Ram 2005 headlight bulbs

trail-explorer wrote:
If there's so-called "scatter" occuring, then they are using HID bulbs in a non HID designated housing.

Gdetrailer wrote:
You can call it what you "like" but when I have a vehicle behind me with the blue tinted bulbs and a have a very sharp bright outline of my seats and head from said blue bulbs that tells me that the "pattern" of said blue bulbs is scattering well out of bounds from where they should be..

Even the folks leaving their high beams on while behind me does not give such a sharp outline..

If folks really want better headlights they need to address the low voltage to the bulbs first..

Manufacturers tend to use 18ga wire and lots of it, in the average vehicle there is easily 20ft if not 30ft of headlight wiring before it gets to the bulb..

Ready made relay kits typically use 14Ga and no more than 15ft of that since they connect directly to the battery..

Pretty much a solid bet that you will easily gain 20% better light by using a relay kit..

trailer-explorer, I would have to really disagree with your "opinion"..

HID bulbs NOT NOT CHANGE COLOR depending on the angle of approaching vehicle like what I have seen, CHEAPO blue tinted bulbs however DO CHANGE COLOR as the angle of approach changes.

You see, most of those blue tinted cheap bulbs only tint the TIP of the bulb.. This creates a hot blue spot with a more yellow surrounding the blue hot spot..

So as a car approaches you, you get a bright blue spot that fades a bit to yellow..

Those bulbs are often not DOT approved and if you look carefully at the packaging they often will state for "off road" or "show" use..

HID has a very distinctive blueish white color that is easy to recognize and that color trait can not be duplicated by tinting incadescent bulb tips blue. It is easy to spot the fake HID wannabe bulbs..

The vehicles I have seen blue tinted bulbs typically are cheap wanna be "racers" with the loud oversized sausage mufflers or the uber over the top high lifted 4x4 pickups..

Blue bulbs at $20 are dirt cheap compared to a $150 HID bulb with ballast..

Most folks gravitate to the CHEAP blue tint bulb.. It is often more about the "looks" than actual better lighting, some folks think it makes their $20K vehicle look more like a $60K sports car..