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🔧 Technical HIR halogen bulbs...any experience with these?
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Any chance you can go LED? Or would it throw like a DRL error due to lower impedance?
I did 9003/H11 in my truck, upgraded from HID's and same brightness (way better than stock halogen) but way more reliable.
These are the brand/model I have in the truck, no issues:
I did 9003/H11 in my truck, upgraded from HID's and same brightness (way better than stock halogen) but way more reliable.
These are the brand/model I have in the truck, no issues:
AlfaOBD and security gateway module bypass and you can probably disable the PWM.
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Possibly AppCar Diag FCA and a Bluetooth OBDII Dongle might allow it as well.
Basically like coding your BMW but with a FCA vehicle.
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Possibly AppCar Diag FCA and a Bluetooth OBDII Dongle might allow it as well.
Basically like coding your BMW but with a FCA vehicle.
The ones I posted are claimed 6000K, but they're closer to 5000K, a nice bright white (I despise the blue/purple of higher K rating). My prior HID's were 4300K, so almost no difference, and they work great in the rain. Also, these have both a heatsink and fan for cooling.
Yes. GM used them in many vehicles in the early to mid 2000's. My Bonneville GXP came with them in the high beams standard. I think I bought the bulbs below from Candlepower.com or something like that. The issue is, the original Toshiba made HIR's are no longer made and the replacement HIR, due to Toshiba's patent on the technology, isn't really that much better than a 9005. You may get a little more lumen output, but not what the original's HIR's were.
On the left is a true, Toshiba HIR bulb. It can be noted by the bulbous glass housing and the slightly haziness to it. That's what makes the gasseous reaction that makes them brighter. On the right, is the revised, not as good as the original HIR due to that lack of reflective coating which is what reacts with the electric charge to make it burn brighter. I think these are the ones that may be cross referenced as 9011. The original HIR's were not 9011 IIRC, rather HIR1 and HIR2. Also, the kelvin rating for either isn't going to be much more than the 9005's 3,100k. I would say somewhere around 3,500k. But they won't give you the temps of a basic HID.
Here they plug side (now flipped... The revised HIR is on the left, the original Toshiba HIR is on the right, yea a little blurry, but even the business side is a little different) ;
So the moral of the story is, if you can find a true HIR bulb with the bulbous/hazy housing, that's what you want. The revised knock-off's, no.
On the left is a true, Toshiba HIR bulb. It can be noted by the bulbous glass housing and the slightly haziness to it. That's what makes the gasseous reaction that makes them brighter. On the right, is the revised, not as good as the original HIR due to that lack of reflective coating which is what reacts with the electric charge to make it burn brighter. I think these are the ones that may be cross referenced as 9011. The original HIR's were not 9011 IIRC, rather HIR1 and HIR2. Also, the kelvin rating for either isn't going to be much more than the 9005's 3,100k. I would say somewhere around 3,500k. But they won't give you the temps of a basic HID.
Here they plug side (now flipped... The revised HIR is on the left, the original Toshiba HIR is on the right, yea a little blurry, but even the business side is a little different) ;
So the moral of the story is, if you can find a true HIR bulb with the bulbous/hazy housing, that's what you want. The revised knock-off's, no.
Well, I’m going to try the Phillips HIR1’s (getting them delivered fromAmazon to a local hub near our vacay rental). I don’t want to mess with anything here, I have limited tools with me, and don’t want to Deal with what I did coming down here. It was a marathon drive, we took one hour break in 22 hours of driving. We switched every four hours, going to change it to every two hours on way home. Most of our drive is at night
Did you say you couldn't get the cheater harness that defeats the voltage management system on it?
I think you will like the lumen output of these HIR's, but again, you're not going to be anywhere near a HID or LED's kelvin rating unfortunately. So upon first installation, it might not 'seem' better, but in fact they are putting out more light.
I think you will like the lumen output of these HIR's, but again, you're not going to be anywhere near a HID or LED's kelvin rating unfortunately. So upon first installation, it might not 'seem' better, but in fact they are putting out more light.
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