My new Entourage has GREAT headlights

[G-MAN]

The projector low beams on my new Entourage (which use an H7 bulb) are the best OEM headlights I've ever seen. They actually put just as much light on the road as the HID projectors that were in my 300M. And unlike the Z-beam pattern of those projectors, the Hyundai has an E-Code beam pattern.

 

[tom slick]

My protege5 has good h-7 headlights also. You'll hate the short life span of the H-7 bulbs though.

 

[5sfe91]

I like the beam pattern of projector headlights.

I've had my H7 bulbs in my 05 celica for 5 years(factory bulbs) and they haven't gone out yet.

Congrats on the new car, more pictures!

 

[mrsilv04]

My experience with H7's is if you use the "standard" halogens, that are about $8-$10 each, they last much longer than the expensive bulbs, such as the Silverstars.

I've had good luck with German made Osram brand H7 bulbs, sold in the US as "Philips Standard Halogen".

 

[tom slick]

I get about 1 year out of Osram H7 "rallye" bulbs but that's with about 7 hours of night driving every week during the fall/winter.

"high performance" H7 bulbs, such as silverstars, have a rated lifespan as low as 85 hours. a Standard H7 is rated for about 270. In contrast a standard 9006 bulb is rated for 1000.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Some projectors are better than others. The ones in my Cadillac STS were very poor. Even with HIR bulbs in them, output was only "okay". The ones in my Camry are superb. With H11 XV bulbs in there, they're fantastic.

I really don't like e-code patterns, and I may be one of the few. Where I live, we have a lot of 4-lane highways, and e-code lights really put the full intensity of the beam right into your driver's side mirror, if you're in the right-hand lane. I prefer more of an SAE pattern, that's flat across, with a "squirrel spotter" in the projector to give a small amount of light above the cut-off for illumination of road signs.