question about headlights

[ryss003]

hello everyone, i have a base Tau v8.. i just have a question regarding headlamps.. has anyone of you changed thier highbeam bulbs and lowbeam bulbs with whiter lights? i really dont want to change to hid's.. i just want brighter whiter lights for both high beam and low beam. any suggestions anyone? any suggestions on what brand of bulbs to get and where to get them? please advise. thank you

 

[scottdk]

hello everyone, i have a base Tau v8.. i just have a question regarding headlamps.. has anyone of you changed thier highbeam bulbs and lowbeam bulbs with whiter lights? i really dont want to change to hid's.. i just want brighter whiter lights for both high beam and low beam. any suggestions anyone? any suggestions on what brand of bulbs to get and where to get them? please advise. thank you

There has been a few posts regarding this, but in short, I replaced my high beams with SilverStar Ultra's and I have the Tech package with stock HID low beams. I replaced the Foglights with an HID kit.

Do you want to change your bulbs to whiter, or whiter/more light output? 4300K is the standard color temp for a car equipped with HID because 4300K has the most light output out of any color temp. Once you go above 4300K, you'll start losing light output. SilverStar Ultra's are 4100K, but burn out faster then one could imagine. The package even shows the bulb life as super short, and this is why I put them in the high beams because they are a great performing bulb and shouldn't burn out too soon in use of the high beams.

Here is one of my old threads:

http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showthread.php?t=1789