Blue Headlight bulbs for GTi ?

[scotgc]

Hi Everyone,

With the dark nights in and me driving more at  night im getting fed up with the poor quality lights on
the GTI and am after changing them for brighter ones. What kind should i go for ? Searched the forum but couldnt find much. What type of bulbs do i need to get and which make is the best ?

Thanks 

[stealthwolf]

Use powerbulbs website. You can find your car and get the appropriate bulbs. Off the top of my head, both mainbeams and dipped are H7-type bulbs.

I bought the philips x-treme ones - hullva lotta difference between stock and those ones.

Good luck with fitting them, especially if you get the sidelights,

[bacillus]

You can consider the Philips X-Treme Power Bulbs

[AlanD]

These are the ones that I have in mine and have been very impressed and are a great improvement over the original "candles" that VW provide. There have been a few threads on this so take a closer look with the search function to get more opinions.

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=81

When I bought these I got these free as they had a deal going on. Id say its also worth getting these aswell if the deal is no longer on:

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=31

You also get a forum membership discount of 10% off - http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7198.0

Hope this helps.

[Jkctr]

Im still amazed the GTI didnt come with xenons as standard. They should be considered a safety feature over a luxury!

[garethmk1]

I have fitted the Phillips H7 Bluevision to my ED30 - They are fantastic - they really do give a xenon tint on the road and are very noticable to other road users, without the boy racer blue effect.  I have Phillips H7 Xtreme Visions fitted to my partners Mk4 Polo - they are also extremly good bulbs - more light that the bluevisions, but the bluevisions definately hit that xenon look.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Gareth

[winrya]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/product_honours_2007/208754/accessory_of_the_year_philips_xtreme_power.html

I put the above bulbs in my car and they are absolutely superb.  I've never been sold on xenons, they looks very cool but our cooper s has them and they simply don't throw the light as far as the golf's lights do.  Mini xenons (04 onwards) are regarded as brilliant so i feel its a good comparison.  The above bulbs are very white but not blue.  My understanding with blue halogen bulbs is that they become less effective the more blue they are.

[Josho]

I threw some OSRAM Nightbreakers in the Chrysler, and it is a HUGE improvement, you can actually see all the bumps and turns down lanes now.

They are better then Phillips X Treme apparently.

[tonyh]

gents , is this a diy fit ? if so how easy to do pls, any picture guides for the technically challenged ?! thanks

[stealthwolf]

You don't need pics to do it. I'm a complete numpty of a mechanic when it comes to things like these so if I can do it, guaranteed you can.

The dipped beams are behind a plastic cover that has a handle on it. Twist the handle and the lid comes off. The light bulb is attached to the lid (I think). The mainbeams are a little more tricky. They're behind a rubbery lid that is just a lid (no sockets or anything). Can't remember how I got it, bit of a fiddle. The indicators were also easy to change.

The sidelights are a nightmare.


Do a search for 'bulbs' in the title of the threads and you'll get three or four posts telling you exactly what to do.