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Title: Brighter head lights?
Post by: tussey on January 23, 2006, 04:13:30 PM
What are my options for brighter headlights? Are there any reasonable HID solutions for the gs500e. Thanks.
Title: Re: Brighter head lights?
Post by: scratch on January 23, 2006, 05:47:35 PM
There's alot.  Did you read these?  http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=23667.0
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=11069.0
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=6239.0

There's one page of results if you search: brighter headlamps (or was that headlights).
Title: Re: Brighter head lights?
Post by: pantablo on January 23, 2006, 06:34:08 PM
sylvania silverstars. look for OUTPUT numbers higher than stock but the lamps themselves should draw stock wattage.
Title: Re: Brighter head lights?
Post by: RedShift on January 23, 2006, 07:42:52 PM
Another choice is the PIAA Star White H4 Bulb (http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-H4.html).  It puts out 3800K light, slightly under the 4000K of the Silverstars. A competitor.  Autobarn has them for under $30 (http://www.autobarn.net/pistwhseh455.html).
Title: Re: Brighter head lights?
Post by: budget speed demon on January 23, 2006, 08:46:07 PM
are they any bulbs that you can use that are those blueish white colour?
Title: Re: Brighter head lights?
Post by: pantablo on January 23, 2006, 09:44:07 PM
Quote from: RedShift on January 23, 2006, 07:42:52 PM
Another choice is the PIAA Star White H4 Bulb (http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-H4.html).  It puts out 3800K light, slightly under the 4000K of the Silverstars. A competitor.  Autobarn has them for under $30 (http://www.autobarn.net/pistwhseh455.html).

those PIAA superwhites are what I had in my car and my gs500, although I was running the 80/80W ones. they are pure white, no yellow, so they do look blue-ish, but not the blue HID-lookalike bulbs.
Title: Re: Brighter head lights?
Post by: that_guy on January 24, 2006, 11:16:20 AM
Quote from: RedShift on January 23, 2006, 07:42:52 PM
Another choice is the PIAA Star White H4 Bulb (http://www.piaa.com/Bulbs/Bulbs-H4.html).  It puts out 3800K light, slightly under the 4000K of the Silverstars. A competitor.  Autobarn has them for under $30 (http://www.autobarn.net/pistwhseh455.html).
3800k is almost the same as stock.  It sounded like he wants brighter not just a different color.  But if he were to get a little bit higher temp bulbs they would be a little bit whiter therefore seeming brighter.    PIAA's are actually really great bulbs.