Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Switching Your Sidelight Bulbs to Gain Better Illumination

By Ethan Melandri

If you have HID xenon headlights fitted to your vehicle or even if you have upgraded your standard halogen headlight bulbs to the latest xenon bulbs, you will have seen how crisp and white the light produced by xenon lights is.

The trouble is your sidelights are still that yellow colour, which is displeasing when you have xenon lights on your vehicle. Fortunately for you there is something you can do to improve the entire look of your vehicle. You can upgrade your sidelights just as you did your headlamps. There are more brilliant and clearer bulbs than the standard option, which even offer you a diversity of colours.

How Do Upgrade Sidelight Bulbs Differ From Ordinary Sidelight Bulbs?

The regular sidelight bulbs are mass produced, which means they are not only inexpensive, but they also have a basic filament inside the glass. They are also filled with an inert gas. Improved bulbs have the very best in technology as they are designed with top grade materials and high value filaments.

Newer sidelights come with xenon or halogen gas, which allows the light to be more brilliant and whiter. It is the best option to balance with your HID xenon lights.

What About Blue Xenon Sidelight Bulbs?

Clear sidelight bulbs are most common on vehicles because this was all one could get until now. Technology is advancing to provide us with a myriad of choices when it comes to sidelights. It is possible to update your sidelights to a xenon bulb with a glass blue tint. These are becoming extremely fashionable with motorists. There is one thing of import that you should know. The bulbs do have a tinting, which often is thought to emit a blue light. Instead, it actually reduces the yellow effect of most light production giving you a whiter look.

The level of blue xenon tint permitted on these car bulbs is limited by two factors, ECE rules and the amount of heat it generates. Because the blue tint is acting as a filter it partially blocks out the light that the bulb can emit, so ECE rules give maximum permissible levels of blue tinting on sidelight bulbs so that they can still remain street legal.

Secondly because the blue tinted glass traps some of the light from escaping from the bulb it runs hotter than a clear glass sidelight bulb, and if the tint is too dark the bulb will operate at too high a temperature and will burn out quickly

LED Sidelight Bulbs Are They Suitable For My Car?

Xenon are certainly powerful light bulbs, but for sidelight bulbs they are not the only option. LED technology is becoming more common place especially in vehicles like the Porsche 997 or Audi R8. LED means light emitting diode. There are several reasons you might want LED over regular glass bulbs for your car.

First, LED bulbs are strong and dependable. They will last for at least 50,000 hours if not more. They do not require as much power, but are a brighter light than regular bulbs. They also have an assortment of colours.

Converting to LED sidelight bulbs is normally very quick and easy. LED sidelight bulbs have exactly the same base design as their standard counterparts and so will fit directly into your existing bulb holders.

Replacing your standard sidelight bulbs with either upgrade xenon bulbs or the very latest LED bulbs can really transform your car's night time appearance. They can produce a much brighter and crisper light, that is better suited to compliment xenon headlight bulbs and if you install the super long life LED sidelight bulbs, you will be more likely to need to change your car before you will need to replace the sidelight bulbs. - 2368

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