I have now practiced installing and removing them several times in the course of uninstalling HID. They are not great, but you know, they glow. Still my top choice would have to follow the moderators at Candlepower forums, and stick with the Philips.Ĭlick to expand.I have now completed removal of the aftermarket HID system and have installed stock bulbs that were provided to me by the previous (original) owner. Of all the available PIAA bulbs Night Tech would be my choice. The Xtreme White Plus and Hybrid both have blue tint over the entire surface of the glass. The Night Tech bulbs seem to have a clear area and two bands top and bottom, very similar to the high performance Philips and Sylvania bulbs. I think PIAA has come out with new bulb lines recently, and will have to research which looks best: By the way, the zXe line is not the brightest Sylvania bulb, brightest are the Silverstar Ultras. I saw somewhere people were getting checks for some sort of class action lawsuit or something similar. Sylvania has had some issues on longevity. I would replace a burnt bulb one at a time, and would notice a higher intensity compared to the remaining OLD bulb. I have experience with PIAA mostly for their Ion Yellow fog bulbs. The Racing Vision has +150 %, better low beam output, BUT has more blue banding that decreases high beam output, so that high beam performance is worse than the +130s, if that is important to you. The Racing Visions as far as I recall have the same expected lifespan as the X-treme Vision +130s. I am not sure I am prepared to do that, so I am going to try brighter (and shorter lifespan) halogens and see how I like it.Īs far as I know there is an hour rating for the bulbs, available somewhere. But in the headlight application it is not practical in this car without fundamentally changing the headlight housing from reflector type to projector type. I believe LED is the best light technology human kind has come with so far. are becoming available on LED form from mainstream stores like Walmart.Įventually I would love to run LED headlights. Turn signals, side markers tail lights, map lights, etc. It may be easy to solve electrically (filters, chokes, etc.) I am also inclined to replace most of the bulbs with LED, which is becoming more and more mainstream, at least for non-headlight applications. If the problem becomes really bad I may look into the DC-DC converter issue a bit. So far I am pleased enough overall with this car that the bulb failure issue may not bother me so much and I am prepared to bear some extra cost of bulbs (I am saving a lot more on gas in the bargain). It is unfortunate, but I guess it's part of life with this car. I have not owned the Prius long enough to have experienced bulb failure, but I have read accounts of incandescent bulbs going faster than normal on Gen 2 Prii. What feeds the 12V circuits is a DC-DC converter and that may have some undesirable characteristics to its DC. Most likely due to lack of a proper alternator with a full bridge rectifier as in conventional cars. Also, it seems different cars effect lifespan differently. I have not seen real-world comparisons of the three candidates I have selected regarding lifespan. I would not mind having fancy lights, but really don't want to drive around with HID in reflectors.Ĭlick to expand.All brighter bulbs have a short lifespan. If anyone knows of a good projector setup for the HID/LED bulb for this car, please let me know. I think with whiter and brighter bulb it may be just fine for me. It has a cutoff line so as not to shine into rear view mirrors, which is great and it throws the light pretty far. Besides the (comparatively) yellow tint to them and much lower brightness I actually like the light pattern better. I used those until I decide what better halogen bulb to get. I happened to have the original halogens from this car given to me with the sale by the original owner. Both bulbs and both ballasts are in working order. Well, the controller is missing on the right side. When the high beams are activated the high beam controller (if present) will energize the solenoid and will pull the bulb backwards about a quarter inch (approximately). The way it's implemented in this system is by having a small solenoid installed in the base of the bulb. That explains my poor high beam performance. is connected straight from the OE harness to the ballast without relay and/or high beam controller. Upon completing that task I realized that the right side ballast is a). I just completed removing the aftermarket HID system from my car.
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