9005 highbeams
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From: Burbs of Chi-Town
I had those in my last car and they are more of a white not really blue at all. Anyways like Brian said it wont get rid of the yellow look to the daytime running lights because its not using the full current.
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From: MA
the highbeams are also your DRL's. what happens is when the DRL's are running, the bulbs are running at 50% power and when highbeams are on, it's 100%. regardless of what color bulb you get, running it at 50% will give off that yellowy/creamy color.
that means if you get a cool blue bulb, DRL's will still be yellow but high beams will be cool blue. the only two known fixes for this is a colored overlay which will allow you to keep the highbeam function of the 9005 bulbs or get an LED 9005 bulb which will run at the same color regardless of DRL or highbeam functions since they run at such a low wattage.
it should be noted that the 9005 bulb highbeams aren't necessary. rather, the low beams will automatically be directed higher to give off the highbeams. the 9005 bulbs are merely served as "extra" or "backup" highbeams and so that people can tell easily you are in fact running highbeams with the brighter inner lights
without these, your bi-xenon low beams running highbeams will just look like low beams that glare.
that means if you get a cool blue bulb, DRL's will still be yellow but high beams will be cool blue. the only two known fixes for this is a colored overlay which will allow you to keep the highbeam function of the 9005 bulbs or get an LED 9005 bulb which will run at the same color regardless of DRL or highbeam functions since they run at such a low wattage.
it should be noted that the 9005 bulb highbeams aren't necessary. rather, the low beams will automatically be directed higher to give off the highbeams. the 9005 bulbs are merely served as "extra" or "backup" highbeams and so that people can tell easily you are in fact running highbeams with the brighter inner lights
without these, your bi-xenon low beams running highbeams will just look like low beams that glare.
your low beams with AFS still pointed upwards when you use your high beams...i replaced my DRL with an LED light,ahhh i hardly use the high beams anyway, i do mostly city drivings here in SO.CAL...
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From: CA
The overlay won't help THAT much with the light color change. There's almost no difference with the overlay. I know this 'cause I have them and it doesn't make a difference and so i just changed out all the bulbs on the car.
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i'm not sure if it's 4x but they are damn bright when i highbeam...they got rid of enough yellow and i'm satisfied...it's pleasant =D
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130W is a lot...but DRLs are running at 65W...which is 20W extra on the circuit (taking into account both bulbs)...i've spoken with a bunch of electricians and they said it's not a problem
....if you are running 100W each bulb during DRL...then ya u'll probably end up melting harnesses or something (but then it'll be whiter haha)hope this helps
here are some pics =) my first time posting pictures so bear with me
they aren't pure white...but it's definitely a lot whiter than before....btw, taken with my camera phone...pics turned out ok lol
Last edited by w1ck3d64; Aug 9, 2008 at 01:22 PM.
Brian is correct. Due to the lower wattage of the DRL, any bulb you put in there will have a yellow look. It won't look yellow like stock but a faint yellow. Best way is to get LEDs for the DRL, but the the highbeam function will not work.