Thanks, I assume that price is for a pair?$28.76 he said was the 2015 price. As long as shipping and freight prices don't change from what he expects currently.
Thanks, I assume that price is for a pair?$28.76 he said was the 2015 price. As long as shipping and freight prices don't change from what he expects currently.
Are these similar to the Osam Rallye 65w?
I looked back through my records from 2015 and they were less than $40 shipped for 4 bulbs.
I got my 65w H7s from Stern. Actually they arrived about a week ago, but I wanted to keep my lip buttoned until I put them through some tests. My findings: THEY'RE BACK. These bulbs prove out at least as well as the discontinued Osrams in terms of output (flux in lumens) and beam focus (hot spot placement and intensity, light distribution below the cutoff, cutoff sharpness, etc) in the variety of lamps I tested them in. Close scrutiny shows top-level assembly workmanship, as I expect in a German-made bulb. And as predicted, they dust the previous top dogs (Philips X-Treme, Osram Night Breaker/Racer, Tungsram Megalight). I was originally going to buy ten, but he's got a pretty nice price break for a dozen, so I decided to live large and bought 12. Might buy more to lay in a stockpile, but it'll have to wait until the Misses isn't watching my wallet quite as closely.
Both bulbs put out white light. Do you mean that new bulbs put out light that tends more towards blue, or the standard H7 bulbs put out light that tends more towards yellow?One thing I did notice doing side by side testing is that these are slightly whiter then standard H7 bulbs. I'm not certain if that's only from the more lumen output so they appear whiter, or if there is a slight difference in how they're made. I think I'll be ordering a few more as backups for these in case they quite making them again.
Both bulbs put out white light. Do you mean that new bulbs put out light that tends more towards blue, or the standard H7 bulbs put out light that tends more towards yellow?
The new bulbs put out more towards blue or appear to have a slightly higher kelvin temp compared to standard H7 bulbs without any filters or marketed (increased whiteness). They're still definitely standard halogen looking. It's just something I noticed. Maybe their are differences tolerances in kelvin temp from bulb to bulb as well? It's small enough to have not noticed if I didn't have 2 bulbs a few inches away from each other.
High beam DRLs are bad and they should feel bad. It ruins bulbs not by wearing out the filament, but by causing the envelope itself to blacken and potentially blister.I bought a set of these for the high beams on a 2001 BMW 525i. They are much better than the stock 55w H7. They are currently configured as DRL by PWM that reduces the output.