Head light upgrade?

[REDRIDE13]

ANYBODY UPGRADED THE BULBS IN THERE head Lights? I like the looks of some of the vehicles I have seen driving around with the blueish tint. But i wonder if they really help any?

[JS2TZU]

i upgraded to the brighter bulbs for my dually after i tinted the headlights. Its now just a tad brighter then stock. So its helped me out

[REDRIDE13]

what brand bulbs did you buy?

[JS2TZU]

I believe they where the Sylvania brand, I didnt want to buy the cheap ricer ones.

[94cummins12v]

do they have the same bulbes for the dodges. i have them blue things and they are crap

[2500HeavyDuty]

your probably seeing the trucks with the hid's bulbs installed on them.

[REDRIDE13]

Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty your probably seeing the trucks with the hid's bulbs installed on them.

what does it take to make that conversion?

[FastCR]

Originally Posted by REDRIDE13 what does it take to make that conversion?

not much, $60 ebay kit. You get special bulbs and ballasts. You basically plug the stock circuit into the ballast and put the bulb in the housing and connect the two. One downside to remember is HIDs take about 10 seconds to warm up fully, so they aren't good if your flipping your highs on and off all the time. The improvement is argued constantly, but I like em.

When you order you can specify the color temperature. I put the coldest temp in my dad's fogs (did the 880 or w/e conversion on the LMM) and they are definately bluish and definately bright. But they are basically pontiac low beam bulbs in the fog housings.

[REDRIDE13]

ah I see that seems easy enough I wonder if anyone has taken pics of this install?

[2500HeavyDuty]

Originally Posted by FastCR not much, $60 ebay kit. You get special bulbs and ballasts. You basically plug the stock circuit into the ballast and put the bulb in the housing and connect the two. One downside to remember is HIDs take about 10 seconds to warm up fully, so they aren't good if your flipping your highs on and off all the time. The improvement is argued constantly, but I like em. When you order you can specify the color temperature. I put the coldest temp in my dad's fogs (did the 880 or w/e conversion on the LMM) and they are definately bluish and definately bright. But they are basically pontiac low beam bulbs in the fog housings.

he could disable the headlights from starting up when its dark, i got mine set up like that

[RodZZilla]

I put HIR bulbs in mine. They are a nice upgrade over standard.

[REDRIDE13]

Originally Posted by RodZZilla I put HIR bulbs in mine. They are a nice upgrade over standard.

What exactly is HIR?

[Woody35]

Originally Posted by REDRIDE13 What exactly is HIR?

X2

[RodZZilla]

They look like a stocker, but they have more power. High Intensity Reflective I think. There was a thead over on the Place about them a few yrs ago. I guess you can get the equiv. to the low beam at John Deere dealers. I found a guy on Ebay that had highs and lows. You have to trim the Tabs a little to get them into the housings. They are off from the std bulbs.

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TOSHIBA HIR 9012 BULBS, MAXIMUM LIGHT, STOCK WATTAGE:eBay Motors (item 180337005943 end time Jun-12-09 22:43:43 PDT)

Halogen Infrared Reflecting.

[chevyburnout1]

They look interesting. I just dished out probably too much for the Silverstar premiums for both low & high. Very white light. Took me a while to get used to but now I'll never go back. The box said the lifetime on these bubls were way low compaired to normal halogens. I wonder how long those HIR bulbs would last.