XD3 9005 5000K Xenon Bulb HID 100W

95tsiawdgst · Sep 5, 2003

This is my review for the bulbs stated above. Before I had a stock left side and 1 hella super white on the right side(i thoght 2 came in a pack for $15

). The hellas sucked and were blue which I don't want

.

These bulbs actually have no yellow and very little blue even though the bulbs are. I forgot to turn my fogs on and saw decently well tonight

. There is some shadowing I never seen before but they light the road well. They are 100w each but says as bright as a 150w. I would never put these on my low beams to blind people so mine are stock 9006s. These are the same widely available on ebay.

the box

pic with no lights ON(notice the blue)

pic with highs on

low beams(i think)

high beams

If you notice my fogs and highs are both on. The vafq is harder than it needs to be. I looked in my manual and if you take out the switch for fogs and cruise and ground the green wire w/ a black stripe the fogs will not go out. Easier than taking the column cover off, its just one wire.

enjoy!

16g-95GSX · Sep 8, 2003

Well all I have to say is you are going to have to replace those bulbs quite a bit, and may possibly burn your wiring for your headlights. You need to be very careful not to go with too high a watt, as it first causes the bulbs to blow out too quickly, and second can be too much for the wiring to handle. I dont know what our wiring can take, but pretty much the high wattage bulbs are universally hated by all people who appreciate good lighting, and a very poorly looked upon thing to do if higher light output is desired.

95tsiawdgst · Sep 8, 2003

Well...being an electronic engineer and from the looks of the wiring(looks to be 12awg) I don't think 3.2 additional amps(per light) wire will burn anything(if they do I'll let you know). As long as the bulbs are designed as 100w bulbs there should be no reason why their lives should be much less, Its not like I'm running normal bulbs at 20 volts.

I am not going to go pay $600 on hids

and I did buy 2 sets incase they do burn out unexpectedly. Going higher wattage is "about" the only way you can get more light than a standard 65w(and hids). Thats like saying you don't need more horsepower to go substantially faster

Enlighten my on a more civil way to appease the lighting gods oh wise one.

I was just trying to do a harmless review and I'm getting flamed

16g-95GSX · Sep 8, 2003

I never said you WOULD burn your wiring, I just simply said that it is possible with higher wattage bulbs such as those, obviously it depends entirely on the wiring in the car, I even mentioned that I dont know what our particular wiring can take, so it was just a hypothetical statement, take it for what it is bro.

You arent getting flamed, I just simply dont like higher wattage bulbs. I stated a few problems associated with higher wattage bulbs. This is a review and thats completely fine that you stated your side of the review, however I added in a few comments that should be considered in the long run of things, and if bulbs blowing out every 2 months is a PITA for some people than perhaps buying these bulbs isnt for them. However for the newbie who might not know that higher wattage bulbs generally tend to blow out at a much higher rate, would read your review on the short term aspect of the higher wattage bulbs and buy them up without knowing the whole picture. I dont think you should get your panties in a bunch just cause someone mentions the possible downsides to having the higher wattage bulbs, in a review.

Never intended to pick a fight bro, and I'm far from being the light bulb guru, I just felt that in a review of bulbs the downsides should also be taken into consideration, especially since the review was only the short term aspects.

95tsiawdgst · Sep 8, 2003

I'm not mad

They do for now what I bought them for, I can see better at night and $24 for 2 sets w/ shipping I am willing to see what they'll do.

9005(=HB3): 3000 days/10 minutes per day

I don't know if they'll last this long but thats what the site says.

IMO, the lights on the stock 2gs lack performance. I need to try and watch for deer.

Have you had a bad experience w/ higher wattage bulbs in the past? What are YOU using now that you would recommend.

I have no problem with opinions

16g-95GSX · Sep 8, 2003

Currently I'm running PIAA lows and Silverstar highs, although I recently ran the group buy for HID's here on DSMtalk, and had picked myself up a set. Unfortunately (for the fact of lighting goes) I just picked up a FMIC and to make things easier on myself I have sold off the HID's that I had bought before I even installed them one time, but I have seen the same ones in action and they work great, and they didnt cost any 600 dollars

.

