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Old 06-07-2012, 07:44 PM   #7 (permalink)
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easier solution that i've done myself, assuming you have 9006 low beam and 9005 high beam bulbs, is install phillips 9012 (low beam) and 9011 (high beam)

the bulbs are HIR, halogen infrared reflecting, i guess using the infrared light to help keep the filament hot increases their efficiency. they claim to use the same wattage, while being brighter.

they are just short of plug and play, you just have to trim one of the tabs on the bulb to fit in the same hole as the 9006/9005.

they are definitely brighter than standard bulbs, but i haven't actually measured their power consumption

from what ive read, a std 9006 bulb puts out 1000 lumens, while a 9012 pus out 1875 lumens. i think doubling the lumens of a light makes it appear 50% brighter, so a 9012 should appear about 1/3 brighter than a 9006, which would be inline with my experience with them.

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