New Phillips x-treme +80% bulbs review, AMAZING!!


blinx9900

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the purpose of this write up is to show you the difference the new phillips x-treme +80% bulb can make on your civic. i live in usa and have struggled to find a bulb that has good output thats NOT hid, i do have hids but i took them off becuase i disagree with using hid's in a non-projector housing.

these bulbs are stock wattage so they wont burn out fast or melt your wires. yet they still manage to put out a great deal more light. they are also made of quartz glass and are NOT coated so they look stock to oncomming drivers but there is a major difference in light intensity, contrast and depth.

first this is what the bulb looks like, youll notice its a bit skinnier than a traditional h4
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this is the package it comes in
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the bulbs i had on my car before were mtec bulbs 2x (i have also used many others and the mtec 4x but they burned out too fast or didnt have enough contrast), my mtec's had more coverage than stock and a little birghter but lacked intensity and contrast.

now for the install pictures:

first mtec LOW BEAM
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now phillips x-treme LOW BEAM
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WOW! major difference huh? notice how the mtecs look washed out, look at how much more contrast the phillips have, it really helps to see every detail in the road.

more pics:

mtec HIGH BEAM
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phillips x-treme HIGH BEAM
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keep in mind these pics were taken with my crappy cell phone 1.3 mexapixel camera. i went and drove in a moutain road after the install, i could not believe the difference, i have used many different types of bulbs and these are without a doubt the BEST halogen bulb i have ever used.

i ordered mine from www.autolamps-online.com they are the "H4 X-treme 12 volt 60/55 watt" price is about $45.00 US. shipping took about 7 business days (very fast imo), i live in usa bulbs came from england. these are the only place i know you can get them since they are NOT sold in the usa :angry:

hope you guys found this helpfull, feel free to ask any questions. (first two photos courtesy of "eran")
 
thanks for sharing this info! excellent write up!
 
ATTN!!! ive arrange all ek9.org members to recieve a 10% discount on these bulbs if ordered through www.autolamps-online.com here is the info:



For members wanting to take up the discount again they can go to PayPal (autolamps-online@autolamps-online.com) and pay directly into our account at the discount price $41.39 or alternatively
if they buy through our website then they just email us quoting the
transaction ID and we will refund the discount to their card.
http://www.autolamps-online.com/halogen/xtremecentre.htm.
 
blinx9900 said:
ATTN!!! ive arrange all ek9.org members to recieve a 10% discount on these bulbs if ordered through www.autolamps-online.com here is the info:



For members wanting to take up the discount again they can go to PayPal (autolamps-online@autolamps-online.com) and pay directly into our account at the discount price $41.39 or alternatively
if they buy through our website then they just email us quoting the
transaction ID and we will refund the discount to their card.
http://www.autolamps-online.com/halogen/xtremecentre.htm.

:thanks: :thanks::thanks::thanks:
 
this website also has a lot of HID stuff and a very knowledgeable staff, they said feel free to send them any hid related questions.

rvm, did you see you they also acomodate non-paypal customers? that is good for you huh? :) do you still want that c-pillar bar? if not i'll just post it up as a freebie sans the shipping. (trying to clean out my stuff:)
 
blinx9900 said:
this website also has a lot of HID stuff and a very knowledgeable staff, they said feel free to send them any hid related questions.

rvm, did you see you they also acomodate non-paypal customers? that is good for you huh? :) do you still want that c-pillar bar? if not i'll just post it up as a freebie sans the shipping. (trying to clean out my stuff:)

yes! cool! check out your pm :nice:
 
Hid headlight would be nice :)
 
Dino-Spumoni said:
Does anyone know how these compare to sylvania silverstars?

phillips x-treme are brighter. i saw a test on another website (cant remember) they are a lot brighter than silverstars.
 
I have Tungsram Megalight +60% (Hungarian company)

Next time I will try Philips. Thanx for the infos! :nice:
 
awesome. strage cause i was just about to make a post about HID's

ill ask a quick ? in here.
i was looking to run HIDs in my car in 07 to try them. i got the CTR lamps and they do not have the bulb shield. i was told that with HID's not having the bulb shild with scatter the beam a good bit?

anyone ever run HIDs in there CTR lamps and like them? then again if these bulbs got that great of a review i could save a few hundred dollars.

blinx.. you ran HIDs in your car and u have these new bulbs, how would you compare?
 
.saint said:
blinx.. you ran HIDs in your car and u have these new bulbs, how would you compare?

well hid's are going to be A LOT brighter, however: even with my lights pointed downwards and my car lowered i was still blinding people, i was even blinding 18 wheelers!! the lack of a projector in the 99-00 civic (ek9,ek4,em1) headlight makes the light flood out, its very hard to control where the light goes. i was able to light up a quarter mile!!! im not saying its impossible to make them aim properly just that i was not able to do it nor did i have time to play with them. these new phillips x-tremes are excellent for a non-hid bulb, i do a lot of canyon driving at night and these bulbs really show me every detail in the road and go really far. if you have the time and money to get hid's and make the aim properly then do it, if not, these bulbs are an excellent alternative.

another complaint i had about the hid's is that i lost my high beam. i only had 1 beam and it was all over the place.
 
i thought this was extremely helpfull and well writen, i'm sold, thanx!
 
I have HID's on my car and don't have the shields on it and man, I blind the hell out of people out there but I don't care. I was told to ajust them but I ain't going to bother with that either.:shocked:
 
CIVICHB98 said:
I have HID's on my car and don't have the shields on it and man, I blind the hell out of people out there but I don't care. I was told to ajust them but I ain't going to bother with that either.:shocked:

that makes you an *******, your making the road unsafe for other drivers, did you ever stop to think how that is affecting people? would you like it if your mother got into an accident becuase she was blinded by some kid in a honda with hid's? i hope your proud of yourself.
 
Hey, why you gotta start sh!t??? I didn't ask you for your jester. My lights aren't going to get anybody into an accident and if I was, then the cops would had stop me long ago and told me something. So if I were you have a some repect with the name calling.:angry:
 
Hi chaps;
I currently have a set of these H4 bulbs fitted and they really r the Bomb!!! lol
However mate of mine fitted hid convertion on ek4 and vision is excellent!

About blinding other ppl is again serious matter however ek9 has manufacturer HID so should be considered legal by police & other road users...:shocked:
 
CIVICHB98 said:
Hey, why you gotta start sh!t??? I didn't ask you for your jester. My lights aren't going to get anybody into an accident and if I was, then the cops would had stop me long ago and told me something. So if I were you have a some repect with the name calling.:angry:

are you serious? you said

" I blind the hell out of people out there but I don't care"

you seriously think you wont cause an accident? your bliding people, thats dangerous and rude, dont tell me to have respect for you, if you DONT have respect for anyone on the road. just because you get away with it dosent mean its ok, there are plenty of things the cops dont catch, that dosent make them ok, your logic is flawed and you have no respect for other drivers.
 
wow that was kind of harsh on that reply- why do we have to go to the mothers???? i have hid on my civic and all i hade to do is adjust them. if he doesn't want to adjust them thats his problem , sooner or later the cops will deal with him. but putting his mom into this ,is not necessary.:shocked:
 
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