Kamikaze Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 I've been using Sylvania H11 SilverStar Ultra High Performance Halogens (low beams), but I don't like the yellowish tint of the light and prefer a more brilliant white/blue hue, without blinding other drivers of course. What headlight bulbs do you all use or like best? Thank you in advance. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Halstead Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Unfortunately without doing a complete retrofit, a halogen is going to give you the most usable light. There’s options to change color via HID/LED but you are going to lose tons of “usable” light and gain a ton of foreground light that is unusable but will appear brighter due to hitting the ground directly in front of vehicle and reflecting back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 I ran with the blue/white Sylvanias for a year. Impressive at first, but you really CAN NOT SEE AS FAR with blue light. You actually see further and better with yellowish light. Your eyes are more sensitive to this light. Consider that you only have around 2 to 7% (age, genetics) of your cones sensitive to blue light. Not only that, blue light focuses at a different place on the retina, further limiting your ability to resolve details. And to get the blue (whiteish) light they have to use a blue coating on the bulbs (further dimming the max light output). Also they tend to get dimmer after the first year. It's suttle, but they do weaken. (I think it's because Sylvania runs the filaments hot to overcome the blue coating losses.) I'm currently running with Phillips X-tremeVision bulbs and they are a really good improvement over Sylvania. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) I use Osram Night Breaker Unlimited halogens, but you can check bulbfacts.com for alternatives that will work. You can retrofit an H9 into the H11 housing - lows and fogs - but not sure what the longterm consequences are for the headlight assembly (plastic). owner experiences with this conversion https://www.4runners.com/threads/h9-in-h11-headlight-sockets.8593/ If you use LEDs, they MUST have adjustable bases to align them perfectly in the housing. Best way is to retrofit the housing for HID projectors. HIDs still offer the best lighting pattern/distance, though LEDs are getting closer. Edited June 28, 2021 by WWWPerfA_ZN0W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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