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Re: Osram bulbs -
12-18-2003
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"Vamp" <feck (AT) ofyoucunt (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3fde0486$0$7010$cc9e4d1f (AT) news (DOT) dial.pipex.com... anyone used them? been looking at the silver star bulbs and wondered if there any good and if they look white instead of shitty yellow? Got Philips Vision plus in my car, similar thing (they're cheap at Ford dealers see). They're certainly brighter, not sure if whiter. I imagine the Philips / Osram websites would boast about it if they were - look for a light colour in Kelvins, eg 8000K or something. |
blue) but they are halogen so not HID white.
8000 K is very blue. Apparently 5200k is a pretty pure white. Halogens are
typically 3200k-3800k.
I think blue bulbs look silly, they make a car look like it has HID look
blue bulbs in because they are far too blue bluer than HID. People usually
don't change their sidelight bulbs so they end up with a yellow patch in
their lights which makes them look more silly. HID look bulbs just look blue
they don't actually look like HID.
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James
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"Doki" <doki (AT) SPAMMENOTspidar (DOT) com> wrote in message news  9EDb.4499$526.31413 (AT) newsfep4-glfd (DOT) server.ntli.net..."Vamp" <feck (AT) ofyoucunt (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3fde0486$0$7010$cc9e4d1f (AT) news (DOT) dial.pipex.com... anyone used them? been looking at the silver star bulbs and wondered if there any good and if they look white instead of shitty yellow? Got Philips Vision plus in my car, similar thing (they're cheap at Ford dealers see). They're certainly brighter, not sure if whiter. I imagine the Philips / Osram websites would boast about it if they were - look for a light colour in Kelvins, eg 8000K or something. I've got Philips Vision plus too and they are pretty white (not HID look blue) but they are halogen so not HID white. 8000 K is very blue. Apparently 5200k is a pretty pure white. Halogens are typically 3200k-3800k. I think blue bulbs look silly, they make a car look like it has HID look blue bulbs in because they are far too blue bluer than HID. People usually don't change their sidelight bulbs so they end up with a yellow patch in their lights which makes them look more silly. HID look bulbs just look blue they don't actually look like HID. |
cav and they looked wank. i did have some proper white bulbs in it before i
sold it giving to me by a mate but as they wasn't in a box never knew what
make they were, looked good with the blue LED sidelights i had though hehe.
i just want a really nice white bulb, HID has a blue twinkle to it they aint
actually blue and you can't really copy that.
spoke to a guy on the MR2 imoc site and he's got some import bulbs i liked
the look of so he's gonna gimmie his spare set, also a good excuse to see
his 405bhp MKII hehe
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I think blue bulbs look silly, they make a car look like it has HID look blue bulbs in because they are far too blue bluer than HID. |
they fool is the gullible owner.
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*Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Dave Plowman dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk London SW 12
RIP Acorn
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In article <brsif0$ob3$1$8300dec7 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk>, James <james (AT) james (DOT) com> wrote: I think blue bulbs look silly, they make a car look like it has HID look blue bulbs in because they are far too blue bluer than HID. Nor do they change colour with angle in the same way - the only person they fool is the gullible owner. |
And the blue coating actually reduces light output too.
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James
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"Nom" <Nom (AT) Somewhere (DOT) Somewhere> wrote in message news:brmi1v01pbf (AT) enews1 (DOT) newsguy.com... "Vamp" <feck (AT) ofyoucunt (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3fde0486$0$7010$cc9e4d1f (AT) news (DOT) dial.pipex.com... anyone used them? been looking at the silver star bulbs and wondered if there any good and if they look white instead of shitty yellow? Waste of time. Get yourself to eBay - there are *STACKS* of sellers in the USA selling "white looking" bulbs for a tenner or so. I've had a couple of different sets, and been very pleased with em. Which ones are good though? I bought some for my car from Sharkracing.com, 100w jobbies with a blue filter. Looked like my car had HID bulbs through the projector lenses (50w white ones are a nice colour but uselessly dim), but 2 sets burnt out very quickly (Life span was a few months) so im back to normal 50w halfraud things. |
packaging if that helps - and they say Xenon on them
I've had em a year now, and they're still going strong...
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"Dave Plowman" <dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:4c62e0bbcbdave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk... In article <brsif0$ob3$1$8300dec7 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk>, James <james (AT) james (DOT) com> wrote: I think blue bulbs look silly, they make a car look like it has HID look blue bulbs in because they are far too blue bluer than HID. Nor do they change colour with angle in the same way - the only person they fool is the gullible owner. |
yellow) light.
Quite obviously they're not gonna look anything like a HID setup !
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And the blue coating actually reduces light output too. |
remains the same, but it's not chatty yellow.
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anyone used them? been looking at the silver star bulbs and wondered if there any good and if they look white instead of shitty yellow? |
light output and well worth the money IMO. The light is certainly brighter
and seems to be less yellow than the original bulbs but I wasn't that
bothered about that - just being able to see better at night, and for that
they certainly do the job!
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Andrew
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"James" <james (AT) james (DOT) com> wrote in message news:brv2a3$e6n$1$8302bc10 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk... "Dave Plowman" <dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:4c62e0bbcbdave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk... In article <brsif0$ob3$1$8300dec7 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk>, James <james (AT) james (DOT) com> wrote: I think blue bulbs look silly, they make a car look like it has HID look blue bulbs in because they are far too blue bluer than HID. Nor do they change colour with angle in the same way - the only person they fool is the gullible owner. Except that people (like me) buy these bulbs so they give a white (not yellow) light. Quite obviously they're not gonna look anything like a HID setup ! And the blue coating actually reduces light output too. But then you just buy a slightly higher wattage of bulb. Light output then remains the same, but it's not chatty yellow. |
blue) coating you'd get more light on the road.
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James
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"Nom" <Nom (AT) Somewhere (DOT) Somewhere> wrote in message news:bs00sc0ofu (AT) enews3 (DOT) newsguy.com... "James" <james (AT) james (DOT) com> wrote in message news:brv2a3$e6n$1$8302bc10 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk... "Dave Plowman" <dave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message news:4c62e0bbcbdave.sound (AT) argonet (DOT) co.uk... In article <brsif0$ob3$1$8300dec7 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk>, James <james (AT) james (DOT) com> wrote: I think blue bulbs look silly, they make a car look like it has HID look blue bulbs in because they are far too blue bluer than HID. Nor do they change colour with angle in the same way - the only person they fool is the gullible owner. Except that people (like me) buy these bulbs so they give a white (not yellow) light. Quite obviously they're not gonna look anything like a HID setup ! And the blue coating actually reduces light output too. But then you just buy a slightly higher wattage of bulb. Light output then remains the same, but it's not chatty yellow. But if you'd bought the higher wattage bulbs without the (stupid boy racer blue) coating you'd get more light on the road. |
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