Hi,
I would like to know your opinions on what are the best halogen white lights and how white they really are.
Looking on the internet it seems like most "white lights" are LEDs, but those are not ADR compliant, so that is a NO for me.
Some examples that I could find are Philips White Vision, Osram Night breaker, Narva artic and a brand named Calibre.
What are your thoughts on what the whitest of those are and how do they compare with OEM bulbs in terms of colour and appearance.
Thanks
Whitest Halogen Lights available for legal automotive use
MechEng on 12/07/2020 - 12:07
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The whiter the light (colour temperature) the less bright it will be (they use colour filters to make them whiter).
Nightbreakers are bright but they're not white like LED white.
Do they look good or they look silly, like an obvious poor quality substitute to LED?
Don’t want them to look good or provide better lighting for you?
Yes. Preferably both.
I found hard to assess based on YouTube cideos, and for some reason there is no "sample" in store, like if.you go to SCA or Autobarn you can't compare the bulbs, thus asking here.
Do they look good or they look silly
That's very subjective.
I thought they looked OK, but I primarily installed them for the improved visibility/safety when driving at night, especially in rural areas without street lighting. Looks were secondary.
Can you just keep them stock?
Every (profanity) driving around with super light, super bright lights just about causes blindness, particularly on a dark night or if your windscreen isn't squeaky clean.
It's a stupid upgrade, particularly if you're only doing it for aesthetic reasons - keep in mind you can't actually SEE your own headlights while you're in your car.
Definitively not into super bright lights, otherwise LED is the way to go. Probably those are the (profanity) bright lights that you refer to.
I get your point, but the reason I started looking at this is actually that I find OEM lights not to be good enough, or may be I am ust getting too old.
So I tought in upgrading to something better, and If I am going to do that why not something that looks better.Ah well fair enough then mate, so long as you are doing it for a functional reason and don't get the blinding lights.
You may need to check your headlight alignment we bought a used car from a dealer and it had the worst headlights virtually useless so I changed globes to try and make them brighter it helped but not much then I thought about alignment and adjusted them ( pretty sure it told me how to do this in the manual otherwise check google)and they were then really good note if people start flashing their lights at you then you need to adjust them down a bit found this out from experience
thanks, I'll give it a go. Cheers
As said above, 'white' halogens use a filter to cut out most of the red portion of the light spectrum, leaving the blue portion, giving a white colour. Halogens emit light primarily in the red spectrum, therefore these filters significantly reduce the available light output.
If you want more light, get the high output versions from Supercheap etc, just know that these ones will burn out much quicker than stock bulbs.
I fitted Night Breakers to my last car and was impressed on how much better the beam was - Whiter and more focused.
They are supposed to last up to 350(?) hours but I sold the car before having a chance to prove or disprove this.
Be aware that there are lots of fakes around and to purchase them from a reputable store. I got mine from https://www.powerbulbs.com they were cheaper than Australian sellers at the time.