Automotive bulbs are specialized bulbs often used in automobiles. They are frequently used in small lights that can easily be seen when the signal in the car is turned on.
Automotive lighting is hardly ever what comes to mind when we think of the technologies that help our cars and bikes perform. It is one of the cheapest components in a car and their existence is often taken for granted. But this is an area related to complex, advanced technologies that have considerably improved the safety and performance of the automobile.
Auto and Car bulbs
The average small car of today has over 26 bulbs located all-around its exterior and interior, of different size and power. The light bulbs that are the most noticeably important to the car are the ones in the headlamp and tail lamp clusters. The bulbs used in turn indicators and fog lamps used to be the next that the majority of car users recall. But the bulbs that are rarely given the importance are interior lights that are used to backlight the instrument panel and the centre console.
Many cars these days have bulbs that can go on for thousands of kilometers and more before requiring a replacement. Automotive bulbs have come a long way from the standard incandescent bulb, Halogen bulb, and high intensity discharge (HID) bulbs, to the LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs that may soon find their way into modern cars.
Modern cars use lots of bulbs to light the whole lot from the road to the ashtray. Over half of all lighting troubles have their roots in burned out bulbs, decomposed sockets or burned out fuses. Small bulbs which are used for most automotive applications come in several basic types like single and double contact bayonet base that have divergent or spread out indexing lugs as well as cartridge types for small as well as flat installation and wedge-base bulbs.
The double contact bayonet base is frequently used for turn signals, parking lights and taillights.
Basically all latest car models and light trucks use halogen lights. Like the old incandescent lights, the halogen lights use a tungsten filament but as it is contained in a halogen gas environment, it allows the filament to be heated to a much higher temperature to produce a much brighter and whiter light. They also require less power.
H4 Automotive Light bulbs
H4 automotive light bulbs come with Standard wattage for extended bulb life. They emit a striking, high output, cool blue white light beam. Some H4 type bulbs have a blue colored top coating reflecting a brilliant blue color even when the lamp is not switched on. Xtreme Force, an H4 bulb type, is a high efficiency bulb design with 20% more blue color than Xtreme White. These bulbs exploit original lighting electronics and won't damage any part of the lighting system.They consume less energy and emit less heat resulting in durability of the bulb.
Automotive Off-Road Light Bulbs
Automotive Off-Road Light Bulbs are used to get better visibility at night and avoid injury. The traditional bulbs can be replaced with vibration resistant halogen bulbs. Halogen bulbs produce more light than standard bulbs for superior driving protection. Halogen bulbs are weather resistant and are entirely designed for off-road use. They are available in different attractive colors like Diamond Blue, Diamond White, Xenon Blue and Blue to upgrade a vehicle's looks.
The revolving and blinking led light bulbs with red color are many times brighter than other bulbs. These bulbs consist of 12 integral clear LED bulbs which turn sparkling red when lit up. LED bulbs and Neon bulbs are more durable as they are made of colored glass and not painted like other bulbs and replace everyday bulbs perfectly.
These light bulbs can be found from almost all popular brands like Hella and Eagle Eyes. The Hella Rallye 4000 Metal Lamp excels on the trail with a unique mounting system that holds the beam steady when driving on rough terrain. It is available in cornering, pencil or euro beam patterns. The Vision X VX-T1000ION 4" Off-Road Light bulb is also available in the market with steel housing, removable cover and multi-Surface reflector.
In the average small car today - around its exterior and interior, of different size and power - over 26 automotive light bulbs are located!