Changing headlights '97 LX450

[sjcruiser]

Cary,

Not affiliated with PIAA, but they do makes very decent bulbs. The ones I mentioned do not produce blue beams, but the closest(?) to sun light possible.

Frank.

 

[mot]

Why not try HIR bulbs(HB3/HB4) with 110/130 equiv. brightness(IPF claims) like this at the bottom of the page (not cheap). Also you can see high-efficient(they claim) halogen bulbs there as well(max. 150w equiv. brightness):

IPF
http://www.ipf.co.jp/catalog/halogen.html

You can also try going with other reputable companies' stuff:

KOITO:
http://211.14.130.22/koito/FMPro?-d...ﾊｲﾊﾟﾜｰﾊﾛｹﾞﾝﾊﾞﾙﾌﾞ&表示=●&-lop=AND&-max=100&-find

http://211.14.130.22/koito/FMPro?-d...表示順&-SortORder=Aescending&-Op=eq&品名==ﾎﾜｲﾄﾋﾞｰﾑ Ver.II&表示=●&-lop=AND&-max=100&-find

http://www.sp.koito.co.jp/white_beam3_frame.html


FET/CATZ(a few efficient HB3/4's available):
http://www.fet-japan.co.jp/catz/bulb.html

This page lists small pics of different bulbs' in action if that helps you see different affects of different colors, sorta.

These companies are considered reputable, at least, in Japan. I just wanted some of you to know that there were other light companies in/from Japan other than PIAA.

This was all just F.Y.I., I guess. As you can see you have a few to choose from. But unfortunately, I don't have any experience with them. I would be tempted/willing to try some of them. HIR seems promising(Christo said it was good before), but a little expensive.

And I'm sure some of the claims they make with "brightness equiv. to" stuff don't live up to your/our expectations, either.

My 2 yen.

Hope the links work



mot

 

[sleeoffroad]

We run and sell the IPF HIR bulbs. They are not cheap, but to date in 3 years we have not blown a single one. When run with the upgrade harness, they are the best setup we found, other than going to true HID's. I used to run the HID conversion but I am not crazy about it since the pattern just does not seem right if the reflector was not designed for it.