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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Keano on 29 June 2010, 11:11
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Hi guys,
Just recieved my 'X-treme Power' bulbs to upgrade my poverty spec bulbs :cry: , I've noticed they give you a free pack of 'Phillips Premium W5W' sidelight bulbs.
My question is: Has anyone used either? And is it worth swapping the sidelights? What sort of light do they give out? ( and breatheeeee :grin:)
Cheers guys
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These are the ones I'm talking about :)
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I have fitted both to mine, and at first I thought they were great, they certainly looked better than the OEM ones. But when I was driving down the motor way late one night, I noticed the light my bulbs were giving off was just as dull and yellow as the crappy bog standard Micras and Corsa's I passed??? Any ideas why this is?
I did just put the car through its MOT, and there was a note saying the lights where to high, but I thought that just meant the angle? Surely they wouldnt of replaced them without me knowing? They didn't charge me for any new blubs ether. I also took one blub out to check and it looked like it was the Philips one, so I have no idea why the light they are giving off now looks yellow instead of white?
I may upgrade the main bulbs to the Night Breakers anyway as they are meant to be even brighter and give off a more white light.
Has anyone got the night Breakers fitted? If so am I right in thinking they give off a brighter light that the Philips?
Sorry if I have stollen the thread here :tongue:
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You go ahead matey. I'm interested too.
Though AutoCar claim that the X-treme give out better light than the Osrams
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Thanks.
Its weird, I went for the Philips because of all the good reviews they had and loads of people on here claim they are amazing. But on Sunday night I swear they looked yellow. I drove past some cars that had a nice white looking light, I dont think they had Xenons because they were more white than blue, and the cars that had them weren't top end nice cars if you know what I mean. And compaired my lights looked yellower than a 40 a day smokers teeth :grin:
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haha. nice comparison.
I'd say a 60 year old with bladder problems pants :sick:
How old are your bulbs? Maybe they are faulty?
Have you fitted the side lights?
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Mtec sidelights are better IMO
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I've had Phillips X-Treme Power bulbs and Bluevision sidelights for over a year now and haven't had any problems with them. The light is not xenon-white but it's a lot better than standard. More importantly the light output is much better.
Davestylee, maybe some oil or grease got on your bulbs? Even a small bit from your finger tips is enough to effect a bulb's outputs.
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haha. nice comparison.
I'd say a 60 year old with bladder problems pants :sick:
How old are your bulbs? Maybe they are faulty?
Have you fitted the side lights?
Ha ha that nice, but also disgusting at the same time.
The bulbs are only a few months old as I have only had the car for 6 months and the bulbs were the first thing I changed.
Sounds like my greasy fingers may have fudged them up. I will probably buy some Night Breakers soon as they are pretty cheap but I hear great things about them.
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Try Ultra power bulbs 5000k. They're around £10 a pair online and look great. Nightbreakers are brighter though, but these ones look better as they have a slight blue tint
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Hi guys,
Just recieved my 'X-treme Power' bulbs to upgrade my poverty spec bulbs :cry: , I've noticed they give you a free pack of 'Phillips Premium W5W' sidelight bulbs.
My question is: Has anyone used either? And is it worth swapping the sidelights? What sort of light do they give out? ( and breatheeeee :grin:)
Cheers guys
Ye I got the side light bulbs from them (quick service too). They are an improvement over the standard bulb, not as yellow. But no where near as white as a LED. They are a bit fiddly to fit, its worth it seeing as you have them.
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got my bluevisions from them got sidelights and dip/main beam bulbs and been in over a year now with no problems much better than the std oem candles :grin:
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Turns out the £50 i spent on uprated bulbs were already fitted to the fecking car!!!!!!!!!
:cry: :cry: :cry: :grin:
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Turns out the £50 i spent on uprated bulbs were already fitted to the fecking car!!!!!!!!!
:cry: :cry: :cry: :grin:
.......so i take it the uprated bulbs don't make much of a change then ?. I'm thinking of changing mine ?. :undecided:
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To be honest Mr. Hunt I've not tried them at night.
Didn't seem too different in the day. I was expecting a whiter light, but i never got it :angry:
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If the uprated bulbs are already in there and you still find the light poor you might want to see if they are aligned properly. The bulbs might be on the way out or damaged from finger grease too.
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Take the bulbs out and clean them with a microfibre cloth. Make sure they are properly fitted as otherwise it screws up the reflected light.
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used latex gloves and made sure i didnt touch the bulbs.
we'll see when night falls chaps :smiley: