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well as i have a unhealthy obsession with lightbulbs lol here we go:
personally Id have to side with Philips over Osram - i had Osram nightbreakers and thouroughly preffered the philips.
for me, i look for any bulb close the 4500k-600k rating as it gives you closest to 'daylight'
at the moment i have philips blue vision ultra and they're fantastic. Better than my cheap aftermarket HID kit off ebay. also steer clear of 100w bulbs, yep they're brighter par say, but in actual terms of visibility if ound they dont give a decent field of output as the beam pattern is normmaly messe up - if that makes sense
personally Id have to side with Philips over Osram - i had Osram nightbreakers and thouroughly preffered the philips.
for me, i look for any bulb close the 4500k-600k rating as it gives you closest to 'daylight'
at the moment i have philips blue vision ultra and they're fantastic. Better than my cheap aftermarket HID kit off ebay. also steer clear of 100w bulbs, yep they're brighter par say, but in actual terms of visibility if ound they dont give a decent field of output as the beam pattern is normmaly messe up - if that makes sense
R7YN said:
I'm after a decent throw of lights (currently have MTEC COSMOS BLUE which are crap) and a whiter/blue look.
Then in that case I wouldn't bother with the Philips X-Treme Vision. Marginally paler than the standard bulbs but wouldn't call them whiter/blue. Decent light output though.I think Philips did a 'Blue Vision' which was supposed to offer better output but with a noticeably whiter/blue light.
Careful with 100w bulbs as the increased current can melt the wires! I wouldn't say they're a very good idea...
There is a distinction you need to make between the bulbs you're looking at, OP.
First there's the xenon-style blue-ish ones that, while they do produce a whiter light, are not really much brighter than standard. The best of these is probably Philips Blue Vision Ultra, which claim to be 4000K and 30% brighter than standard. I have a pair of H1s in place of the standard bulbs for high beam in my Focus as the lights are bi-xenon and with the standard bulbs there were two different colour temperatures of light. I think they're a very good compromise.
Secondly, there are the bulbs simply designed to be bright, which have the same colour temperature as OEM, but obviously perform better! The best is probably Philips X-treme Vision, which claim to produce 100% more light.
There is a distinction you need to make between the bulbs you're looking at, OP.
First there's the xenon-style blue-ish ones that, while they do produce a whiter light, are not really much brighter than standard. The best of these is probably Philips Blue Vision Ultra, which claim to be 4000K and 30% brighter than standard. I have a pair of H1s in place of the standard bulbs for high beam in my Focus as the lights are bi-xenon and with the standard bulbs there were two different colour temperatures of light. I think they're a very good compromise.
Secondly, there are the bulbs simply designed to be bright, which have the same colour temperature as OEM, but obviously perform better! The best is probably Philips X-treme Vision, which claim to produce 100% more light.
R7YN said:
g3org3y said:
HID kits are very much a case of plug and play tbh. The only issues are finding somewhere to mount the ballast and drilling a hole in the headlamp back covers to pass the wires through.
Yea, and MOT issues, seems alot of hassle. I guess my car would of had HID's if they were meant for them! Need to get ordering some new bulbs today, just don't want to waste my money on getting some with a crap light throw.Did a motorway journey the other evening and it was awful not being able to see fully ahead. Will not be going on another motorway until I have new bulbs that for sure.
One thing that might be worth considering (as well as fancy bulbs) is cleaning/polishing the headlamp glass.
Best bulbs I've used so far are the Philips X-Treme Vision. Less than £20 online.
Edited by g3org3y on Sunday 28th October 10:04
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