Installed today !WillV wrote:Well Larz, I hope it wasn't me that got Fetucini shaking her head at you since I believe I introduced you to the lights! I will also be getting them, but will be waiting for the black Friday sale that TRS hinted... Can't wait to see the pics! If you could, I'd love to see one pic facing the lights from outside the car.. just to see color temperature and how it looks. Enjoy!
I might have gone for them without waiting for TRS Black Friday if I could have said I was the first on NICOClub but thanks Larz! I'm looking forward to the pictures!Larz wrote:Installed today !WillV wrote:Well Larz, I hope it wasn't me that got Fetucini shaking her head at you since I believe I introduced you to the lights! I will also be getting them, but will be waiting for the black Friday sale that TRS hinted... Can't wait to see the pics! If you could, I'd love to see one pic facing the lights from outside the car.. just to see color temperature and how it looks. Enjoy!
I was charged 1 hour labor @ $159. Yah that wasn't so nice, but I can't be bothered to lift the car, remove the wheel, etc (my tires are 255/40/19's and even turned completely out, no room for my ape arms to get inside). My service rep took $20 off my oil / filter change as a consolation, LOL.
And, being the very first member to have these bulbs is rather nice! I shall dig out my GoPro gear tomorrow and make a vid of the drive and also some pics from outside the car to show the hue whilst facing the car.
Thanks for the video and pictures Larz! Glad you clarified the purple phase... I would have probably gotten worried too. I do plan on being the next member with them ;-) because they look good. I bet they look even better once they break in. I shot a thumbs up over for you in YouTube. But one question; are the lights so bright that they wash out your VLED V3 signals or were you just not using them?Larz wrote:Originally, I was meant to make a new thread for the Osram CBH 66240 bulbs. However, I decided it best to keep all the lighting posts in one place instead of making new threads.
I replaced my Osram CBI Cool Blue Intense (5500k) on Thursday with the newly released Osram 66240 Cool Blue Hyper Xenarc bulbs. You can see the video of the CBI bulbs shot with my 2007 M35 in my sig (over 4,000 views!).
According to The Retrofit Source, these bulbs out-perform the CBI bulbs which are generally viewed as the best bulbs on the market. I have had my CBI bulbs for 2 years on my 2009 M35 and now I am the first (Ha!) in the forum to have the new CBH bulbs.
My first impression was two-fold: happy, but scared. I was a bit scared the first time I switched them on at night. You will see in the video below that they went from a flash of blue - to deep blue - to purple - then to nearly white with a purple tint. My CBI bulbs never did this and I was concerned these new bulbs may not be as white as the CBI bulbs. Driving around last night for the first time, I was hugely impressed by brightness and the coverage compared to my CBIs. The CBH seems to cover slightly more area and have an even sharper cut-off (as seen when I drive by white walls, other vehicles, etc. However, there is still that slightly purple tint.
I spoke with James earlier today at The Retrofit Source. He told me that the CBH bulbs have a break-in period before the purple tint diminishes to a brilliant white. He confirmed it was normal to see the flash - to blues - to purple when they fire up and told me that, too, will diminish over the break-in period - they estimate at least 7-10 hours before the bulbs are completed broken in.
The video below was shot Friday 11/17 with less than 1 hour of total use on the bulbs.
Price per pair: The original Xenarc CBI (5500k): $179 when I bought them (now reduced to $150)
The newest Xenarc CBH (6000k): $200
Here is the progression I made from OEM to present:
Phillips 85122WX Xenon: 3100 lumens / 4300k / 223 lux
Osram 66240 Cool Blue Intense Xenarc: 3400 lumens / 5500k / 306 lux
Osram 66240 Cool Blue Hyper Xenarc: 3600 lumens, 6000k / 332 lux
Yeah, it's definitely an eye of the beholder type situation and didn't want to make it seem like I was calling you out or anything...any light bulb is better than OEM lol (unfortunately). I just didn't want people thinking that the CBH was day and night better than the CBI, because, on paper it isn't...but again, eye of the beholder.Larz wrote:First, I see your point.
Having driven the night breaker (hi beam) and the CBI for 2 years, and now driving the CBH ... I can state without question that the CBI and the CBH are worlds brighter and shine MUCH farther than the night breaker. The CBI and CBH are very close, but the CBH is noticeably whiter - not worth the upgrade if they were say $100 more than the CBI, but luckily, they were only $25 more per bulb than the CBI and well worth it (to me).
Out of the three bulbs above, the night breaker (although an excellent bulb) is till much better than OEM, but to put it anywhere near the class of the cool blue Osrams is boarding on pure fancy. Not even close.
I noticed that The retrofit source adds "estimated" next to some of the stats. Perhaps they bypass the science and just 'reckon' their results? LOL That said, I and just about every reviewer noticed a difference so either we are all wrong or we are all correct regardless of the stats posted.
$200 is a HUGE price to pay for headlamps and whether it's 'worth it' lies with beholder. I see it the same as peeps who spend a bloody fortune on CAI, manifolds, colored intake tubes, etc to get a smidge of extra BHP. They definitely look great, but do relatively very little for all those dollars - however, if the driver thinks it's worth it, well, it is !
*** Interesting note: The CBH bulbs do NOT meet USA standards for roadways. US is always well behind everyone else when it comes to roadway regulation. We still don't require DRLs on every vehicle made here (everyone else did it 10 years ago). I am not concerned because I can see the upper cut-off and it's well below range of vision of oncoming drivers. When driving next to anther vehicle, or behind one, the cut-off is below the door handle so it won't blind anyone when looking in side or rear mirrors either. I reckon it has to do with the color temp. Perhaps 6000 kelvin and up are not approved colors for USA. But 6,000 is just a wee more than CBIs at 5,500 kelvin - too close for me to get concerned. The lumens are also nearly the same for CBI and CBH. When the PoPo starts taking those fake purple headlight people off the road, I'll consider replacing them with my CBIs as they still work just fine.
Hi there. Can't help on the headlights (they'll be expensive), but the fog lights, with a bit of searching via our nifty search function, yielded this post:Southern_Hospitality wrote:First allow me to apologize if this is the wrong thread.I'm actually in the market to replace my headlights and fogs. However, my the glass/plastic is broke. Quite some time ago I read in this forum that some Nissan Sentra fog light units are interchangeable with the M35. Is this true? If so, which year? Just looking for the least expense way to replace the two fog light units. Thanks!!!
2006 M35
gms wrote:The 2007 Sentra S & SL light fits. The part numbers are 261558990A for the Drivers side and 261508990A for the passenger side. I bought mine on Amazon last year & had the dealer do the installation.
I'm sorry but this just made me actually laugh.. I hate seeing the purple headlights because they are completely unsafe (in my opinion). Annoying to oncoming drivers(me), but when you actually look at the beam, it runs dead like 30 feet in front of the car! Look at almost any new car; the beam projects much farther up the road. Unsafe for others and driver!Larz wrote:When the PoPo starts taking those fake purple headlight people off the road, I'll consider replacing them with my CBIs as they still work just fine.