These halogens are built for lighting performance and not color. Also, the technology is inefficient and uses a lot of energy. All three options are 55w which should provide plenty of light. Most halogen lights have a life of around 2,000 hours, which is a fraction of the life of LEDs and HIDs. The Nightbreakers are the brightest and project light the furthest from what I have read from those that have done comparisons. The options that I have seen mentioned on HIDP for guys who do halogen retros with great output results is Osram Nighbreaker Unlimted, Philips X-Treme Vision, and Osram Silverstar 2.0 (not the Sylvania version). I will be selling some H1 HID or using them for highs

I would like to not worry about melting wires. I would like to be about 4500-5000K temp. Saw Night Breaker w good review but quadruple price. BULB CHOICES - what you need H7 - low beam bulb, any decent, modern LED is a perfect choice in projectors. I tried Silverstars before and they were junk. I am leaning toward some Hella bulbs I found and know people with jeeps like, but would a 70 watt halogen be too much?Īnyone have something I should look at in the halogen realm. Notice the ambient light above the 'cut off' this is considered legal because the ambient light is very minimal when compared to other setups. So now I am in search of the best H1 halogen for these projectors since I do not think they will benefit from LED either. Yes, there is a difference between projectors designed for Halogen bulbs and HID kits. I know these projectors just are not up to snuff for HID. See below for shadow pics.Īfter researching and finally finding a thread with the info on these not being HID projectors Got a bit less with swap, but still there. Instead of just a standalone bulb like the halogen and LED, HIDs require a ballast and sometimes an ignitor to run the bulb. Tryed to use a 5000K 35 watt HID low beam kit with the H1 bulbs these take and have a shadow I can not seem to get rid of. Got these Spec -D Projector lights which have proven to be Halogen, not HID friendly.

H1 hid projector bulb vs h1 halogen