Guang Dao E-Sonic Racing

Finally i got myself the long awaited item from my wish list, a proper Voltage Stabilizer. Was initially looking a few options, the Sun Auto Hot Inazma, the Pivot Megan Rizin and the Guang Dao Hi Auto (E-Sonic). Because of the price of both the Hot Inazma and Guang Dao , I was more incline to the Pivot. After waiting a good few month, and was just about ready to get the Pivot, when news about a unit of Guang Dao was on clearance stock sale at KKLAU (one of the audio, accessories shop in town).

Took the opportunity to go over to KKLAU during the weekend, and before you know it got it installed onto the X20.

All fixed and ready to roll

custom bracket in production

folks at KKLAU was kind enough to make a custom bracket to hold the E-Sonic

Initial findings:

- Smoother / Lighter gear engagement

- Faster pick up

- More drag before each gear change

- Certainly more ommph now.. how much more HP increase? dunno, until a proper dyno is done

Philips Diamond Vision vs Philips X-treme

Here are the results....

The color variantion between the right and left headlights are pretty obvious. the right headlight is on Diamond Vision and the headlight on the left is on X-tereme, which is much yellower compared to the Diamond Vision.

Another shot of the headlights with Diamond Vision and X-terme

the diamond vision bulb

Conclusion :-

The Diamond Vision gives you a pretty intense white light, but not white or bright enough to blind on coming traffic. I personally find that the X-terme has more light throw compared to the Diamond Vision (meaning from the drivers point of the view, there is just more yellow light on the road compared to the white light). Where the Diamond vision lacks in terms of light throw it makes up for by giving you that white glow which make it look like a HID bulb on the road.

Like some of the review said, its pretty good for city driving as less throw light is required compared to negotiating sharp corners or tricky off road conditions on pitch dark situations.

Oh! H7 bulbs!

Here is how the story goes...

I changed the X20's headlight bulb from the stock bulb to the Philips X-treme Power which promises +80% more light due to the 25m long beam it produces. Been happy with the bulbs output & range over the last 1 year. Other bulbs which other X20's owners were using withing the Philip bulb family, were the Philip Crystal Vision which produces 4300k light (yellowish white) and the Philips Diamond Vision which produces about 5000k light (blueish white). Granted the Philip X-treme doesn't come as bright as the other bulbs, but it certainly was brighter then the stock bulb.

X-treme which give you 80% more light

Which give you 5000k light claimed to be whiter then some HID bulbs

All was fine and good, until a week back one of the bulbs decided to fail on me. Was running One headlight that night, luckily the fog light were there to compensate. So it was back to the drawing board. It was a tough fight between Crystal Vision and Diamond Vision, both would suit me just fine, but in the end since the X20 was mainly used for city driving I decided to go with the Diamond Vision instead. This was also done, after going through a few user reviews on the net, and recommendation on the Philips consumer website which quotes the light which is suitable for city driving.

Received the Diamond Vision bulbs today, but will wait till the weekend before that part of the experiment begins. Is it truly whiter and brighter then the X-treme?

Will keep you guys updated...