What is the best and cheapest light to use for FTO.

akumi · Post by **akumi** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:51 am

I'm wondering what bulbs does the FTO use for the headlights. Not the high beam or the parkers, the one that's used all the time when driving at night. i'm not good at bulbs, there's H1, H2 bla bla bla so which one.

And what's the cheapest whitetest and brightest and where to get. My budget around $100 a pair.

Is this good enough?
http://www.importscene.com.au/category56_1.htm

Thanks.

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:20 am

Normal Bulbs are HB4 ( also known as 9006 )

Can't really tell you which ones are the best, but in general, as with most things the more you spend the better they are... but not in all cases...

Probably the best brand for bulbs from my perspective are PIAA...

Refer to my comments on this thread:

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... pic&t=2959

Do a search for threads that already cover this, there are a few different types people have tried.

P.S. My 2 cents, I'm not a fan of those ones on that web site... but you can try

akumi · Post by **akumi** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:57 am

thanks heaps!

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:04 pm

i have a pair of genuine PIAA headlight bulbs (7500K

) and a pair of Phillips Blue Vision bulbs for sale at $150 for the lot (the PIAAs alone costed me $250

) if you're interested...

akumi · Post by **akumi** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:18 am

hmm sounds tempting! if u put it in for me, i'll take it!

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:51 am

akumi wrote:hmm sounds tempting! if u put it in for me, i'll take it!

It will take you seriously like 2 mins max to put them in.....

Mikey.... why are you selling your PIAA bulbs

akumi · Post by **akumi** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:44 pm

yeah why are u selling em!? getting hid kit?

Post by **Supplanter** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:27 pm

akumi wrote:yeah why are u selling em!? getting hid kit?

I think he was the 1st to buy a set from Tangcla (spelling?)

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:29 pm

I got HIDs now, so there's no need for these bulbs anymore... i can arrange to have 'em fitted for you for free if you'd like. Just rock up to the upcoming mini meet on the 22nd (stay tune for details).

Post by **Supplanter** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:06 pm

I might take you up on the offer Mikey, if they aren't gone before the minimeet (and if I have my car back by then

)

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:24 pm

first come first served so, show me the money!!

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 10:49 pm

get the 9005 bulb, which is the high beam bulb for the FTO.

Do a few mods to the adaptor part to the 9005 to fit in the 9006 plug, cheap mod but very affective.

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 10:39 am

oh come on guys, don't suggest PIAA to her straight off lol
there are much cheaper options then that, PIAA is well know for bright blubs but what i consider to be expensive, i'm only using PIAA on my fog light because i want a brighter fog light lol

there are still the old G4 which will cost like under $60 a pair with bright blue white lights

dannyboyau · Post by **dannyboyau** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 6:14 pm

try ebay as well they have heaps of differant bulbs on there and they are cheap