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Ricker07 · 03-31-2009, 08:12 PM

Are there any brighter lights available for the Cobra light bar bulbs?

The stock ones seem to be dim & yellowish compared to an H4 headlight upgrade.

Any suggestions?

hbark · 03-31-2009, 10:11 PM

My Cobra lightbar came with 25w H3 (not H4) bulbs. When they needed replacing, I called Cobra and they said it's safe to use 35w bulbs at the most (which is 40% more).

I put those in, and they made a big difference. Some people have used PIAA bulbs which are supposed to be really bright, but I'm not familiar with those (plus they were pretty expensive when I looked into them several months back).

SHADOW 1100T · 04-01-2009, 01:37 AM

The main problem with going to a higher wattage bulb is heat it can/will melt the plastic reflector so if Cobra says to use 35w bulbs do so unless someone chimes in as says something different, H3's come in a lot of different wattage's, I just got some 100w for my truck driving lights, look into getting Sylvania Silver Star lights

03-31-2009, 08:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ricker07 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA Posts: 60	light bar bulbs Are there any brighter lights available for the Cobra light bar bulbs? The stock ones seem to be dim & yellowish compared to an H4 headlight upgrade. Any suggestions?

03-31-2009, 10:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
hbark Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southampton, PA Posts: 1,130	My Cobra lightbar came with 25w H3 (not H4) bulbs. When they needed replacing, I called Cobra and they said it's safe to use 35w bulbs at the most (which is 40% more). I put those in, and they made a big difference. Some people have used PIAA bulbs which are supposed to be really bright, but I'm not familiar with those (plus they were pretty expensive when I looked into them several months back). __________________ 06 Aero 750

04-01-2009, 01:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
SHADOW 1100T Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LEAVENWORTH WASHINGTON Posts: 5,303	The main problem with going to a higher wattage bulb is heat it can/will melt the plastic reflector so if Cobra says to use 35w bulbs do so unless someone chimes in as says something different, H3's come in a lot of different wattage's, I just got some 100w for my truck driving lights, look into getting Sylvania Silver Star lights __________________ Ted

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