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Headlight bulbs
Oli:
Having had xenons on my last 4 or 5 cars, I have been spolit! However I couldn't find a ED30, with xenons, in the timescale, and had to buy what was available. I actually havent driven the car at night to see how poor the lights are compared to my previous cars (especially the RS - spoilt with adaptive xenons!).
Anyway, I want to change the bulbs for something brighter and also whiter, and the same with the sidelights - anyone point me in the right direction. - I have done a search......
I am driving down to the south of france overnight in mid september and i would like to make sure I can see properly!
Cheers in advance
matty_jetta:
I was in the same position as you, coming from my lupo Gti which had xenons fitted as standard :drool:
I just got some cheapo ones from ebay, they are 100w bright white ones but they have a touch blue in them, i was expecting these to just be a stepping stone until i get better ones but they are actually pretty good, very bright, illegal, but it passed an MOT at the stealers so cant be that bad! :happy2:
icenutter:
I can vouch for Philips X-treme Power, or Halfords Super Brilliance. For me the Halfords ones have a slight edge in terms of visibility, but the Philips ones give a whiter coloured light (if that alone bothers you).
Avoid any bulbs that have tinted glass as they reduce the overall light intensity.
I've never tried PIAA bulbs.
QD MBE:
I used this website, and I think one of the forums has a 10% code. Not sure which one though.
The headlight bulbs I bought were the phillips x-treme bulbs, with the 10% it came to £50 for 4 x H7 bulbs delevered. They are pretty good too.
http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=81
Hope that helps
Oli:
--- Quote from: icenutter on August 04, 2009, 10:04:19 pm ---I can vouch for Philips X-treme Power, or Halfords Super Brilliance. For me the Halfords ones have a slight edge in terms of visibility, but the Philips ones give a whiter coloured light (if that alone bothers you).
Avoid any bulbs that have tinted glass as they reduce the overall light intensity.
I've never tried PIAA bulbs.
--- End quote ---
Cheers, I am not after illegal, as these distort the beam pattern, but the ones you have suggested seem viable. Ref the whiter lighter, I am after the brightest, and usually whitest bulbs, to give me the best light for the money
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