civicchick2001

or what about these?

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=92

they are Osram Cool Blue H4 bulbs.. anyone have these? or tried em? are these any better or worse than philips? im lookin for that super white with like a blue tint light. while still being bright enough to drive, but not too bright to blind people lol.. i just love the look of the blue/white headlights

gearbox

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the osrams are similar to the philips, maybe silghtly less bright but hard to notice.

civicchick2001

do they have more of a blue tint than philips? or do they look just about the same?

gearbox

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exactly the same. there is no blue tint to the light btw. when they are on, they look bright white.

civicchick2001

do you know of any that do have a blue tint? that are still good to drive with and see at night? (and legal)

Kennykid2002

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Just get 8K HIDs @__@

civicchick2001

can i get those in just a bulb? without a conversion kit or whatever those are.. and if so, what brand?

gearbox

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any blue in the headlight output is illegal. and there is no halogen with a small amount of blue tint. its either white or blue (if you get luminics pure blue bulbs for example, which will hardly light up anything since very little blue light is emitted from a halogen bulb). and if you think about it, the color only matters to other drivers who see it, and dont care. you should be worried about how well YOU will be seeing the road not to crash. and blue tinted light is not the way to do this. our eyes are very sensitive to any amount of blue light because it is harder to process and can lead to blurry vision or poor depth perception. so not only will you be hurting your own eyes, but also the eyes of other drivers who have to look at them.

Lopes101

I just bought those bulbs, Ill let you know how they are when they come on if you dont buy something first

civicchick2001

your right. and im pretty sure those blue ones i had a long time ago were illegal. and im not tryin to be dumb or cause any problems with other drivers, so white it is. thanks for all of this.

civicchick2001

thanks, i'd appreciate that. im not gettin any yet, so yeah, let me know if ya will

gearbox

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bluevisions or cool blues are your best bet for whiter light while still being safe, altho i would personally stick with the XP for the brightest light. its whiter than stock, but not as white as the cool blues. i can dig up some pics later

civicchick2001

thats cool i'd appreciate it

civicchick2001

i was thinkin about gettin these while browsing for new stuff..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-03...Q5fAccessories

they are the eyelids, or eyebrows, you can get.. i was wondering though, does this effect the light output? possibly causing less light to get out? and i'd want them to match the color of my car as well, so how and where is the best way to do this?

thanks for any help..

gearbox

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i had those before and had a body shop paint em to match the car. did not affect light output since it does not shine that high to be covered. and you can use 3m double sided mounting tape to attach em.

some pics of the headlight bulbs in 01-03 civic h4 housing.

stock bulb



philips xp



4300k hid kit (notice the poor beam pattern with many hotspots and holes, just use it for color comparison).

civicchick2001

wow! that xp is bright! r u sure that doesnt blind oncoming traffic? if you compare xp to the blue vision, is the only difference a "whiter" light?

thanks for the pics btw really helps when deciding what to get or what to keep.

MindBomber

I love my eye lids.

I had a body shop tinted spray can mixed to paint mine, which cost $45 but there's enough left in the can for a couple other projects I'm working on.

civicchick2001

u think they would look alright on mine? i dunno if they would or not

Shift-E

They're cheap, like 10 bucks. You can get them, try them on, and if you don't like them don't use them. It's all personal taste. Check out DarkSouljur's build thread. He recently put them on and has pics.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

the bluevision/cool blue are about the same brightness as the stock oem bulbs, only whiter. philips xp is noticably brighter but not as white.

civicchick2001

thats true. and yep, ill go check it out

civicchick2001

do u know where i can get the xp's for fairly cheap? just wondering if u knew of anywhere.. ive seen em for about $40 here and there, but i dont have the good websites you guys always give me for stuff. lol

civicchick2001

i dunno if they eyelid things would look good on my car or not

im tryin to picture them on a blue civic, but to me they are more of a bad a** look, and my car, um.. isnt.. yet. lol

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

www.powerbulbs.com is the only place i know. but $40 is pretty normal for them.

civicchick2001

k, that's cool.. thanks for lettin me know about all of this.. and from your pics, im gonna go with the XP's. and i know u obviously cant take complaints from other traffic, but have you ever gotten "flashed" by other people (headlights.. not anything else lol) bc people maybe think they are too bright? that's the only thing im worried about really.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

they are not that bright and still completely legal for lumen output. i do get flashed occasionally with my hids now but only if im coming up a steep hill and light below the cutoff is shining all over ppls cars. otherwise normally they look about as bright as parking lights.

you prolly need to re-aim the headlamps after changing the bulbs (true for any bulb you replace not just the xp). just drive around and see if they look okay. if its hitting the ground and you have trouble seeing in the distance, theyre too low. if they are shining at other cars mirrors and it looks like you can see everything like hi beams, its too high.

civicchick2001

how exactly do u re-aim them? (sorry for the 100 questions.. but never done this before lol)

lowlife9

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...k-warning.html

civicchick2001

thanks

see? learn somethin new every day lol

Shift-E

That's not just with HID's though. any car going up a steep hill will have it's lights flash everywhere and make people think the highbeam is on. It just so happens that people notice the HID's more for their brightness :P