caldeesnutss

if i converted my bulbs from a 9006 to a 9005 would i burn up my low beam wires?

hybridnrg

iTrader: (4)

yes...you better go buy the upgrade harness! lol no you are fine

shineynitelite

Nato

so how do you like it?.. is it A LOT brighter?

Musulsa

Why would you want to convert a 9006 (low beam) to a 9005 (high beam) ?!?!?!

I think you meant 9005 to 9006. You better check before you buy.

EPS CL

Nope, it's the 9006-9005 conversion. The idea is that by converting your low beam headlights into high beam headlights, you can greatly increase light output without blinding people and having them highbeam you.

I've been wanting to try this, but all the autoparts stores have the Sylvania bulbs that are 8-20 bucks a piece, and I'm looking for some cheap, durable Stanleys.

AS3.0CL

i also did the conversion and i used the Sylvania bulbs. the out put is close to twice of the origional bulbsand i love being able to see, best mod for the cost.

Musulsa

Dude, the mod *I* know about and have done is taking the 9005 bulbs (high beam) snapping out the little tabs so that they fit into the 9006 (lowbeam) harness and putting in the low beam area (outer headlights). That way when your normal headlights are on, they have the light output of a highbeam.


If you took a 9006 and turned it into a 9005 all you would get are incredibly dim high beams.

9006 and 9005 refer to the BULBS themselves not the harness/slot. I only know of people converting highbeams for use in the lowbeam area. That is a 9005 to 9006 conversion.

I have NEVER EVER heard of a 9006 to a 9005. Thats like saying "Hmm Im gonna do a HID to a normal halogen conversion.... YES!!!! AWESOME LOW OUTPUT!"

Musulsa

If THIS is the mod you are talking about, it is the 9005 to 9006 conversion.

http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Upgrade/More_light.htm

Again: As far as I know there is no such thing as a 9006 to 9005 conversion. Why is it important to know what it is called?

Because we will have noobs on here buying 9006 bulbs and trying to make them "brighter" then wondering why it looks the same.

Acura3.0CL

I think you both are talking about the same thing. I tried this...some bulbs lasted a few months, one lasted 15 min once. It all depends and honestly, I was paying like $10 per bulb...I should of just saved that $$ and bought HIDs in the first place. Now that I have HID's...obviously there is no comparison. Just wish I hadn't wasted all that $ on bulbs and would of used that wasted $ to save up on my HIDS...

EPS CL

OMG, lol. We're both talking about the same thing-taking a high beam 9005 bulb and making it fit into a 9006 socket. High beam bulb in a low beam socket, not low beam bulb in a high beam socket. It's all good

Musulsa

Converting a 9006 to a 9005 is NOT the same as converting a 9005 to a 9006.

I am talking about ONE mod. The 9005->9006 mod. You are talking about this mod but calling it something completely wrong. That was my point.

And yes it does matter what you call it.

"I'm doing a halogen lamp to HID conversion" is not the same as "I'm converting my HID's to a halogen bulb."

Musulsa

caldeesnuts: "i converted my bulbs from a 9006 to a 9005"

Musulsa: "I think you meant 9005 to 9006."

EPS CL: "Nope, it's the 9006-9005 conversion."



You were both wrong.

Remember, the 900x number refers to the BULB itself. Since you are modifying a 9005 bulb to be shaped like a 9006 so that it can fit into a 9006 socket it is a 9005->9006 conversion.

Mulk

yes and if you modified the low beam socket to hold a 9005 bulb, that would be a 9006 -> 9005 conversion, i think thats where the confusion was lol

Musulsa

No one even mentioned anything remotely like that. Also, why would you ever do that when it's trivially easy to modify the bulb itself? Are you just saying that to be difficult or have you ever heard of someone doing that in a CL?\

And AGAIN: the number 9005/9006 refers to the BULB. A 9006->9005 conversion would refer to changing a 9006 *BULB* to a 9005 *BULB*.


Why is there ANY need for discussion on this? Your (plural) inability to grasp this simple nomenclature boggles my mind.

Mulk

haha my bad, it was just a suggestion as to why there was confusion, but no ive never heard of anyone doing that... you could say "im changing my 9005 bulbs to 9006 bulbs" or "for my low beams instead of using 9006 bulbs im going to use 9005 bulbs." See they are the same thing, but the latter could be confused for a 9006 -> 9005 conversion.

nippon_wa

9006 -> 9005
9005 -> 9006

who cares? jee.. calm down

stop spending $$ on those bulbs, just get the HID..

if u keep using those bulbs cuz they are cheap, however you will end up spending almost same amount of money as the price of hids

Mulk

haha yeah really, my HID's are on the way...

EPS CL

Holy shit, let's get one thing straight: I was only trying to help. It's all the same thing: take a 9005 bulb, make it fit in a 9006 socket, and enjoy the extra light. You wasted more energy trying clear up the conversion's "nomenclature" than actually contributing something worthwhile. Everyone knows what the conversion is. No one needs to be insulted.

rmh3093

Putting HID's in a CL aint exactly cheap either.... if you are going try and stick HIGH BEAM lights in your LOW BEAM socket u get about 2000 more lumens which really aint shit.... the low beams have a metalic cap on the end of the bulb blocking light and the high beams are usually 5 watts more powerfull

they burn up quick too but all uneed is a razor blade or dremmel to knock off the tab on the high beam light which prevents it from going into the low beam socket