FEATURED Optilux 9005 XB Series HB3/9005 12V/100W Xenon White Halogen Bulb Set
- Optilux XB Extreme White Halogen bulbs produce a bright white Xenon-look beam
- Radical Styling
- HB3 9005 12V 100W
- One pair of bulbs included
- For off-road use only
Optilux XB bulbs’ blue coating gives you a radical Xenon look in a halogen bulb by incorporating Xenon gas for enhanced bulb performance. All Optilux XB Bulbs are manufactured and sold for Off-Road use only.
Fantastic High Beams!,
For those of you who want HID light output, but don’t have an HID equipped vehicle – STOP buying $50 bulbs, i.e. Silverstar’s, PIAA’s, etc. I had a nice long chat with a master mechanic at the Honda dealership here in Portland and we discussed light output on vehicles. He was very clear that the only way to increase the amount of light output from your car’s stock headlights is to increase the bulb wattage.
Think about it this way…in your lamp at home, if you have a 60 watt bulb in it and you replace it with a different brands 60 watt bulb, are you really expecting it to be any brighter?? Doesn’t make much sense does it. Now, if you were to purchase a 100 watt bulb to replace your 60 watt bulb at home, you would expect a dramatic difference in light output correct? Exactly.
This was the way he explained it to me. He also told me that although the stock bulbs do give off that ugly “yellow” hue to the color of the light output, it is technically better than the “blued” light that comes from Silverstar Ultra’s. The blue filters out the yellow spectrum light which makes that nice white we all like…but here’s the problem; IT FILTERS OUT THE YELLOW LIGHT. Meaning that it takes away a % of the available light, causing there to be less useable light put on to the road. So while the white is preferred, you lose actual light output….no matter what the box says.
So I purchased these lights. They are 100 watts and blue…this means that while the blue may filter out some to the useable light, the wattage will more than compensate for the loss of “yellow” light.
End result, my headlights (Hi’s and Low’s) are fantastically bright now. I will never go back to a stock wattage again.
And for those of you wondering if there are any negatives to increasing bulb wattage; yes, there can be in certain vehicles. The mechanic at Honda told me that he knows for a fact that HONDA, ACURA, INFINITI, MAZDA and LEXUS have beefier wiring units that can easily handle the increase in wattage. Much of this is due to the fact that imports are highly modified with aftermarket lighting and the manufacturers take this into account when wiring the vehicles. On the other hand, He said that he has seen some fuse issues with Chevy and Ford vehicles. If you own one of these, you will need to purchase a better harness that can handle the increased wattage.
I hope this helps…I searched long and hard and finally found the bulb that outperforms the “best.” It looks great and puts lots of light on the road.
Good Luck!
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