Headlight Bulbs

[patbhoy]

Recommend me new headlight bulbs, i prefer white rather than blue bulbs.
I was thinking of Osram Nightbreakers, what would you recommend?

 

[Terranosaurus]

Yup - Osram Night Breakers or the Phillips equivalents.

 

[briggie]

Ive heard philips extreme are far better

 

[MudLifeCrisis]

Fitted Xenon Extreme bulbs to mine from Halfrauds. They are slightly blue in the centre but give a really good light.

 

[Terranosaurus]

Ive heard philips extreme are far better

Whatcar or autocar or similar did a test and though the Phillips did come out on top there was very little in it and it will vary with headlight type anyway.

I use the Night Breakers in my van, T2 and rally car. For Mac Challenge I had cibie Bi-oscar spots oon the T2 which use H4 bulbs so had them in those too and the combination of 2 pairs of the night breakers was awesome.

 

[clivvy]

i have nightbreakers in my mazda, really good, a lot of money but very bright and far reaching.

 

[harlowmaverick]

H.I.D. kit

i have a H.I.D. kit here that i may actually get around to fitting today.
these are meant to be good, anyone else got them?

 

[Timbo_1975]

Yes, but if you have the headlights with the H4 bulbs, and intend to fit the HID 'hi/lo' type kit -certainly on the mk2 square headlight T2- you can't as the metal deflector within the headlight gets in the way of the bulbs' shutter.

 

[Terranosaurus]

i have nightbreakers in my mazda, really good, a lot of money but very bright and far reaching.

Shop around they are available for vastly different prices £12-£40+ depending where you go.

 

[rustic]

Shop around they are available for vastly different prices £12-£40+ depending where you go.

You have me interested, on ebay they state the "newer" versions are more reliable and give a longer life, does this mean there is a lot of old stock out there, so there may be a difference in price!

Or is it a sales gimic by a few ebayers?

 

[patbhoy]

Osram Night Breakers £11.20 delivered
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OSRAM-NIGHTBR...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5d2b887a0e

Osram Night Breaker Plus £19.68 Delivered
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OSRAM-NIGHTBR...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19c00c0068

 

[clivvy]

i have a H.I.D. kit here that i may actually get around to fitting today.
these are meant to be good, anyone else got them?

i havent got HiD, but in the Mazda club, a lot of the MX-6's and 626's have them, and by all accounts they are very, VERY good.

 

[dave36]

halfords zenon bulbs £17.99 each

steer well clear, cheap rubbish sold at quality price, went through 3 sets in quick, very quick, succession, high beam failing just when you need it, now on Tesco cheepo standard H4 and no problem at all.

 

[rustic]

I have the high brightness ones from Aldi, H4's seem ok so far.

 

[larson]

the slightly blue bulbs are illigal and suposed to be an mot failure, but my last 2 cars passed with them in:nenau

 

[Terranosaurus]

the slightly blue bulbs are illigal and suposed to be an mot failure, but my last 2 cars passed with them in:nenau

Not to mention very chavvy too!!!!

or is it Chavvie???

 

[harlowmaverick]

im gonna try my H.I.D. kit anyway, worst comes to worst i can always put the standard bulbs back in:thumb2