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Hids4u question re Upgrading bulb in spotlights
Ian(Hids4u) or anyone, do you know what I can upgrade my "Hella" spotlight bulbs to,they are 12v 55w I want them brighter/more powerful
Is there a LED bulb that will suit them and the D4 ?
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8th Jan 2013 2:37 pm
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HID will be the way to go to get brighter - choose one that's the same bulb type and crack on - but check if your lenses are glass or plastic if going OTT on wattage.
Yes you could go all out on a hid conversion, but how often do you have them on, and do you want instant bright light?
Hids take a while to achieve full brightness, hence in xenon headlamp units the main beam bulb is still a halogen.
I would look at uprated halogens, like the brighter osram cool blue range, I think there are a couple of options intense and hyper, and also the nightbreaker and the ring extreme bulbs first Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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8th Jan 2013 4:26 pm
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It's not the watts, but the Lux that matters, it's how a low energy bulb works, they are circa 11 watts, but as bright as a traditional 60 watt incandescent bulb Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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8th Jan 2013 4:53 pm
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55w is the legal limit, any more and it is not road legal.
Increasing the wattage will increase heat as well as light output for a given bulb type. Hence if you go down the old rally route of using 100w bulbs, be careful.
The Philips Xtreme bulbs seem to be well reviewed, but I have not tried myself. They are road legal and according to Philips's web site produce more light.D4 SDV6 HSE 11MY - Gone
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9th Jan 2013 4:04 pm
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Why not just go for some of the non-road legal LEDs (H1 I'm guessing). Presumably, it doesn't rally matter if they are not road legal if used in off-road driving lights. Some monster ones with external supply on there!
Edit: meant also to add, the Philips/ 0sram are an improvement but aren't astonishingly different. I have the night breaker in main beam because I wanted to keep it legal.
9th Jan 2013 7:20 pm
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Get a couple of the Ebay and see if you like them before you go spending on "more expensive" ones you can get 2 delivered for under £4. There not everyone's taste as they are intense.
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...best I get googling
it's just the amount of light emitted really or the brightness
