PIAA H9 vs Osram Nightbreaker H11?

[AdmiralYoda]

Hello all,

I've got a 2021 GMC Canyon AT4. The factory H11 bulbs often last the life of the vehicle but are horrible at light output. A common upgrade for H11's is to switch to an H9. There is a plastic tab on the H9 bulb housing that needs to be snipped off but it is otherwise plug and play. The H9's run at 65W and have a higher lumen output than the H11's at 55W. The popular H9 choice is the PIAA Extreme White Plus.

The other option is to run an upgraded H11 like an Osram Nightbreaker 220.

For those who are familiar with both bulbs.... how do they compare? How does the longevity stack up? I'd love to have brighter bulbs but not if I'm replacing them every 6 months. Any thoughts?

 

[Thermo1223]

Hello all,

I've got a 2021 GMC Canyon AT4. The factory H11 bulbs often last the life of the vehicle but are horrible at light output. A common upgrade for H11's is to switch to an H9. There is a plastic tab on the H9 bulb housing that needs to be snipped off but it is otherwise plug and play. The H9's run at 65W and have a higher lumen output than the H11's at 55W. The popular H9 choice is the PIAA Extreme White Plus.

The other option is to run an upgraded H11 like an Osram Nightbreaker 220.

For those who are familiar with both bulbs.... how do they compare? How does the longevity stack up? I'd love to have brighter bulbs but not if I'm replacing them every 6 months. Any thoughts?

I put these in the lows...
https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p...UjJS5o54a4jKdFixuWBoCvrcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Output is better and I put something off Amazon in the highs since those are rarely used. The projectors do a good job at cut off so I am not worried about blinding anyone.

 

[Vercingetorix]

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-hid-vs-led-vs-halogen-h11-projector-headlights.589465/

 

[meep]

I’ve done this so many times, and have never gone with a fancy bulb. The cheapest Philips H9 on the shelf does great. I had a set last 4-5 years in my wife’s CRV and replaced them preemptively at that point because I knew they had to be getting close. The filaments were pretty distorted at that point. Did the same with my son’s civic, which had pretty disappointing light output from its stock projectors. They almost made it “normal,” no issues.

Since they are likely to burn out sooner on paper, I keep a spare in the glovebox.