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November 19th, 2012 10:03 AM #1good day mga bossing!
Nissan sentra LEC 1998 ang sasakyan ko. yellowish na yung headlights at medyo malabo na rin and ilaw pag gabi pero bearable pa naman. nagpunta ako yesterday sa auto dynamics da fairview. nakita ko na they sell bulbs for headlights. nung una they offered to clean the headlight for 1thou, pero nung nakita nung gagawa, sabi nila hindi na daw pwede linisin kasi yellowish na. nag offer sila ng H4 bulb na super yellow. maganda daw yun pag umuulan at doble ang wattage compared sa bulb na gamit ko ngayon. so technically doble ang liwanag daw. maglalagay din daw sila ng bosch relay. yung isang installer sabi 2 relay, yung isa naman ang sabi pwede na daw ang isa.
ang tanong ko po:
may malaki bang difference ang pagpalit ng bulb na may double wattage?
safe ba yun? ( baka masunog ang kotse ko
wala bang issue ang bagong bulb in terms of throw ng ilaw? (baka kasi scattered yung light, useless lang din)
ilang relay ang gagamitin?
MARAMING SALAMAT PO IN ADVANCE
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November 19th, 2012 10:12 AM #2
Pwedeng linisin yung yellowish na headlights. On our 1994 JX with the plastic headlights, when i wax the car, i also wax the headlights and i noticed nawawala yung pagka-yellowish. Try buying a headlight lens polish from ACE or Handyman and try it on your headlights lens first.
On upgrading your headlamps, try searching the other threads here for the topics on Osram Nightbreaker, Philips bulbs, etc.
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November 19th, 2012 10:21 AM #3maraming salamat for answering. nabasa ko nga rin sa ibang thread na may DIY na headlight cleaning. try ko muna linisin.
nagpalagay kasi ako ng tint kahapon kaya bigla ko naisip na baka kailangan ng mas magandang headlights.
hehe
thanks!
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November 19th, 2012 10:23 AM #4
Nagpa headlight cleaning ako kahapon sa banawe. Linaw ng ilaw now kahit stock bulbs lang.
http://docotep.multiply.com/
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November 19th, 2012 11:24 AM #5
sir kung doble ang wattage sa stock mo...
susunugin ang sockets ng H4 Bulb mo.. pati fuse mo maapectuhan din...
better to change your sockets with ceramics....
tama si Doc otep... malinis na headlight lang ang katapat nyan with stock headlight bulbs....
if hindi mo na talaga malinis ng mabuti... much better kung mag palit ka nalang ng headlight kahit surplus....
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November 19th, 2012 12:48 PM #7sir djsaint, if you can post pictures of your headlight, members here can advise you better if kaya pa ng linis yan or kelangan ng palitan.
about the bulb with 2x wattage, did that before sa kotse ko, from 55w/60w, nilagyan ko ng 100w/110w and replaced the sockets with ceramics plus 2 relay for each side. malakas talaga buga versus the stock pero less than a year pundido na. i replaced it with a IPD halogens na mamahalin, ayun, ganun din, didnt last more than a year from daily use of about 1 hour.
if malinis mo yang lens, then i suggest mag osram NB+ or philps Extreme Vision ka na lang. Plug and play lang with 35% improvement. mura pa.
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November 19th, 2012 02:29 PM #8
IMO
stay in stock wattage, nung pinalitan ko yung ride ko ng higher wattage light same color (yellow)
prang wala din difference sa buga, pra pa ngang bumigat yung load nung alt.
so binalik ko nalang yung stock wattage.
if gusto mo talaga higher wattage, tama yung post sa taas,
use ceramic socket. may plug and play naman na ganyan,
hindi katulad before na kelangang splice pa, DIY lang.
re headlights:
kung OEM pa yung headlights and nanilaw na sa katandaan,
if hindi naman nagpapawis sa loob/ walang tagas, hindi ko na papalitan,
id rather clean it, cleaner wax pwede itry, but if hindi na kaya ng cleaner wax, or
walang cleaner wax, rubbing compound na, basta dahan dahan lang,
para lang maalis yung top layer na naninilaw, then good as new ulit yan.
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November 19th, 2012 02:45 PM #9Maraming maraming salamat mga sir sa mga advice nyo. Kinakabahan din ako dun sa pag palit ng bulbs. Nung narinig ko na aside from the bulb kailangan pa ng relay, medyo nagduda na ako na baka may ibang parts na masunog. Dami pa naman kotseng nasusunog ngayon although baka iba naman ang cause, pero mabuti na ang mag-ingat!
Try ko muna linisin ang headlights ko or baka papalit ko na lang sa mekaniko ng sarplus. Simpleng car wash lang kasi alam ko pagdating sa DIY.
Salamat po ulit
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November 19th, 2012 02:53 PM #10Kung madaling mapundi, huwag na nga lang talaga. Kasi sa 13 years nung sasakyan, mga twice or thrice palang ako nag papalit ng bulb. Sa pagkakaalala ko, mura lang ang palit nung.
Yung qoute sa akin para bulb at relay 1thousand agad. Alam ko mahal yun pero hindi ako tumawad kasi balak ko talaga mag research mo tungkol sa ilaw. Buti na lang matutulungin mga tsikoteers!
there's this youtube article, about a 2000s altis, that had a high rpm on cold start (2000+ daw),...
high idle RPM at engine start