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[ST] RE: New Philips Headlight Bulbs



Hi Rich: Yes I believe they call it a "kit" since it contains two 
bulbs. And yes the ST uses H4 bulbs.

Erik


>Erik,
>
>  Hi, I'm writing to get a clarification on these bulbs.  Are the part#
>PVPH4  Philips Vision Plus H4 Kit?  Just wanted to make sure I was ordering
>the right thing.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-Rich
>00 ST
>82 CB900F
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Erik
>Miner
>Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:49 PM
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: New Philips Headlight Bulbs
>
>
>Ok gang as you may remember I posted about a week ago about a new
>series of headlight bulbs from Philips called "VisionPlus" I received
>them today from the UK ( they are NOT yet available in the US).
>
>I had previously installed in my Honda Civic the Oscram bulbs that
>came as OEM in my ST. I'd replaced the bulbs in the ST with PIAA's (
>shortly after getting the ST) and one of the bulbs in the Honda
>burned out, and I like to replace bulbs in sets. Anyway, I swapped in
>these VisionPlus bulbs and WOW what a difference compared to the ST's
>bulbs. Philips is claiming a 50% improvement over standard Halogen
>bulbs, and an extra10 to 20 meters of lighting distance. Now I
>wouldn't say these new Philips bulbs are 50% better than the Oscram
>bulbs but I'd give them a good 20% improvement.
>
>SO to make a long story a bit longer I'm going to swap the PIAA's out
>of the ST in favor of these new Philips bulbs, and I have a feeling
>that they'll be better than the PIAA's. For those that don't know the
>PIAA's are of the Super White type ( these bulbs try to mimic the
>look of the new HID headlights found on most of the newer high end
>cars) I've been doing some reading and what I've come to understand
>is that the Human eye is more sensitive to light in the yellow
>spectrum. The PIAA's and the like use a bluish coating to filter out
>some of the yellow in a normal bulb. This of course makes the light
>look whiter (the HID effect) but since we are now filtering out some
>of the light we are trading the cool looking white for less actual
>light output. When driving with these bulbs the light is whiter so we
>THINK that there is MORE light but in reality there is less light..
>whiter light but less. So to sum this all up if you still have the
>stock bulbs in your ST or RS and are looking for more light I'd
>strongly recommend trying out these new Philips VisionPlus bulbs.
>They cost me appx. $24.00 a pair from Fosmo in the UK  and Fosmo is
>currently offering FREE shipping.
>
>Erik
>
>
>http://www.fosmo.com/
>http://www.eur.lighting.philips.com/automotive/indexflash.html
>
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