Do these 'xenon' bulbs require an upgrade kit?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9006-XENON-WHITE-6000K-LIGHT-BULBS-06-10-MITS-LANCER-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem5d29d586c1QQitemZ400133818049QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_1829wt_1165
I am curious if these require a xenon upgrade kit or are infact halogen bulbs tinted blue to looklike the xenon style. I read the xenon's use an arc to produce light rather then a filament however in the picture these look like they have a filament. If so can they just replace my current, yellowish halogen bulbs in a '06 mitsubishi lancer.
Cheers
If the bulb number is the same, and 9006 is a standard bulb number, it is a halogen bulb upgraded with xenon gas added. that is why it just plugs in. They aren't just tinted or they couldn't call them xenon.
There is one problem, though, you will get reduce light. 6,000k is not as efficient as 5,000k, it has less usable light, which is why I use 5,000k xenon bulbs. I don't buy junk from eBay, I buy brand name, my bulbs are Phillips.
5,000 k approx 3,200 lumens, 6,000 k approx 2,800 lumens, thats more than a 10% drop in usable light output, but the sellers on eBay never tell you that every step above 5,000 k results in less usable light, as the colours go through the blue, the purple, and, if you went high enough, to black light.
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