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Narva "Plus 50" globes

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:35 am
by chimpboy
Has anyone ever tried these, and do they really produce much more light than standard globes of the same wattage?

http://www.narva.com.au/Globes_Performance_1.html

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:50 am
by fullmetaljacket
I have a pair of H4's, fitted the plus 50's at the same time very bright and a great beam. Cant say how much brighter the +50's are on their own, because I only have the candle powered lucas's to compare to

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:46 pm
by maverick01
yeah there a good light as i have them in my maverick and after using them i wouldnt go back to standard globes.They have been in the car for about 2 years now and havent had any problems with them.

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:09 pm
by me3@neuralfibre.com
If they'll fit, you can go HIR

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:58 pm
by drivesafe
Hi chimpboy, when I first got my RR, I was for ever blowing the low beam globes. Low, High and the Fog are all H7 globes.

I tried the Narva +50 globes, hoping to increase the light as well as improve life span.

I don’t know about the life span but there was no noticeable difference in light and one of my customers talked me into trying the Philips Crystal Vision globes and after trying them that night after I fitted them, I went back the next day and replaced not only the all the H7 headlight globes I replaced all 6 driving light H3 globes.

With 10 lights and I do a lot of night driving, I have, after nearly 4 years of use, only had to replace 2 globes and the light is WHITE and fantastic.

To give you an idea of the colour, these were taken on Fraser Island just before dawn.

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Cheers.

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:14 pm
by fullmetaljacket
woooa.....you melted the paint right off that boat......did they get stranded because they thought you were the light house??.....just shittin.....

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:12 am
by chimpboy
drivesafe wrote:Hi chimpboy, when I first got my RR, I was for ever blowing the low beam globes. Low, High and the Fog are all H7 globes.

I tried the Narva +50 globes, hoping to increase the light as well as improve life span.
Hmm, I think you've just about put me off them. I might just upgrade the wiring and replace the sealed beams with H4/H1 (it's a four headlight setup), and either get the higher wattage el cheapo globes for now or just stick with the 60/55W ones that come with the new headlights. I have one dead high beam at the moment and I'm redoing a bit of wiring in the engine bay so I thought I'd replace all four headlights.

Me@neuralfibre: I'm a bit iffy on HID; firstly I don't think they are legal as an add-on to an old car, and also they are still a bit pricey for my liking.

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:42 am
by drivesafe
Hi chimpboy, as you have already decided to upgrade the wiring, do just that before you buy new globes.

You will be surprised at how much brighter your existing globes will be and may not need new globes.

Cheers

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:43 pm
by chimpboy
drivesafe wrote:Hi chimpboy, as you have already decided to upgrade the wiring, do just that before you buy new globes.

You will be surprised at how much brighter your existing globes will be and may not need new globes.

Cheers
Thanks... I agree and I'd leave the existing lamps in place except that I want to include H4/H1 plugs when I set up the new loom.

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:48 pm
by me3@neuralfibre.com
HIR ain't HID

www.neuralfibre.com/paul - look for the HIR review ,it's in there somewhere.

Personally owning both, I would go HID in the headlights and the warmest light I could - 4300K. Doesn't stand out. Mate has the H4 with solenoid and it works fine.

Paul

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:37 pm
by chimpboy
me3@neuralfibre.com wrote:HIR ain't HID

www.neuralfibre.com/paul - look for the HIR review ,it's in there somewhere.

Personally owning both, I would go HID in the headlights and the warmest light I could - 4300K. Doesn't stand out. Mate has the H4 with solenoid and it works fine.

Paul
Interesting... I would need to find some 5 3/4" headlight inserts that can take HB4 or HB3 though, which might be a bit of a stretch.

I like the sound of those HIR lights though.

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:26 pm
by GRINCH
weve fitted a lot of the phillips blue globes at work and heard nothing but good things. its well worth rewireing the lights, after i did mine with upgraded globes, they were as good as my hella spotlights

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:41 am
by Goatse.AJ
I farkin HATE Blue globes, of any brand. I find they give WORSE vision than any half decent white globe.

The blurb on the + 50's was obviously written by a second-year marketing maggot who thought they had some in-depth electronics and physics background who somehow managed to convince the knobs up the chain to let them write that sh!t.

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 1:02 am
by cloughy
AJFeroza wrote:
The blurb on the + 50's was obviously written by a second-year marketing maggot who thought they had some in-depth electronics and physics background who somehow managed to convince the knobs up the chain to let them write that sh!t.
Hypocracy at its best :rofl: