anybody replaced their H6 bulb in their 696?

[Raux]

I bought that H6W bulb and popped it in. Still yellow...

from that ebay site?

[dutchy73]

yup. The bulb looks blue when it comes out of the package, but when I turn the bike on, it's still yellow.

[Raux]

not cool
i've seen a site in UK that had them, guess i'll be trying them.

[Raux]

ordered a set of Philips blue vision h6w. comes in pairs errrr. oh they did throw in some w5w blbs??? and free shipping.

so, for sale, new set of philips w5w bulbs and 1 h6w bulb.

[semyhr]

If you want it to be white, the only way to do that is with a LED. Quick search gave me this result:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-X-VERY-BRIGHT-180-DEGREE-LED-H6W-433C-BAX9-WHITE_W0QQitemZ260281358049QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20080831?IMSfp=TL080831193r27816

[semyhr]

Here is one more link:

http://aceparts.com/all-led-bulbs/led-side-light-bulbs/h6w-5-led-sidelight-bulbs.htm

[Raux]

you have to look at the color temperature with the lights.

the sylvania main bulbs i have are 4000k the blue vision are 3300 which is the best i could find for the h6w. i stayed away from the led cause they didn't provide a color temp. i prefer hard numbers not a line that says 'white'

[semyhr]

Temperature is fine with xenon gas bulbs, where they can get 8000k for example, which is pretty blue and 4300k which is white. H6W will not be a xenon gas bulb and there is no way you will get a white light from a lightbulb without the xenon gas and the ballast for a high voltage charge, that's why the LED is the only way you will get a white light from H6W parking light

[Raux]

ok put on the middle park light bulb from UK. the bulb is blue colored 3300K bulb. Turned on it is not as white as the 4000k sylvanias but still whiter than the stock bulb. so i say win on this one.