Who here has them on their sled? How do you like them? How much brighter are they than halogens? They are cheap on ebay, so i'm thinking about getting some for my sled and car.

Just looking to see how you like them.

i had the cheap ones on ebay for my blazer. they looked amazing but only lasted about 3 months. i'd go with a more expensive set.. but they looked awesome!!

you can't see worth a "edit for bad language" at night when it's snowing

good assumption.. i never had to ride in snow as mine didn't even last till winter! lol

My buddy decided to be cool and run them. He was lead and I finally stopped him. I think we almost hit the only tree in N.D. ten times. IMO JUNK!

haha

Blue light is the worst for when its snowing or in snow dust, but they show shadows a lot more so it seems to clear things up. Yellow light will let you see through the snow dust more.

they make yellow ones too right?

Yea Im pretty sure.

They look cool, but think about how blinding they are when YOU pass a sled with one on it. I'd rather not have the look and decrease the chances of an oncoming rider hitting me becuase they were blinded by my headlight IMO.

Brite lites. You can get them in many different colors. Put some in and used them all last season with no problems. Great customer service too.

http://www.britelites.net/

Don`t mean to hijack the thread, but on all my older sleds the stock headlight was 55low/60high... on my 2003 rev, will it hurt anything to keep the same type bulbs, but increase the intensity? I always used to run 80low, 100 high.

I had a set of brite lites in my old CK sled and then swapped them over to my RT. About 5 years on the bulbs and they're still going strong. The difference in brightness is very noticable. They make a halogen bulb appear yellow and dim. That reminds me, I need to pick up a set for the wife's sled.

If you have a REV sled, the snow blindness comes from the bottom of the headlight lens. Look at your headlight and you'll see that the flat bottom is also chromed. Well, that's what causes the shaft of light in front of you. Next time you're following somebody in the snow dust, look closely and you'll see what I mean. What you need to do is remove the lense and then make the bottom matt so it doesn't reflect the light upwards. I did it with a steady hand, a small modeling paint brush and some Testors silver paint. Problem solved.

I used brite lite 80/100's in my CK sled and they caused fuse problems. Nobody's fault but mine. Brite Lites said not to do it and I ignored them. Havn't had any problems with the same bulbs in my RT though. I'd suggest checking their website to see if an alternate wattage is recommended.

I just put the piaa's in mine and they are awesome. I think 135 is the high don't know the low. beautiful bulbs.


Chris

I'm not getting them for "the look". I'm getting them for their functionality. So i apologize in advance if i pass you on the trails.

brite lites have a zenon55/100 thats what i use no cheap ebay crap for me www.BriteLites.net is the place to buy em kevin is a great guy hes local here so easy for me to get em!

Pertaining to the xenon lights does any body know what they mean by 4500k or 8500k

4500 k is the color "temp" of the bulb and is more yellow same with 8500k (kelvin) its a bright white slightly blue color and its the brightest. 4500k is usually used for fog lights and might be cool on a doo. the 8500k is very bright but may be blinding in snowing conditions. you could do some reflector mods and improve the erratic light scattering and vastly improve your visibility. xenon bulbs have a longer filament than halogen so the headlights are on both low and high beam at the same time. if you look at a halogen bulb it has two filaments one in front of the other. the xenon is just one long arc tube generally over an inch long some are longer. Some people have great success with bixenon bulbs which have little motors in them to move the filament back and forth. I have bi xenon bulbs in my truck but the have a halogen high beam and a separate xenon bulb for the low. It's funny when someone flashes me because my lights are too bright i put my high beams on and they are less bright but shine farther down the road.and my bulb temp for the truck is 6500k its white but less white than 8500k the 6500 k is slightly yellow.

Wrong. 4500K is almost perfectly white, and is the brightest. 8000K is very blue.

I run the H4 PIAA GTX PLASMA bulbs in my sled, much better then stock and i've ran them in all my sled's and never had one burnout yet?

Maybe it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer my 6500k bulbs are white but not blue at all in my wife's car i have 10000k and they are bluish and my fogs are 4500 or 3500 ill have to check and they are yellow. i use them in all my vehicles and the color temp is written on the wires to the bulb. speaking of this I have an aquarium where bulb color is life for the delicate corals and the bulbs are very expensive and 10000k is yellow and 20000k is blue. which is different from auto bulbs?

Probably because those lights for your aquarium are flourescent. Just a guess.

Actually they are metal halide. I just looked it up.

Heres a pic of a "10000k " direct from an my buddies acura (totaled) its blue in the pic but to the eye it looks pretty white wit a tint of blue. I have heard of people having some issues with there rer system with the xenon bulbs. I have decided to not put them in for now. I like the piaa plasma too! but the 3500 lumen output of a xenon is hard to resist. as long you dont blind oncoming riders and cause an accident.

Same here...that's where I got mine from. I've been running the same set for about 4-5 years now! They are definately brighter than my stock bulbs, but still use the same wattage.

sounds like brite lights is the place to go. thanks guys

I put a zenon bulb of the same wattage as the stock bulb in my old FZ670 and it made a big diff.
I also tried one of the 55/100 halogen bulbs but I didn't find it as useful because the "dims" weren't improved and I seem to use those a lot more.
I never bothered swapping bulbs on my 02 mxz because the dual lights seemed bright enough to me.
You can now also buy HID kits for your sled...gotta imagine those are bright as day.

Just ordered them from Kevin at http://www.britelites.net/ Good guy to deal with and has a lot of knowledge on his products.