Xenon bulb - photo difference

[CoolHands]

I bought some +50% brightness xenon bulbs today from Aldi - on one of their 'specials' at £3.99 a pair. Which is cheap, in case you haven't bought bulbs for a while

Anyway here's a camera set to manual everything (same for all photos) to try and show what, if any, difference it makes (engine running in all pics for decent bulb voltage). I've never bought xenon gas filled bulbs before, so have an open mind. The original non-xenon bulb is the original, (2008 car). It (the new xenon-gas bulb) does actually appear to be whiter! I was, I confess, quite surprised. It's not as obvious in the pic showing both lights, (that's the entire car - with near side and off side headlights both visible in the pics; car outline not visible) but a bit more obvious in real life.

(the sidelight on top is a seperate bulb, unchanged in these pics).

Edited by CoolHands on Sunday 4th November 22:24

Edited by CoolHands on Sunday 4th November 22:36

[CoolHands]

Ari said:

I thought that by law cars with xenon headlights had to have self levelling and headlight wash.

What am I missing here, "fake" xenon bulbs or dodgy installation?

xenon is simply the gas surrounding the filament. ie instead of oxygen (air)!

I believe you're thinking of HID which is different. These are 'normal' bulbs.