So after months of using the Hella 2.0 headlight bulbs, I can highly recommend.

[kojackJKU]

I used them all winter in my patriot and they are a great upgrade over stock, as well as other bulbs. My brother bought a set of Philips x-treme power H7s reading about how they were awesome online, and I told him to get a set of hella 2.0s. Well, he got the xtremes and the 2.0 to side by side them. Lets just say it's more than noticeable. I have pictures I am waiting to upload from my phone. Once I do, I will post on here. Quite the difference with the 2.0 output much better than the xtreme power.

Great bulbs for halogen lights.

 

[kojackJKU]

Xtreme power is on the left (passenger side) and the 2.0 is on the right (drivers Side). both were new bulbs and when installed both xtreme power looked the same and both 2.0 looked the same.





As you can clearly see there is quite a bit more power coming from the Hella 2.0 light bulb. Great bulbs for halogen housings. I saw the exact same conclusions installing in my patriot.

 

[Sock Puppet]

You can definitely see the difference. I'd like to do something on my truck, but I really want bulbs that last. Any idea how much burn time you have on them?

 

[peneumbra]

The real test of a headlight is how much better you can see in the daytime.
I think that's right...

 

[anickode]

Not to rain on the parade, but this is a totally irrelevant test. A millimeter difference in filament placement would change the beam pattern enough to make a head-on daytime photo very deceiving. Or one headlight slightly out of adjustment, or any number of things, really.

Lets see it in the dark through the windshield.

 

[kojackJKU]

In the dark, I was talking to my brother, who drove 4 hrs in the dark last night, and decided to swap in an xtreme power for part of the trip, he said there was a noticeable difference from the 2.0s to the xtreme powers. Even put in 1 of each and you could visually see the difference. I have 2.0s in my Jeep patriot and the results were the same. Much better light from them compared to the stock sylvanias that came in it. That's two vehicles, totally different headlights.....same results.

 

[kojackJKU]

The other great part is that Rallylights.com has them for 20 bucks cheaper than the xtreme powers too! win win win!....The burn time is not listed. However, I have used them in my patriot since I had it. I literally had the bulbs ordered before I took delivery of the jeep.

 

[kojackJKU]

Not to rain on the parade, but this is a totally irrelevant test. A millimeter difference in filament placement would change the beam pattern enough to make a head-on daytime photo very deceiving. Or one headlight slightly out of adjustment, or any number of things, really.

Lets see it in the dark through the windshield.

Actually it's not....since the same result is produced switching bulbs to the opposite lens. The light output of the hellas are much better than the phillips in the night time. I will try to get some night out of the seat shots when we get some good weather again. It will be from my Jeep patriot as my brother is heading back off shore tomorrow!

 

[kojackJKU]

You can definitely see the difference. I'd like to do something on my truck, but I really want bulbs that last. Any idea how much burn time you have on them?

Sock puppet, does your F have sealed beam lights? if so, spend the money and get the truck lite replacement lights. AWESOME lights.....

 

[anickode]

Actually it's not....since the same result is produced switching bulbs to the opposite lens. The light output of the hellas are much better than the phillips in the night time. I will try to get some night out of the seat shots when we get some good weather again. It will be from my Jeep patriot as my brother is heading back off shore tomorrow!

I was talking about brand-to-brand differences. The effect would correlate to the bulb in the light. One brand may have the filament placed slightly different, which could make the cutoff line higher or lower.

Much the same way a single reflector headlight changes between high and low beam simply by switching between 2 filaments that are only millimeters apart. Slight movement yields a massive difference in beam pattern and perceived brightness, even though the actual luminous output of the filament is only slightly (~10 Watts) greater.

Just like when you throw HID conversions in halogen reflectors. The focal point is all wrong, and makes the lights look a whole lot brighter from head-on, but when you're behind them looking down the road, it's dimmer because the headlights are puking the light all over the place where it's not needed.

 

[kojackJKU]

That's not the case here. Its brighter. Putting more light out to the road...the cut off etc is pretty well the same. I never measured it...but its really close eyeballing it...