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The rates are from the Philips website. |
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If you find fog lamps useful on your car, i.e., having them on improves the visibility then go ahead with an upgrade. | ||||
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After some research this is what I've found out. 1. XV and NB~ are 55w bulbs that give output of 100w bulbs. real world 40-50% better. They're yellow like stock. 2.Crystal/Diamond : They're HID like white, but they give output of a 55w bulb. Should not give a drastic improvement over the stock ones apart from the bling factor. I might do this: Low beam: Diamond High Beam: XV/stock Fog lights : XV I'm not doing any night time driving and so the white would look good. On empty stretches with no vehicle in front/side the high beam would be pretty bright. |
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I feel even though I might like the white light, I'll be disappointed when on the road with poor visibility. The stock bulbs don't make idiots flinch. Aux lights are out of the question due to additional coding/wiring. Low:XV High:Stock/XV Fog:XV/Stock/DV This should make for one luminous set up. I was thinking about putting the DV in the fogs, that should make for a good pseudo DRL set up, but I'm concerned about the different temperatures conflicting at night. The polo has good fog lights that don't blind the oncoming traffic, unlike maruti's offerings. Pricing is also of some concern, 1200 for a pair and 3 pairs would turn out to be mighty expensive. The XV are confirmed for the low beam. Considering the price I might keep the others at stock, unless the XV's make a big difference in the fogs, I won't bother with them. Are the fogs (H8) 55w? | |
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| ![]() Greetings to all. I am looking to change the fog light bulbs for my 2009 SX4. Current bulbs are pretty much non-existent. SX4 fog bulbs are H8 rated at 35W. If I go in for a higher rated 55W bulb, I'll simply end up damaging the holder, right? Philips H8 35W are very hard to procure. Please help me out if anyone knows a good store in Pune from where I can get them. Any other brand I should be looking at? Thanks in advance. |
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Why not just change the headlight bulbs to XV? | |
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I already have Philips Xtreme Vision (H4) bulbs for the headlights. They are quite an improvement over the stock ones. I know the fog lights are not gonna help much even if I switch bulbs, but I am thinking I can go in for white light, 5000K or so just for the aesthetics part. |
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http://www.ebay.in/sch/i.html?_odkw=...ilips&_sacat=0 http://www.ebay.in/itm/Philips-Cryst...item2a417493c5 | |
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These are 55W rated bulbs. Shouldn't I be looking for 35W ones? And these are quite expensive! ![]() | |
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Also through your other posts I could gather the dilemma on 6K vs 4K light output. From my experience of driving through multiple terrain ans visibility, 6k are good for city driving in non-fog, non-rain weather. 4k range is what i find highly versatile, be it fog, rain or kutccha roads. | |
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The XV's are 3350k and offer 1500 Lumens. Surprisingly, the WHITE VISION is 4100k and also offers 1500 lumens. The XV and WV offer 1500 lumens but the XV are advertised as 100% brighter and the WV as 40% brighter. What sorcery is this, if they're the same lumen then I'd happily go for the WV Which ones are you going for? | ||
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