With references to the following threads:
EX lights
which bulb does what (The
2006 Honda manual is wrong! Apparently corrected in
2007 manual)
Pottsy found some 'good reading' at
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carrevi...tests/archive/ - look for 'Bulbs'
background info:
sidelights - the ones that come on first, and give almost no light at all. Also know as 'position' lights
dipped beam - the ones you use at night when traffic is coming in the other direction. These are
HID bulbs on EX spec Civics
main beam - the ones you use at night when there is no oncoming traffic - lights the blue indicator on the dash
Kpow99 changed his
main beam to '50% extra white - Osram Silver stars (OSSH1 standard wattage 55w)' H1's from
http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk/
This qualified for free
side light bulbs '30% extra white - W5W blue bulbs '
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Originally Posted by Kpow99
The main beams are really bright and once position lights have warmed a bit they look much better, can't go wrong for £16 for 2 sets of bulbs, would recommend to all.
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Nelly67 went for his
main beam bulbs as 'H1 12V 55W Philips Blue Vision bulbs as they have a Best Buy "award" from Auto Express' from
https://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/pr...artner=civinfo
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Originally Posted by Nelley67
the Philips Blue lights come with 2 x free blue position lights, however they are not very blue so I would suggest ordering 2 blue position bulbs (501/W5W) as your free gift and they are much better
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Nick almost went the whole hog on his ES
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Originally Posted by nick
i just bought a H7 HID 8000k conversion kit, H1 Philips bulbs with free w5w side lights, and H11 PIA foglight bulbs. HID Conversion seems hard to fit. |
In the end, the
HID conversions wasn't really on, so
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Originally Posted by Nick
HID conversion was too much trouble to fix, u needed to drill 2 ballasts into the cars engine bay, and if the bulbs are done it would be trouble to get them replaced, so i sold the HID conversion kit and went to japarts and got myself PIAA H7 7500k dipped beam bulbs. they are similar colour to my HID conversion except HID is bit brighter.
H11 4500k foglight is bit of trouble to fix, guna do that another time.
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Trevorvogt replaced his
main beam bulbs with 'RING sportz blue bulbs'
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Originally Posted by Trevorvogt
I no longer get that nasty yellow light its hard to tell the difference between to 2 colour temperatures. For those of you feeling that way inclined RING also do these in an 80 Watt version beware though these are not road legal.
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allan40alt changed his
main beams to 'H1 Philips Blue Vision'
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Originally Posted by allan40alt
Good result, well pleased.
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and has found these for his
sidelights '501 LED'
https://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/pr...artner=civinfo
fishyuk went for the 501LED
sidelights - even though he is still waiting for his Civic to arrive!
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Originally Posted by fishyuk
Just for any of those thinking of ordering the 501LEDs note that they are marked (in smal print) as only suitable for show or non-road use as they are not E certified
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Many EX owners have settled on the 501 SuperWhite LEDs to match the look of the HIDs.
For Type R owners, or other owners upgrading to Type R rear indicator units, the indicator bulbs are the wedge shaped fitment, such as the WY21W Silver Vision (silver when off, orange when on) ones.
AubtoBulb link is
http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/pro...cat=602&page=1 - don't forget the 10% discount!
