uflnuceng
06-12-2006, 11:28 AM
Ok... I think I am officially confused as all hell on the whole concept of lighting. I also apologize on how mangled this post is, but hopefully you can see the point. If I understand it correctly (which I don't think I do) it goes like this.
1. US Projectors are the lowest of the low and suck on top of that. Something about the DOT being idiots.
2. Euro Ellipsoid Projectors are not "DOT Certified" but what idiot at an inspection station actually checks that out. They require a conversion kit of sorts (either DIY or buy from a retailer).
3. Depo or Umnitza projectors are low quality replacements for US projectors and the glass isn't blast treated and tends to crack and yellow easily.
4. Hella is the sh*t.
Now... when it comes to bulb choice with an ellipsoid projector you can either go for H1 bulbs (although there appears to go all the way up to H7 bulbs?) or you can go for HID (a.k.a. Xenon) systems. My car currently has Umnitza projectors that look horrible and are already cracked. It also has a prolumen 5000K xenon kit. I have zero understanding of what the hell 9005 and 9006 bulbs are.
My issue is the install of a xenon kit to me throws off the "cleaness" of the engine compartment. The dust shields behind the headlights have been hacked to death to make room for the wires and the ballasts have been screwed to the body of the car.
I just got smoked Hella Euro Ellipsoids (http://www.abrahamsmotorsport.com/images/e34hellas.jpg), smoked TYE turn signals (http://www.abrahamsmotorsport.com/images/e34tss.jpg), and smoked Hella tail lights. If I want to go back to regular-non-xenon lights, but something that is brighter than OEM US lights, what the hell kind of bulbs do I get? Turner has PIAA Xtreme White Plus 9006 Low Beam Bulbs (http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=19616) and PIAA Xtreme White Plus 9005 High Beam Bulbs (http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=19615) that supposedly put out like 4150k light. Is this what I would want to put in there? What about the HID kit that is in there already... did wires have to get cut and spliced to put them in there. Am I looking at a wiring nightmare if I want to go back to good old fashioned filament bulbs versus xenon high intensity discharge bulbs? Mainly this all has to do with me wanting the engine compartment to look clean and having spliced wires everywhere and ballast boxes screwed to fenders doesn't do it for me.
I'm going to go back in the corner, put my dunce cap on, and start sucking on my thumb. I'm scared and my brain is starting to hurt.
Oh... and what bulbs should I get for the turn signals so that they don't look orange?
1. US Projectors are the lowest of the low and suck on top of that. Something about the DOT being idiots.
2. Euro Ellipsoid Projectors are not "DOT Certified" but what idiot at an inspection station actually checks that out. They require a conversion kit of sorts (either DIY or buy from a retailer).
3. Depo or Umnitza projectors are low quality replacements for US projectors and the glass isn't blast treated and tends to crack and yellow easily.
4. Hella is the sh*t.
Now... when it comes to bulb choice with an ellipsoid projector you can either go for H1 bulbs (although there appears to go all the way up to H7 bulbs?) or you can go for HID (a.k.a. Xenon) systems. My car currently has Umnitza projectors that look horrible and are already cracked. It also has a prolumen 5000K xenon kit. I have zero understanding of what the hell 9005 and 9006 bulbs are.
My issue is the install of a xenon kit to me throws off the "cleaness" of the engine compartment. The dust shields behind the headlights have been hacked to death to make room for the wires and the ballasts have been screwed to the body of the car.
I just got smoked Hella Euro Ellipsoids (http://www.abrahamsmotorsport.com/images/e34hellas.jpg), smoked TYE turn signals (http://www.abrahamsmotorsport.com/images/e34tss.jpg), and smoked Hella tail lights. If I want to go back to regular-non-xenon lights, but something that is brighter than OEM US lights, what the hell kind of bulbs do I get? Turner has PIAA Xtreme White Plus 9006 Low Beam Bulbs (http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=19616) and PIAA Xtreme White Plus 9005 High Beam Bulbs (http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=19615) that supposedly put out like 4150k light. Is this what I would want to put in there? What about the HID kit that is in there already... did wires have to get cut and spliced to put them in there. Am I looking at a wiring nightmare if I want to go back to good old fashioned filament bulbs versus xenon high intensity discharge bulbs? Mainly this all has to do with me wanting the engine compartment to look clean and having spliced wires everywhere and ballast boxes screwed to fenders doesn't do it for me.
I'm going to go back in the corner, put my dunce cap on, and start sucking on my thumb. I'm scared and my brain is starting to hurt.
Oh... and what bulbs should I get for the turn signals so that they don't look orange?