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Offline The rock

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help with bulbs
« on: 30 December 2012, 08:15 »
fitted some drl fog light grills that the mrs bought me for christmas and are seriously bright white . only problem is my standrd headlights are sh ity yellow . can someone put a link up for some white headlight and sidelight bulbs that will look better , cheers and happy new year :laugh:

Offline Ginge 35Edition

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #1 on: 30 December 2012, 08:29 »

Offline Raffe

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #2 on: 30 December 2012, 08:31 »
Guessing you are running std Halogen headlights which I believe houses H7 bulbs.

Osram Nightbreakers seem to get good reviews and what I am considering as an upgrade as the std bulbs are literally awful.

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #3 on: 30 December 2012, 08:52 »
Sorry forgot to say, the error free issue only comes when you start looking at LED. the link I added allows you to enter your cars details and then gives you all options. I used it yesterday to sort my mates Leon FR out yesterday.

Offline mbradbrook

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #4 on: 30 December 2012, 09:04 »
I was looking at replacing my H7 headlight bulbs with:

H7 Philips X-treme Vision +100% Headlight Bulbs.

You can pick them up for £20 from Amazon (£39.99 from Autobulbs direct).

Any idea how easy they are to replace? It looks pretty tight at the back of the headlight.

Matt

Offline dave7268

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #5 on: 30 December 2012, 10:01 »
Fitted mine with Osram Nightbreakers years ago.   £15 on Amazon :smiley:

Great bulb, nice white light and a huge improvement over the standard H7 bulbs. Would definitely recommend them.

Very easy to fit. It looks tight but I managed to get my chunky hands in there and get the job done in a matter of minutes.

Just remove the rear rubber cap, reach in, grab the fitting and twist/pull, take bulb out and replace with new one (don't touch the bulbs glass casing).
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Offline EyeballPaul

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #6 on: 30 December 2012, 10:18 »
I have a set of the Philips Bulevision ultra H7's they burn at 4000k they are not blue at all but a really crisp white.i had a set of the Osrams they project the light a little better but are still pretty yellow. I have been really pleased with the Philips ones had them for 12 months now.
If its the white look it got to be the Philips i think.

Offline EyeballPaul

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #7 on: 30 December 2012, 12:22 »
I think Philips also do an ultra white sidelight bulb, think i got mine free when i brought the H7's

Offline dubber36

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #8 on: 30 December 2012, 13:21 »
I've just fitted a set of Osram Nightbreakers for main beam and Phillips Blue Vision parking lights to my  old Passat. They are much better than the previous standard bulbs, but still quite yellow compared to the bi-xenon lamps. Having said that, they do look a closer colour match the further you are away from the car.

fitted some drl fog light grills that the mrs bought me for christmas and are seriously bright white . only problem is my standrd headlights are sh ity yellow . can someone put a link up for some white headlight and sidelight bulbs that will look better

If you DRLs turn off when you turn your parking/headlights on, the colour match won't be such an issue.
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.

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Re: help with bulbs
« Reply #9 on: 30 December 2012, 13:29 »
ahhhhhh but when i say standard i mean STANDARD . mines a replica ha ha ha . will all these nightbreaker things fit normal golf headlights :grin: