Buy discount GE 9003NH/BP2 Nighthawk Automotive Replacement Bulbs - Pack of 2 Awesome Xenon BulbsBy NF Mountain BoyAfter doing a lot of research, I put a set of these bulbs (type 9005 and 9006) in my 90 Accord last year and saw a significant difference in the amount of light and down-road visibility. After replacing my Accord with an '02 Civic, I decided to put these in because the existing long life bulbs were not nearly as bright as I would have liked. There was a tremendous difference.For fun, I put one of these in and left the stock bulb on the other side. The light was bright and white compared to dull and yellowish. It looked at least 30% brighter, and the light coming out of the side with the Nighthawk covered a larger area. I think there's better use of the reflector with these bulbs. Maybe it's just me, but these seem to cover the road a lot better, especially in Honda cars. Toyota cars don't seem to show as much improvement.When I was researching replacement bulbs for my old car, I went to Sylvania's website and saw the advertisement for their Silverstar bulbs. I liked the idea of white light, and to be thorough, I went to the specs for candlepower, wattage and rated life. I found out that Silverstars were rated for about 100 hours on low beams (80 on high), while stock halogens were rated for 800. Sacrificing service life for a little brightness didn't seem like a good idea. A few weeks later, I found the Nighthawks by accident in the parts section at W-Mart. I read their claims, looked online, and found that these have the same rated life as stock. I bought them and have been more than satisfied. I haven't tested enough to know if they go 800 hours, but I have been very pleased with the performance of GE Nighthawks. I can see better and farther, and perhaps the biggest difference is during bad weather. I don't see much rain in the headlight beams at all, and when it's foggy, I can still see reflections on road signs. To me, that's really important because I do most of my driving is on mountain roads.Bottom Line: Any uncoated xenon bulb (i.e. without a color coating), will give you far better performance than stock, and will probably last just as long because of their higher efficiency. But after using stock Sylvanias, Phillips, and Wagner BriteLites (another xenon bulb), I am most satisfied with the Nighthawks. They cost more than Britelites, but I think it's worth it because of the added performance. I would buy these again any time I need replacements.Update: Just over 3 years and many nighttime miles later, bulbs are still going strong, while the type 9003 Britelites that I put in another car (with DRLs on low beams) already burned out. The DRL system on the other car ... » More Information about GE 9003NH/BP2 Nighthawk Automotive Replacement Bulbs - Pack of 2.Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Buy discount GE 9003NH/BP2 Nighthawk Automotive Replacement Bulbs - Pack of 2 Awesome Xenon BulbsBy NF Mountain BoyAfter doing a lot of research, I put a set of these bulbs (type 9005 and 9006) in my 90 Accord last year and saw a significant difference in the amount of light and down-road visibility. After replacing my Accord with an '02 Civic, I decided to put these in because the existing long life bulbs were not nearly as bright as I would have liked. There was a tremendous difference.For fun, I put one of these in and left the stock bulb on the other side. The light was bright and white compared to dull and yellowish. It looked at least 30% brighter, and the light coming out of the side with the Nighthawk covered a larger area. I think there's better use of the reflector with these bulbs. Maybe it's just me, but these seem to cover the road a lot better, especially in Honda cars. Toyota cars don't seem to show as much improvement.When I was researching replacement bulbs for my old car, I went to Sylvania's website and saw the advertisement for their Silverstar bulbs. I liked the idea of white light, and to be thorough, I went to the specs for candlepower, wattage and rated life. I found out that Silverstars were rated for about 100 hours on low beams (80 on high), while stock halogens were rated for 800. Sacrificing service life for a little brightness didn't seem like a good idea. A few weeks later, I found the Nighthawks by accident in the parts section at W-Mart. I read their claims, looked online, and found that these have the same rated life as stock. I bought them and have been more than satisfied. I haven't tested enough to know if they go 800 hours, but I have been very pleased with the performance of GE Nighthawks. I can see better and farther, and perhaps the biggest difference is during bad weather. I don't see much rain in the headlight beams at all, and when it's foggy, I can still see reflections on road signs. To me, that's really important because I do most of my driving is on mountain roads.Bottom Line: Any uncoated xenon bulb (i.e. without a color coating), will give you far better performance than stock, and will probably last just as long because of their higher efficiency. But after using stock Sylvanias, Phillips, and Wagner BriteLites (another xenon bulb), I am most satisfied with the Nighthawks. They cost more than Britelites, but I think it's worth it because of the added performance. I would buy these again any time I need replacements.Update: Just over 3 years and many nighttime miles later, bulbs are still going strong, while the type 9003 Britelites that I put in another car (with DRLs on low beams) already burned out. The DRL system on the other car ... » More Information about GE 9003NH/BP2 Nighthawk Automotive Replacement Bulbs - Pack of 2.
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