16g-95GSX · Sep 8, 2003

I have no personally had bad experience with higher wattage bulbs, but that is because I have seen too many friends use them and have them blow out every other month. If they are cheap enough for your budget and you're willing to test waters then go for it, I have absolutely no problems with my current bulb setup, and it provides quite a bit of light at night, as the headlights are perfectly clear and polished up, and adjusted perfectly. Quite often just a headlight adjustment can make worlds of improvement if they werent adjusted correctly to begin with. Not saying thats your problem, just bringing it up as if they arent adjusted right the output on the road itself can be almost minimal.

95tsiawdgst · Sep 8, 2003

Quite often just a headlight adjustment can make worlds of improvement if they werent adjusted correctly to begin with.

I actually think mine "might" be adjusted a little too low but not alot. I plan on making a minor adjustment soon but don't want to blind anyone or get a ticket.

If I have good lights now they will be wonderful once the position is "slightly" adjusted.

Thanks for your input

No one else seemed to care

16g-95GSX · Sep 9, 2003

I hear ya, its something non-straightline performance related, obvious us tunnel-visioned DSMers wouldnt care

Keep on keepin on

95tsiawdgst · Sep 9, 2003

16g-95GSX said:
I hear ya, its something non-straightline performance related, obvious us tunnel-visioned DSMers wouldnt care

Keep on keepin on

It is actually very straightline performance related, If I can't see well I obviously don't go as fast as I normally would. Maybe its better to have bad lighting

talontsiawd · Sep 10, 2003

16g-95GSX said:
I hear ya, its something non-straightline performance related, obvious us tunnel-visioned DSMers wouldnt care

Keep on keepin on

That's what i think. Everyone always talks down on hid's because of the price. My lighting absolutely sucks. As the price of hid's come down, i definately will pick up a set. It's almost a safety issue. Although i can see fine, i feel so much better in my dads s2000 (he doesn't let me drive it often) being able to see everything on the road. I feel the same with a stereo. I just spent alot of money on a stereo which actually basically mimics yours pruely by coiencidence (you name always came up search on kappas and alpine). I figure that i should make a car i drive everyday as comfortable as possible. Just because something doesn't make my car faster doesn't mean i wasted my money.

Brett95GST · Sep 10, 2003

Where did you get these bulbs from? My stock one's need to go and right now I'm too poor to afford a set of real headlights. I've also heard that with the higher wattage headlights, you can buy like better wiring harnesses from some SUV site??? Anyone ever heard about that?

Also where did you ground that wire, I got confused by the complicated VFaq for keeping your foggies on all the time.

95tsiawdgst · Sep 10, 2003

It's almost a safety issue.

It definately is. I enjoy driving my daily driver more sometimes because it has excellent stock lights, Its easier on your eyes because you don't strain to see stuff in the dark. It makes a drive less stressful

.

Where did you get these bulbs from?

Ebay, they also have 65w versions. You could always just rewire the highs and use a relay to turn them on if you don't trust the stock wiring at 100w. I haven't fully decided if 100w lights are ok yet.

Also where did you ground that wire

From the wire shown there is a little black 10 mm nut holding the bottom dash piece on. Just strip the wire and put it under there. They is a small plastic cover over it.
I took my column cover off to install my egt gauge and it didn't want to line up at first so I didn't want to take it off again.

Currently I'm running PIAA lows and Silverstar highs

I was thinking of those high beams but I never seen 9005s while waiting for parts, just 9006s. Are they that good?

16g-95GSX · Sep 10, 2003

My headlights provide more light than most cars I ride in, but I cant say if its the bulbs. Really changing bulbs can only change so much regardless, but if I were to buy nice bulbs I'd go with the silverstars. They werent that pricey, and they look nice, and produce a pure looking light, however I wouldnt say they are anything close to a miracle bulb, just a higher quality bulb.

Yea I love my audio setup. I've never been into bass so ive never bought a sub etc, but everything else is perfect and crystal clear. I'm all about comfort now as my car is already in the 12's I'm sure of it without a problem, so why not just make it nice all around? Too much of one thing isnt impressive to me.

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