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Old 02-10-2008, 08:09 PM   #1
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well i looked at the Hoen site and they look like great bulbs but arent even close to 55W...the two decent models for low beam application are 70W and 80W (for the boxster's H7 bulbs) which will eventually burn the light housing and i dont want those brown spots everyone talks about.
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Old 02-10-2008, 08:35 PM   #2
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The Hoen 55w H7s are here:
http://www.hoen-usa.com/fog.htm


You can always go with yellow......its what I am running in my fogs:
http://www.hoen-usa.com/endurance.htm

This is the link for the bulb to insert into some headlight assemblies to match the whiter light:
http://www.hoen-usa.com/city2.htm

I know this bulb works in non xenon lights I dont think it works in the xenon light. Or you can be totally out of the box and run a yellow light...its what I am doing.

I by no means work for or get paid to send traffic their way but as Kirk said these are great quality bulbs. I tried just about every bulb out there and even burned a lens testing different bulbs. The best combination I found was a 90w H7 but as we know what can happen it burnt my lens. After that I bought a new set of lights and went to a HID retrofit kit.

Actually I am still running the 90w bulbs in my high beam. I use them so infrequently that even after a year I have had no problem with them. (knock on wood)
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Old 02-10-2008, 08:59 PM   #3
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In my reserch for better lighting I found this website very useful I recomend it to everyone.


http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/bulbs.html

After looking at his sight again tonight I emailed him about my interior dome light. I bought a led light and I am not really happy with it. I wonder if he has any options for us.
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Old 02-11-2008, 01:54 AM   #4
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hoen bulbs are good.

i have some bulbs from SPP supreme power parts. they are the ultra white, or whatever they call them. they match up to the factory HIDs pretty well.

just make sure to get the 55w ones.
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Old 02-13-2008, 04:38 PM   #5
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hoen bulbs are good.

i have some bulbs from SPP supreme power parts. they are the ultra white, or whatever they call them. they match up to the factory HIDs pretty well.

just make sure to get the 55w ones.

benny, have you used the hoens AND the SPPs? or have you seen both the 55W versions of each installed in low beam application? if so, which did you find to be "cooler" looking? or more of the "HID look"?
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