDs. my 65 watt Xenons are similar in brightness, but not quite as brilliant as the HID's

nmaxima_24

okay, after talking to you guys, i just bought some 100/90w 5000k xenon bulbs off ebay. thanks

bigdo26

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Good luck with em, I think you'll like them if they look anything like the ones I had...

vaaccess

I'm a newbie to lighting upgrades...So, be kind!

Do you have to upgrade anything except the bulb to go with the Xenons that you bought or HIDs? What's the cheapest way to upgrade without being ricey or having to replace all the hardware?

Loe max

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are these actual 100/90watt bulbs or are they those 60/55watt=100/90watt?

bigdo26

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With the Xenons, just be careful not to get ones that are really really blue, they dont look anything like the HID's.
HID (High Intensity Discharge) is a completely different setup than regular headlights, and you can upgrade to them, but it costs some fairly big $$.
JCWhitney has some great Xenon bulbs that imitate the HID look (those are the ones in my pics above) and they dont look too blue, ricey, etc and you simply unplug the old bulbs and then plug in the new Xenon ones. Thats by far the easiest and cheapest way to go, altho it'll never look like a real HID setup

Ammi

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don't buy cheap bulbs because some of them will burn out your factory harness. Happened to me and had to spend few hundred $$$ replacing the entire front right harness.

nmaxima_24

they are actual 100/90w bulbs ( that's what he claims )

look up on ebay "maxima 100/90w", those are what i'm getting