Headlights Bulb

[mjscar]

Hey I was wondering if anybody could tell me what fog light and park light bulb to use if I am looking for a white with a hint of blue colour light. My friend just bought me a set of H1 Ultra Power Bulbs that is coated blue (which I have read gives off a white with a hint of blue) and so I'm trying to make all my lights the same colour. I did a search on this and found somebody using Phillips Blue Vision for his fogs and another a "5w wedge bulb same as dash lights". Are these any good and do they give off the colour I want?

So yeh, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rian

[75coupe]

Whilst I don't know the exact answer, I can tell you that just because the globe is blue does not mean it will give off a cool white light... I tried matching my parker bulb which was a nice cool white glow of love and hapiness and found what I and the parts dude & I thought were the same and d'oh it has the boring old amber light...

Edited October 3, 2007 by 75coupe

[mjscar]

Whilst I don't know the exact answer, I can tell you that just because the globe is blue does not mean it will give off a cool white light... I tried matching my parker bulb which was a nice cool white glow of love and hapiness and found what I and the parts dude & I thought were the same and d'oh it has the boring old amber light...

Point taken. Well I just researched it then and my bulbs does give off a cool white light. So yeh, any ideas on what fogs and parking bulbs to get that gives off a cool white light?

[mad082]

you should also know what is legal and what isn't if you go to a bulb that isn't ADR approved and crash at night your insurance company may not pay up.

phiilips blue vision are the most whitest legal bulb in their range. the crystal and diamond vision aren't ADR approved. also blue vision bulbs are only as bright as a standard bulb (crystal and diamond are duller), so if you actually value being able to see at night i would suggest getting a better bulb like a +50 and be able to see better than being a ricer with cool lights but can't see very well.

[mjscar]

you should also know what is legal and what isn't if you go to a bulb that isn't ADR approved and crash at night your insurance company may not pay up.

phiilips blue vision are the most whitest legal bulb in their range. the crystal and diamond vision aren't ADR approved. also blue vision bulbs are only as bright as a standard bulb (crystal and diamond are duller), so if you actually value being able to see at night i would suggest getting a better bulb like a +50 and be able to see better than being a ricer with cool lights but can't see very well.

So where can I find out whether the set of bulbs I got are ADR approved or not?

And sorry about this, but are you saying that the philips blue vision is good or bad? And what is a +50 bulb? I've never dealt with headlight bulbs before, so forgive me for asking a lot of questions.

I'm not trying to go for a ricer look or anything like that. I'm just trying to find a set of bulbs that is as good as the std, if not better, but gives off a cool white light instead. If there isn't any, good ones, I might just stick with the std.

[mad082]

they should say on the packaging if they are ADR approved.

phillips blue vision bulbs are good. i had them in my r33. they are a whitish light. +50 bulbs are another phillips bulb. they are designed to be +50 brighter than normal bulbs, but still the standard colour.

i had a mate who had very blue bulbs as his high beam in his 33. on high beam the lights shone far ahead, but it was hard to see. it was very dull (if you have every seen a blue LED keyring and tried to use it to see something in the dark you will understand). you could drive round on them and not get flashed but you sort of struggled to see things.

blue lights are much better in the fog than white and yellow, but yellow are the best in the wet.

[mjscar]

they should say on the packaging if they are ADR approved.

phillips blue vision bulbs are good. i had them in my r33. they are a whitish light. +50 bulbs are another phillips bulb. they are designed to be +50 brighter than normal bulbs, but still the standard colour.

i had a mate who had very blue bulbs as his high beam in his 33. on high beam the lights shone far ahead, but it was hard to see. it was very dull (if you have every seen a blue LED keyring and tried to use it to see something in the dark you will understand). you could drive round on them and not get flashed but you sort of struggled to see things.

blue lights are much better in the fog than white and yellow, but yellow are the best in the wet.

Hm.. all I got on my packaging is "E MARKED ROAD LEGAL". So I don't know whether it is referring to here or where ever the bulbs were designed to be used (which I think is the UK) :S.

Well I guess since the philips blue vision are as good as std, I'll probably get them. I wouldn't want them to be too strong anyway, since it's only being used on the road.

I can understand what you are trying to say about the LED keyring though because I remembered going camping with a mate who brought something like that as his torch and it could see wide and far, but as you said, was very dull and poorly concentrated.

So yeh, thanks a lot for your help on that mad. You wouldn't by any chance also know of any good parkers that gives off a cool white light would ya?

[mad082]

phillips blue vision bulbs come with parkers that are the same colour as the bulbs. (they also make great lights for your dash. makes it look like there is a fluro behind the panel)

as for the LEDs i was just mean the bright blue LEDs. the white LEDs that they use in torches are ok, but any light that is to blue becomes duller.

[mjscar]

phillips blue vision bulbs come with parkers that are the same colour as the bulbs. (they also make great lights for your dash. makes it look like there is a fluro behind the panel)

as for the LEDs i was just mean the bright blue LEDs. the white LEDs that they use in torches are ok, but any light that is to blue becomes duller.

Oh ok then. Thanks a lot for your help mad. Appreciate it.