John Deere HIR bulbs

[Rookie2]

But have any of you thought how sick you have to be to take all those pics of a light bulb,

I was thinking the exact same thing until I noticed something in them that made me glad he did. For some reason I had it in my head that the trimming that needed to take place was in the part of the bulb housing that plugs into the harness. After reviewing his 30 some-odd pictures it became EXTREMELY clear, I was wrong .


Rookie2

 

[Silverscout]

The PO of my truck did this mod and I love it. They make the world a brighter place! But the purchase price of the bulbs was much higher, great find.

 

[firetruck41]

I'm all over this. But have any of you thought how sick you have to be to take all those pics of a light bulb, sit in your car in a closed garage taking pictures of your lights on the wall...I'm sure you were adjusting the camera exposure and only selected the pictures that looked best...AND THEN have a group of people get all excited about it?

I love this place! I think this is my next upgrade.

Yeah, I'm a geek, and my wife was making fun of me, when she saw what I was doing, for a lightbulb. Of course, I will not admit that I did this write up to anyone I see/work with in the flesh.

 

[jditom]

I have been using Sylavinia silverstars for both low and highs. Brighter and whiter.
Bought them at Autozone.

 

[cruisertom911]

Sounds like a cool upgrade. Been reading on here what and how some of ya'll have done this mod. I gotta JD dealership around the corner from the house...just might have to run by ther this week. Question though, do these bulbs plug into the stock pigtails or do I need to get the harness upgrade from Slee? Thanks again for the cool write up as well as the pics.

 

[firetruck41]

Sounds like a cool upgrade. Been reading on here what and how some of ya'll have done this mod. I gotta JD dealership around the corner from the house...just might have to run by ther this week. Question though, do these bulbs plug into the stock pigtails or do I need to get the harness upgrade from Slee? Thanks again for the cool write up as well as the pics.

You need do nothing, except trim the tab on the bulb.

 

[Beowulf]

Question though, do these bulbs plug into the stock pigtails or do I need to get the harness upgrade from Slee

The bulbs, once the minor trimming mod is done, will plug into the stock harness which has the same bulb connections as the Slee upgrade harness.


Later... Darn. Ben is fast today!
-B-

 

[cruisertom911]

Cool, thanks Ben. Side note, you a firefighter?

 

[Mike S]

It's $9.98 each here in San Jose, CA. Same dealer that charged me $28 each for the "Made in Japan" counterpart last year.

Who is the dealer in SJ? I need a new low beam, and I'll drive down an get one.

M

 

[firetruck41]

I have been using Sylavinia silverstars for both low and highs. Brighter and whiter.
Bought them at Autozone.

Someone might tell you, you are wasting your money. That a conventonal 55w bulb is a conventional 55w bulb (Silverstars). That the light may look whiter, but the color temp is actually worse for vision at night. That the HIR uses some voodoo magic (that is scientifically supported) to increase light output. I wouldn't tell you that, because I don't fully understand it, I have just read Cary (I think it was Cary?) write something similar several times before.
I do know that, supposedly, the standard bulbs (ie. stock, silverstars, etc.) are 1000 lumens and the HIRs are 1700 lumens.

 

[cary]

I have been using Sylavinia silverstars for both low and highs. Brighter and whiter.
Bought them at Autozone.

BZZ, sorry but that would be incorrect. Silverstars put out 1000 lumens just like every other standard wattage 9006 bulb. They are nothing more than a standard 9006 with a slight blue tint. A 9012 HIR (short for Halogen Infared) puts out 1700 lumens of full spectrum light from the same 55 watts. They are a much more efficent lamp, developed at John Deere's request to GE to provide a lamp that provided more output than a standard halogen for the same current draw, but is far cheaper than an HID lamp. GE took HIR technology from other lamps, put it in the 9011 and 9012 lamps and the rest is history. After a couple of years GE sold the rights to Toshiba and Toshiba tweeked the bulbs to make them more reliable (the original GE bulbs looked more like an HID capsule and tended to break under high vibrations).

 

[MDarius]

So, all this technobabble about lumens and light spectrums has my simple head spinning. I get it mostly, but I think I saw something shiny out of the corner of my eye...JD's=good low beams. What=good high beams. (Let's steer away from the 35% warning, k?)

 

[cary]

So, all this technobabble about lumens and light spectrums has my simple head spinning. I get it mostly, but I think I saw something shiny out of the corner of my eye...JD's=good low beams. What=good high beams. (Let's steer away from the 35% warning, k?)

Check the faq, but in short, you will have to order the 9011 HIR bulbs through Stern or the other guy listed in the faq, as JD doesn't sell them. Note that the while the 9011 is an upgrade from the standard 9005 high beam, it is not as dramatic. You go from 1800 lumens to 2400 lumens, a 25% increase rather than 40% increase.

 

[MDarius]

Doh! There you go with the FAQ's again! Thanks.

 

[Sno bored]

I got my high beam bulbs from Daniel Stern lighting, and they are great. If you search you will find all the info for ordering. No trimming needed. I also have the Slee harness and have not had any problems, yet.

 

[sjcruiser]

Who is the dealer in SJ? I need a new low beam, and I'll drive down an get one.

M

Here's the place (close to San Jose airport):

TURF & INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
2715 LAFAYETTE STREET
SANTA CLARA CA 95050
United States
4087275660

 

[Mike S]

SJC

Thanks, I'll check tem out.

M

 

[corsair23]

Question for you techies...Have these bulbs become 'common' to other vehicle makes as well? In short, will the 9012 HIR work for other non FZJ80/LX450 vehicles?

Never mind...A simple search on my part resulted in a long list of vehicles these bulbs should work on...Not the vehicle I was hoping they would but searching is a good thing right?

 

[cary]

If your vehicle uses a 9006 lowbeam, you can use a 9012 lamp.

If your vehicle uses a 9005 highbeam, you can use a 9011 lamp.

 

[stevezero]

Ordered mine today

I was going to order mine online through the jdparts website, but saw firetrucks reply about having to call (his local dealer deleted his email oder). My local dealer is a couple miles away, so I went down there and ordered them. I took the PN and their online price. They we're $11.49 a piece. He didnt have any in stock. He ordered them, and said they should be here in a few days. He asked what kinda bulb they were, and I explained to him what the use is, and said he might want to order some more , because they might be a popular item. If I like em on my LX, I'm going to put a set in my wifes car.


My dealer info, in case anyone local to Greensboro, NC is interested.

Central Carolina Farm
801 E. WENDOVER,
GREENSBORO, NC 27405
Phone: 336-574-4400