High Beams, Low Beams, Fogs

[dadrett]

This post also shows up in Body, Chassis & Exterior> New light bulb installed on my EDGE!, Low beam and fog light. This info seems pretty important and I think it may receive more attention if it’s in a thread of its own.

 

Anyone wanting to change high beam, low beam, fogs should read Jaak in TO posts #47 & 60 and Kanatronic posts #53 & 59 in the above cited thread. Also go to Daniel Stern’s site http://www.danielsternlighting.com/ and read what he has to say about colored bulbs, over wattage bulbs, HID and various other aspects of automotive lighting. This guy seems to be about educating his customers and doing the right thing by them not just making a sale. I e-mailed him for information about using H9s in place of H11s for low beam & 9011 (HIR-1) for high beams and his reply mirrored Jaak in TO’s post #4 in Oakville Employees Forum under Sylvania Silverstar Lamps. Jaak actually quotes Stern who recommends Candlepower Inc. http://store.candlepower.com/9011.html in Rockville, MD as source for 9011s. Mr. Stern does not sell 9011s. In his reply to me it sounded as thought he was also recommending Candlepower for H9s even though he sells them himself. So I e-mailed him back and I quote, ”Thank you for your fast response. I appreciate all the information. It sounds as though you're telling my to buy the H9 bulbs from Candlepower rather than you. I've just ordered two 9011 bulbs from them, but I'd be more than happy to order two H9s from you. I'll wait for your response”. He replied “Hi, DR. Yep, please go ahead and order the bulbs via Candlepower site. Best DS”. At first I was impressed because it’s not often that a vendor recommends a competitor. Looking further into the 9011 bulb I found a comment that seems to indicate that Mr. Stern has some affiliation with Candlepower. I don’t think this in any way diminishes what he’s trying to do to educate car enthusiasts. If U appreciate how new technology improves performance U should know about the 9011 bulb which was developed by GE. “It was GE’s goal to create a bulb that produced 75% of the light output of HID headlights at 25% of the cost.” To further peak U’r interest here’s another quote from the site - “A few cars have these bulbs as original equipment, often in tandem with Xenon lights. These cars include Dodge Viper, BMW Z8, Infiniti I30, Chevy Avalanche & new Nissan Maximas. The bulbs also can fit many other makes and models worldwide; if your car takes 9005/9006 bulbs.” Find more at http://hirheadlights.com/. There’s additional interesting info about auto lighting at http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=954736. The poster Drew Brashler appears to also be a fan of Daniel Stern.

Edited April 8, 2009 by dadrett