Ebay bulbs?

[bob123131]

I have 2 buddies with those xenon filled halo wanna be lights off ebay in there eclipse and they look great for 10 dollars. One guy has 80 watt in put 150 out and the other has 100 in and 170 out. I never looked at these kind of lights becasue i figured those high outputs would burn my housing or connectors. How come my buddies havent had problems are the ebay ones not truly these outputs? or have they just been lucky. Anyone running these or who has had them ### comment. Here is a link to the 170 ones.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-9...tegoryZ36476QQihZ015QQitemZ250030299554QQrdZ1

 

[LaserRSTAWD]

DO NOT BUY THOSE. I bought the same exact ones from that exact seller a year ago. They ARE NOT as BRIGHT as the sylvania siverstars, they are more blue, but they BURNT OUT in like 1-2 months (and i didnot touch the bulb with my fingers).

 

[just2asian]

with ebay bulbs it's mainly hit or miss, remember you get what you pay for in most cases. I've had several sets of bulbs from ebay in my time, sometimes they are good, sometimes they go in a month or two. Which I have had both happen to me.

 

[bob123131]

If they go after a week i wouldnt care then i would jsut go get some silverastars, but have you had any run your plug or housing?

 

[corwininadsm]

buy 9005 silverstars (high beam bulbs higher wattage), trim them to fit on low beams.
done

u can get em for 30 bux at wallmart

 

[housegsx]

buy 9005 silverstars (high beam bulbs higher wattage), trim them to fit on low beams.
done

u can get em for 30 bux at wallmart

Driving around with high beams on all the time...Great idea!!!

 

[VanIsleDSM]

100W in 170W out? what is this? a source of free energy? ebay has solved the worlds enegry crisis! (/sarcasm) that's a ridiculous statement, it's impossible, and absurd, you can't get more power out of an energy conversion than you put in, not even the same amount back... and running high beams in low beam bulbs wouldn't be like driving around with 'high beams' on all the time... what makes the difference is not the amount of light, but where it is placed, 'high beam' does not mean higher light output, it means the light is aimed higher!

 

[housegsx]

I'm pretty sure 9005's put out close to twice as many lumens as the 9006's. And the housing determines the pattern of the bulb, so there would be no point in putting a different bulb in the same housing if light output wasn't increased.
But I don't know even with it pointed lower than if it was in a high beam housing, I would think it could still be blinding.