H7 Bulbs

[lobs84]

Hi all,

I'm just wondering if all H7 bulbs are the same? I have just installed some white LED sidelight bulbs and they seem to put my Night breakers to shame. What i'm asking is, I have saw some LED H7 bulbs but they say that they are for fog lights. Would they be too bright for my dipped beam?

Regards

Will.

 

[lobs84]

I have saw these bulbs would they be alright?

http://www.suntekstore.co.uk/goods.php?id=14001667&utm_source=gbuk&utm_campaign=gbuk

 

[LEE69]

They are crap for headlights seriously don't bother.

Buy a 4.3K hid kit if you want a white light, it's what i use

 

[LEE69]

55W 4300k HIDS fitted

 

[andythom]

4500k hids

 

[lobs84]

How much are a set of Hids? Also do you not need washer jets? Or am I just getting confused?

 

[andythom]

Have a wee look here...new mot standards...nothing about needing washers or levellers for hids

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3703923

And prices vary....you can get kits of eBay for 20 quid but cheap and lesser quality....

Hids4u do a cracking kit....and if you use "strathy" in the voucher code part you get 20-25% off iirc

 

[harlstequin]

those led ones are seriously poor, avoid!!

 

[Muttley]

LED bulbs are unsuitable for headlamps for three reasons:

You can't get them bright enough (yet).

The individual LED's are very directional, emitting over a fairly narrow cone.

They take the form of a cluster of LED sources, so the light source is the wrong shape for the reflector. The beam pattern would be completely up the spout.

If and when a single LED is made that will put out the same light power as a 55W filament bulb it will need a completely different headlight design, probably some form of projector with a lens in front to widen and shape the beam.

The "bulbs" you linked to claim 450 lumens output. The chart here

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/bulb_types/bulb_types.html

shows that most car headlight bulbs fall in the 1000 - 1600 lumens area. 450 lumens will be impossibly dim.

They would work in foglights because -

a: Foglights produce an unfocussed, diffuse output, low and wide, not a focussed beam, so beam pattern is not important.

b: Foglights don't require high power, they are for finding the edges of the road/white lines when the fog is so dense that headlights produce a white wall of backscatter. 20mph weather. At best.

 

[Leon_Chris]

has anybody got a discount code for HIDS-direct???
xmas time and trying to find things as cheap as poss???

 

[LEE69]

Don't buy from hids direct then lol use ebay

 

[Leon_Chris]

fair point but dont want low quality...

 

[miscreant]

you all know that putting hids in a car that is not designed to use them ( as in came out of the factory with them fitted ) will be illegal come next april and will automatically be an mot failure.

 

[LEE69]

I am of the opinion they are all the same, i have had sets for years with no problems, and the cheapy ones too.

 

[Leon_Chris]

ok cheers lee will go shopping!

 

[LEE69]

you all know that putting hids in a car that is not designed to use them ( as in came out of the factory with them fitted ) will be illegal come next april and will automatically be an mot failure.

Put in standard bulbs, go home and refit hids, job done.

 

[lobs84]

Put in standard bulbs, go home and refit hids, job done.

 

[andythom]

you all know that putting hids in a car that is not designed to use them ( as in came out of the factory with them fitted ) will be illegal come next april and will automatically be an mot failure.

This is totally untrue read the link I posted above