Has anybody used the Recon Diamond White XENON Headlight Bulbs? I am looking to see what you think of them and if they are worth it. Does anybody know how they compare to Sylvania bulbs?

 

From what I understand the Sylvania Silverstars are rated at 4000 Kelvin whereas the Recon diamond white are rated at 4600 kelvin and the platinum blues are rated at 5600 kelvin. Kelvin is a unit of measure for color temp. I believe that the diamond white is more blinding than the platinum blue but it really depends on the lens that they would be shining through. Higher end manufactuers i.e. Mercedes, Bmw, use a range roughly between 4500 and 6000 kelvin to achieve the blue tint. One major difference is Recons are Xenon gas and Sylvania are Halogen xenon bulbs replicate daylight much better than halogen.

 

As you get above 4000 kelvin the lights actually appear dimmer on the road, in other words as you drive there is less light on the road in front of you. IMO silverstars are the way to go unless you go with true HID.

 

This should be in the Illumination & Lighting forum

ranger, all OEM bulbs are between 4250 and 4400K, not 4500-6000K as you said.

Looking at Recon's website, I can immediately tell they are crap. First off, they rate the bulb as 65/55W (which is correct) to a 90W/80W. Most bulbs marked this way are usually false meaning they don't put out a true 90W high, or 80W low. They are mimicking the output of a similarly-powered 90/80W bulb. Now, if they really are (don't you think Recon would advertise the lumen output? No, because they don't put out any useable light), it would be a bad idea to run that much amperage through stock 18AWG wiring, as thats pulling 7.5 amperes through wires designed to carry roughly 5 amperes MAX. But I doubt they are, so lets move on.

The blue coating on the bulb, which gives it its advertised 4600K color, actually diminishes light output. Its a filter, that block yellow light (which is best for nighttime driving). Secondly, these are not ARC XENON bulbs. IN short, a tungsten filament bulb uses a pressurized gas inside the bulb. Its an inert noble gas (see your periodic table for references). Most bulbs use iodine or bromine, sometimes a mixture of both. Basically all the gas does is continue the halogen cycle (which preserves the filament). Some companies put xenon gas in them. Now, even though it is the same gas used in arc xenon bulbs, its used for a different purpose. The xenon gas has a slightly different property in the halogen cycle as opposed to iodine or bromine, while in an arc xenon bulb, it houses the gas/salt mixture for the plasma to fire into light. There are many people who buy these tungsten halogen bulbs marked as XENON thinking they are getting HIDs while they really aren't.

tl;dr- these are horrible, overprices, Chinese bulbs that use deception and fake advertising to lure you in. Silverstars aren't my first choice, but I would HIGHLY recommend them over these pieces of junk.

OP, for further information, you should do a little searching-

https://www.f150online.com/forums/il...ns-v-hids.html

https://www.f150online.com/forums/il...ulb-guide.html

 

I thought that the higher end manufacturer blue tint OEM's were rated at a higher color temp than standard OE's . Learn something new every minute. Either way I agree w/ raptor the recon bulbs are not worth it.

 

Audi, Mercs, Range Rover, Lexus, Caddy, all use ~4300K OEM Osrams, Philips, Kyotos or Mashumito bulbs. FMVSS seciton 108 and ECE regulation 48 have a strict control over the color of OEM HIDs. Some people think projector are blue from the color flicker of the light prism over the cutoff shield, but thats just an optics trick.

 

Because of the long life of HID, OEM bulbs often shift to a 5000k or 5500k color. Color flicker is a more intense blue. Flicker with my 5000k bulbs is a nice violet color at times.

 

Not really that high, they don't get much higher than 4700K-5100K, as ECE states anything over 5200K (IIRC) illegal so they have to work around that.

I still cant decide on what I want to do about my bulbs, I'm thinking Morimoto 50W 5000K (no colorshift) but then again I want the purity of an OEM bulb, but the 50W will shift it harsher than the Moris

 

The eyes really want natural color of sunlight. Some people are very sensitive to this.It would seem to me that the 'blue' headlights would be very fatiguing to the eyes. Brightness is one thing but color spectrum is also important .
Comments about this regarding various bulbs ??

 

Sent mine out to have them retro fitted with FX-R projectors and Bi-Xenon so I should have them back in 6~10 weeks. I will let you guys know how it turns out.

 

Statistically speaking, (older adults 35+) like a soft cutoff (Fresnel lens, with a non-spaced projector) and the softer color of a 35W 4300K bulb. Younger adults like the sharp, blue cutoff of 5000K+. In terms of halogen, you won't get anywhere near 5000K HIDs in terms of color (disregarding the hyper blue chinese bulbs that put out no light), so any type of halogen is good for them, but the best being uncoated bulbs such as GE Nighthawks, Philips CrystalVision Ultra, or Sylvania XtraVisions

good for you

 

I cant find hi HID/low Halogen for my 10screw

 

good because you would have horrible light output anyways