Osram "Cool Blue" City Light bulb write-up
01-28-2002, 08:21 PM
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Osram "Cool Blue" City Light bulb write-up
Well one of the stock city light bulbs burned out on my Euro lights, so I looked around for replacements. I thought it would be nice to find something that more closely matched the Xenons. A couple people on the list had tried Phillips BlueVision and said they really didn't look much different than stock (yellowish light). I called PGPerformance and they said they now have Osram "Cool Blue" bulbs which the sales guy told me are better than the Phillips. They are also more expensive ($17 canadian per bulb!) So I thought I would give them a try.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16111/citybox.jpg">
The bulb only had a very slight blue coating... not enough in my mind to do much. Here are
the stock and Osram bulbs compared side by side.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16111/citybulbs1.jpg">
So I installed one in my car, and just by looking at it I could see no difference. To me it looked like the same yellowish light as before. Then I did a visual comparison to the other side (which still had the stock bulb), and I could *barely* see that the Osram bulb appeared just *slightly* whiter. I mean on a scale of 1 (standard yellowish bulb) to 10 (blue/white real xenon), this is like a 1.5. When you turn on the xenons, they still look completely yellow in comparison. In this picture the Osram is on the left.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16111/citybulbs2.jpg">
So basically I thought these were a waste of money.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16111/citybox.jpg">
The bulb only had a very slight blue coating... not enough in my mind to do much. Here are
the stock and Osram bulbs compared side by side.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16111/citybulbs1.jpg">
So I installed one in my car, and just by looking at it I could see no difference. To me it looked like the same yellowish light as before. Then I did a visual comparison to the other side (which still had the stock bulb), and I could *barely* see that the Osram bulb appeared just *slightly* whiter. I mean on a scale of 1 (standard yellowish bulb) to 10 (blue/white real xenon), this is like a 1.5. When you turn on the xenons, they still look completely yellow in comparison. In this picture the Osram is on the left.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/16111/citybulbs2.jpg">
So basically I thought these were a waste of money.
01-28-2002, 09:19 PM
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the picture makes them look alot whiter.
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01-28-2002, 10:12 PM
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get a set of blue bulbs at almost any performance shop.
most of them tend to look white, a set I had
in my A4 matched the HID's perfectly. I got
them from Geoff - modern performance up in CT,
but I think he went out of business. In case
he didn't, email him at mdrnperf@aol.com
in my A4 matched the HID's perfectly. I got
them from Geoff - modern performance up in CT,
but I think he went out of business. In case
he didn't, email him at mdrnperf@aol.com
