96white

As the title says I want to see who has the brightest H3 bulbs that are NOT TRUE HID. Please also indicate what brand and where you got them.

Thanks.

96white

come on guys ...

Nissan 6

Tatanko

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Posting pictures is really pointless. Sure, Nissan6's fogs look bright in that picture, but that doesn't mean they're any brighter than my stock ones in real life. Take a look at my sig pic, I have stock fogs/bulbs and they look ridiculously bright when I take pictures, especially at night.

rsly33

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yellow bulbs are not going to be the brightest

just look around, whatever bulb has the highest kelvin rating is obviously gonna be the brightest

Tatanko

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You are seriously misinformed.

njmaxseltd

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Incorrect...

The higher Kelvin rating means the light color gets very blue.
As the kelvin rating gets higher, the light looses Lumens output.

Lumens is a measurement of light output.
Higher Lumens = Brighter light.

Tatanko

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Thanks for explaining it for me...I'm lazy

Mass_Media

That before or after your super sweet stero hits?

04BlackMaxx

Honestly, OEM are the best for brghtness and reliability. colored ones are dim bc they are painted. However there are High wattage H3's that are like 100W of output, they will last a month and potentially ruin your wiring harness.

Look at these, 100W, and requires upgraded wire harness
http://www.prolightstar.com/lightbulbs/kyo_red_h3.html

PoKKi

Actually I'm running the KYO SuperBeam EX 9004 (I know I suck...I'm poor and stupid)....But not the hight wattage one. I'm surprised they lasted for about 5 months already. My friend said they are going to burn out really soon. But they're still good

http://photobucket.com/albums/a73/EricKCAu/

rsly33

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At the same wattage, the lumens isnt going to change much so unless he upgrades his harness, the bulbs lumens wont vary from bulb to bulb. With that said, kelvin ratings are the color temperate ratings of the whiteness of the light and are not necessarily related to the heat of the light source. A higher color temperature represents a color closer to actual sunlight. Yellow is a low warm color, and blue is a high cool color that most represents sunlight.

Bulbs emit phosphors which have their own spectrum, and white light emits little to no light in the red spectrum and its mainly in the green spectrum. Our eyes are most sensitive to the green spectrum, which means they look brighter

Highest Kelvin= cooler whiter bulb= large green region of visible light spectrum= looks brighter

looking brighter and being brighter are two totally different things

what is that supposed to be?

maxgtr2000

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I think he's saying it won't be as bright after the bass in your stereo hits. I've heard that the piaa h3 are very bright and piaa makes good stuff. I don't agree with stock halogen putting out the best light, scientist thought that if we mimicked the light of the sun color wise it would light up like daytime, this is partially true but then came the development of florescent light and xenon lights. The aftermarket fake hid bulbs actually have a percentage of xenon gas in them causing them to be more blueish white which is way better than 100% halogen at the same wattage. You can go to a higher wattage and get more light, but more light= more current flow which= more heat. The heat of the high current flow is what melts stock harnesses. If you ever got true hid you would be asking "what's a fog light?" HID puts out some crazy bright foreground light , you basically don't need fogs with hid.

Tatanko

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Actually he's making fun of him and basically saying he's a misinformed ricer

rsly33

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Misinformed ricer? What makes me a ricer here? Because I was right about the bulbs? Did the big words in my explanation confuse you? Just because you learned about kelvins in your high school earth science class doesnt mean you are now an expert about it.

Yeah, misinformed...

BlueC

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Yes Misinformed. Higher kelvin = less light. Have you seen the difference between a 6000k D2S philips bulb and a 4100k D2S bulb in person? Well I have, and I can tell you the 6000k will not only be infact putting out less light, it looks dimmer. If you did your research you'd know that by now. People with your knowledge go out and buy those 12000k HID kits thinking they will outperform the factory BMW, Mercedes, etc HID on the road.

I learned Kelvins doing my share of research and not looking like a dumb@ss infront of everyone long ago, not to mention it has put me in a path of making smart purchases.

kbmaxima

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i've gotten quite a bit of compliments on my nokya stage II's. of course they're overwatted bulbs, which mean risk of stuff melting. but they look good and put out a decent output for the price. or just stick with [oem = peace of mind + reliability.]

99BlkSE5spd

piaa ion yellow are pretty decent.

rsly33

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First off, we arent talking about HIDs, read the first post. Did I say anything about higher kelvin putting out more light? NO. Dont put words in my mouth because now you look dumb for not understanding what I said. Higher kelvin LOOKS brighter. Read my post again and tell me where I said the higher kelvin is putting out more light. Let me quote myself from the earlier post "looking brighter and being brighter are two totally different things". Of course more lumens is going to mean its actually putting out more light, but to change the lumens you need to change the watts. If its the same wattage, higest kelvin bulb is going to look brighter. Ive done my research by taking physics, astronomy, and biology courses in college to understand this.

Seriouslly, a 9th grade definiton of kelvin isnt the final word in all of light.

And I dont have a HID kit.

04BlackMaxx

IMO PIAA maked overpriced products that are no better than any other bulb mfg. I bought a $60 pair of the "Super Plasma" bulbs..they looked great....and one burned out in one month. I still have one, if anyone wants to buy it let me know.

04BlackMaxx

I went to Nokya Hyper yellow and am very impressed with the quality of the light and the color, they are probobly better than PIAA Ion's and cost 1/3rd the money.

Tatanko

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Is that all you know how to say?

Initially you said:

Notice you said IS brightest, not LOOKS brightest there. THAT is why we were ragging on you.

MadaF

he got you there.

besides, yellow fogs are not made to be the "brightest", they are designed to provide the best visability in bad weather.

BlueC

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Exactly.