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    Car PC

    in Interior/Audio

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    I place all my GPS receivers on the passenger side top dash. There is no need to place it anywhere else, it gets perfect reception there.

     

    :rolleyes::lol: that screams: break inside please, I have expensive audio-video equipment installed.

    Daniel Stern Lighting and Subaru headlight options

    in Exterior/Aesthetic

    Posted

    My switch to the Osram Hypers took place, I believe, well before yours, fishbone, and as with you and others, they're still going strong.

     

    Maybe I should comment cause I created this damn thread. I switched to the Osram Hypers at the time when I created this thread: October 2006. They are still running strong. Yes I have disabled the DRLs long long long time ago in 2005 and performed a careful install as to not touch the bulb with bare hands. Beyond that I do not take any special precautions such as turning off the lights before starting the car at night etc.

     

    While the first set of bulbs (Phillips OEM) was indeed a poor quality (or more likely a limited lifespan compared to the Osrams), I feel that anyone that is repeatedly burning bulbs has a short circuit of sorts or an otherwise electrical problem on the car - be that running excessive audio equipment which is overdrawing current and causing fluctuations in the current drawn by the light bulbs, defective wiring, alternator etc.

     

    I'd be curious to know the R² (Pearson correlation coefficient) between the rates of headlight failure and the following:

    - aftermarket audio/video/security equipment

    - overly corroded OEM battery

    - blown fuses

     

    as well as whether the headlights burning is biased (left first or right first or both at once)

    Daniel Stern Lighting and Subaru headlight options

    in Exterior/Aesthetic

    Posted

    This is an exchange between Daniel Stern and I, with regards to upgraded light bulbs for the 2009 Subaru Forester.

     

    Hey people. Apologies if this info has been shared before. Here is the copy-paste of my email exchange with Daniel Stern. I will buy without doubts his recommended bulbs. Two years ago he recommended me that I buy Osram Rally +65W for my Legacy GT and those bulbs keep burning bright and light up my nights. So to speak.

     

    http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45991&highlight=Daniel+Stern

     

    This time I requested again Osram Rally but he suggested that I buy:

     

    Narva® 12-volt, 65-watt, 2100-lumen H9 bulb for use in headlamps, driving lamps, and auxiliary lamps originally equipped with H9 bulbs. OEM quality, PGJ19-5 base. DOT-certified and ECE-approved.

     

    Perhaps it is just a matter of convenience. Perhaps not. The OEM bulb in the 2009 Forester is an H11. But I listed to him before and I was very happy. Now, the headlight construction differes between all Foresters and the Legacy - we have a different projector design which is superior.

     

    Here is the store link:

    http://store.candlepower.com/h-9.html

     

    And here is his email.

     

    Greetings, BC. Glad to read you're still liking those Osram 65w bulbs. They are simply an H9 burner on an H7 base. The upgrade bulb for your Forester is the H9:

     

    http://store.candlepower.com/h-9.html

     

    The Narva and Osram bulbs are equal in every respect; both are OEM-quality, German-made bulbs. Same goes for Philips.

     

    Your high beams can also be significantly upgraded if you will Replace the

    existing 9005 bulbs with 9011. The new bulbs are not some tinted or

    overwattage version of 9005, but rather employ a relatively new technology

    called HIR, Halogen Infrared Reflection. The mechanical dimensions of the

    bulb are all virtually identical to the 9005, but the bulb glass is

    spherical instead of tubular, with the sphere centered around the

    filament. There is a "Durable IR Reflective" coating on the spherical

    glass. Infrared = heat, so the coating causes heat to be reflected back to

    the filament at the center of the sphere. This causes the filament to

    become much hotter (producing more light) than it can by passing

    electricity through it, *without* the shorter life or greater heat

    production that comes with overwattage bulbs (to say nothing of

    overwattage bulbs' incompatibility with stock wiring.)

     

    Here's the comparison:

     

    stock: 9005, 12.8V, 65W, 1700 lumens, 320 hours

    compare: 9005+50, 12.8V, 55W, 1830 lumens, 175 hours

    new: HIR1, 12.8V, 65W, 2530 lumens, 320 hours

     

    These bulbs are costly as bulbs go - $23.95/ea - but their cost is worth

    considering in context: Any number of companies will charge you more than

    this for a tarted-up 9005 with blue colored glass (PIAA and Sylvania

    Silverstar come to mind) that doesn't produce more light and has a very

    short lifespan.

     

    The HIR bulbs have a double-wide top ear on the plastic bulb base, this is

    to comply with the law requiring different bulbs to have different bases.

    The extra-wide plastic top ear is easily trimmed or filed to make the bulb

    fit your headlamp's bulb receptacle. Once that's done, they go directly

    into the headlamp, and the existing sockets snap on. Please see

    http://dastern.torque.net/Mods/HIRmod.html for details.

     

    The direct order link for these bulbs is

    http://store.candlepower.com/9011.html

     

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    Car PC

    in Interior/Audio

    Posted

    I recently suffered a defeat. I tried using Destinator maps and I hated them (the 2D font was too small, voice instructions sucked, I could not get rid of the written direction instructions) - the only cool thing was muting the music and more seamless integration compared to the iGuidance plugin. Hated that, reverted to iGuidance and now every other time I start it up, it would NOT detect my GPS. Should I exit Centrafuse and fire up iGuidance, it would recognize it instantly. I guess I will have to re-install the plugin but I am tired of that now.

    Car PC

    in Interior/Audio

    Posted

    I have mine just behind the 3rd brake light but I have issues down town Chicago. i mean probably most cars will have trouble getting good GPS reception due to the urban canyon but still, there must be some improvement roof top vs tucked behind rear window

    Car PC

    in Interior/Audio

    Posted

    I considered that antenna in quest of better GPS reception.

    I eventually found an external re-radiating antenna as used for many handheld/dashboard mount units. It makes a difference, but I am still at a loss on how to mount that. It has a magnetic base so it can stay on the trunk or the rooftop. But where do I hide the wire ? I am not going to pry it under the rear window rubber seal because water will sip in and that is guaranteed to be a place where rust starts.

    best legacy gt year?

    in Site Polls

    Posted

    Definitely flawed. The interior style of the 07-08 is awesome: Though the SI drive is fairly useless it makes people who complain about gas jealous (aka G35 and other comparable car owners), and it is fun to rest your hand on. Sport is good when casually racing around the city and sport sharp is when I really need the extra throttle response. The leather is also really comfortable, though it could deal with some cooling - but I'd rather burn than be on cloth again. I'd say '08 but they reflectors in the rear bumper don't do it for me. Maybe I just need to jump into a '05 to like it as much as all of you (or a good 80%), but for me it's all 07.

    Psst: This is my first post.

     

    That is why you believe in the gimmick.

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