dmxmexican

ok now that i got my check i want to spend some money on modding my car a bit,
the one things that has bothering me a bit was the needles on my instrument panel? so is that lextech site the only place where i can get new needles because 100 for a new set of needles is a bit pricey and maybe i need to think about that now a bit more

BUT my main point is that i want to put new bulbs in my 93 es300 because my stock ones are well not that bright anymore and searching i get confused on which to buy ? should i get the 9005's or the 9006's because i went to wal-mart and the computer there said i can use both the bulbs?


p.s. any one know where i can buy some fog lights too b/c one of mine is broken and i dont like to see it like that

thanks

Pheonix

You have 5 posts, so I am going to say this very, very easily.
































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lexusk8

Probably the reason the Wal-mart computer comes up with both results is that the 9005's are used for the high beams, and the 9006's for the low beams. Practically speaking, you'd want the 9006's for direct fit of the low beam bulbs, but it is possible to make the 9005's fit into the low beams in order to achieve high light output. However, it requires some cutting of the adapter base of the 9005 bulbs.

You can also go to Wal-mart to buy bulbs for your fog lights, but first you should first check out your fogs and see if one of your bulbs is actually burnt out (and not the wires).

dmxmexican

thx lexusk8
the reason i wanted to replace on my fog lights is because the driver side one is cracked so thats why i wanted to change it
thx for the info on the 9006 yeah i was confused because on some posts said i could use the 9005 on lows but i dont want to splice any wires i just want a direct plug in

dmxmexican

has anyone here tried these lights before? i was wondering if i should get silverstars or these ge lights?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GE-NI...spagenameZWDVW

Pheonix

Mmmmmm No.


Just mod some 9005 silverstars to fit (Cut/grnd/melt the one interffereing tab down slightly, or say F that, go to wall-mart & buy the 9005 bulb ring. 3 screws = done), or drop some HIR's in them.

HID > HIR > 100watt halogen mod > Silverstar/PIAA > New regular > Any old non-HID/HIR bulb.

Pheonix

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOSHI...spagenameZWDVW

If you buy from him, ask him if you get one bulb, or two. He seems fishy.



Personally... I would buy a bright *** 9011 (That's the 9005 socket), and mod it to fit the 9006 hole. That would be the best conversion you could possibly do without going HID's. Several Camry's have done this, but no ES/Windom that I know of. Panzies

dmxmexican

this auction says that the price is 30 per bulb lol for that i would buy piaa lights

dmxmexican

nvm i seem those lights that you posted phoenix on another site and i think i am going to get it a try but if i do buy them i am going to need some detailed instruction on how to mod the 9012/9006 to fit into the 9005 socket once i get them and them i can post some pics

Pheonix

9006 = low beam
9005 = high beam

9011 = 9005 harness
9012 = 9006 harness



If you want to not mod them buy the 9012's.
If you don't mind modding them, give the larger 9011's a try.

Pheonix

Interesting link:
http://www.bmwcca.org/members/AM/Tem...6_Light&page=1

9006 Low beams in low beam housing:



9005 High beams in high beam housing:









Those HIR's just owned, hardcore. Look at that 9011 HIR, daaaaaaaamn!!!

On the flip side:
Life @ 14.4v:
9011 greater than 235 hours
9012 1000 hours.
May seem bad & we all know the lucky few can charge @ 14.4 volts, but most of these cars will charge @ 13.2v, so the life will probably be longer than 255hours. And the 9011 bulb was only drawing 12.6V @ 5.1 amps, which equates to 64.2 watts.


Eh, who knows. That's longer than the published lifepsans of PIAA Extreme's & Silver Stars. There are pleanty of us that have run either of those bulbs for years, and others that only get so many months out of them - go figure.