Which Headlight Bulb?

[Sir Bagalot]

So one popped today. I will replace both, and they're standard headlights.

So what bulb is best to put in? A search says the Orsam Nightbreaker Plus.

Not after any fancy kits, this is a standard H4 replacement.

[Rubin215]

Cheapest lamp you can get for just now and order an HID kit off ebay.

Same price as a decent lamp, umpteen times the brightness.

[Negative Creep]

Rubin215 said:

Cheapest lamp you can get for just now and order an HID kit off ebay.

Same price as a decent lamp, umpteen times the brightness.

If you want to look like a chav and dazzle everyone then by all means go for it. Or just get some nightbreakers off ebay for around £15 a pair

[Sir Bagalot]

Whoops. It's a H7 fitting.

Nightbreaker Plus are £12.50 from ECP, but does anyone know the real world difference between Nightbreaker Plus and Nightbreaker Unlimited?

[PoleDriver]

Unlimited are the latest ones from Osram. They are {allegedly) brighter and whiter than the plus. I can vouch for the fact that this is true!

[jamesbilluk]

I have a set of the Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited's

Very impressive and would recommend them

[GC8]

Do they last though?

[Flying Toilet]

I've had night breakers in various cars and they vary in life, whether that's luck of the draw or not I don't know...

[GC8]

I have a pair thats lasted for two years. In a car that never leaves the garage though... Otherwise 6mths is more like it.

[catman]

Osram bulbs are good, also Phillips Extreme worth a look. I usually buy mine from Amazon or Ebay.

Tim

[buzzer]

Get a hid kit. Adjust the lights properly so they didn't dazzle. Much better than any standard bulb. The ballasts can go on the cheaper kits though.

Que the usual barrage of post on here from the tooth sucking PC brigade saying you will look like a chav, it's illegal..... You neeed this and that...

Bottom line is they give a brighter, safer light.

[PIGINAWIG]

Bottom line is you're putting a gas discharge bulb in a housing designed for a halogen bulb. You shouldn't have to adjust the beam pattern on the halogen. Why would you adjust it for HID? Perhaps because the bulb is too bright for the design, so the light scatters and blinds other drivers. You can now get a HID kit with the bulbs painted at the top to reduce glare in the halogen housings, but most don't bother - as long as they think their beams are bright innit....

Projector headlights accept HID kits with a lot less hassle and scatter. Why not fit these or change cars. F'kin chavs.

[GC8]

Nothing to do with brightness and everything to do with the position of the arc!

[g3org3y]

Philips X-Treme Vision.

[PoleDriver]

GC8 said:

Do they last though?

I fotgot to mention... Osram claim greatly extended life for the 'unlimited'! I haven't had the opportumity to test that claim yet!

[fangio]

buzzer said:

Bottom line is they give a safer light.

Except to oncoming traffic......

Bell ends, the lot of them!

[Steve93]

PIGINAWIG said:

Bottom line is you're putting a gas discharge bulb in a housing designed for a halogen bulb. You shouldn't have to adjust the beam pattern on the halogen. Why would you adjust it for HID? Perhaps because the bulb is too bright for the design, so the light scatters and blinds other drivers. You can now get a HID kit with the bulbs painted at the top to reduce glare in the halogen housings, but most don't bother - as long as they think their beams are bright innit....

Projector headlights accept HID kits with a lot less hassle and scatter. Why not fit these or change cars. F'kin chavs.

Also the car should be fitted with headlight washers and a self levelling system that works off the suspension.

Nightbreakers are a good shout and all my cars have them.

[750turbo]

When I were a lad...

We had, sealed beams, 410's and 472 for the posh buggers

Now, you need a bloody degree to change the things.

OH, and do not mention Oil Spec, there use to be 2: Petrol & Diesel...

[buzzer]

fangio said:

buzzer said:

Bottom line is they give a safer light.

Except to oncoming traffic......

Bell ends, the lot of them!

Yep, all those millions with HID headlights... bell ends the lot of em...

[GC8]

PoleDriver said:

GC8 said:

Do they last though?

I fotgot to mention... Osram claim greatly extended life for the 'unlimited'! I haven't had the opportumity to test that claim yet!

Id be interested to know how this transpires.