Wanting to upgrade headlight & sidelights bulbs

[JDM82]

Mines just arrived. Too busy to fit them but looking forward to seeing what there like.

[JDM82]

Been trying to fit these bulbs for the past hour. The original pops in and out with little of ease but the new bulb just won't go in. An hour on one bulb. I'd like to hear other peoples experiences with fitting before attempting it again. Anyone fitted there's yet?

[Olifran]

Managed to fit one of mine and then broke the other one (on the battery side). Very hard to get your hands in. The upgraded bulb was slightly whiter than standard. But not going to spend 15 quid to replace the one I broke. So put standard back in and turned DRL's off. 

[JDM82]

That's a shame mate. The one you did manage to fit, did it go in easily or was it awkward? If there not that much brighter it seems a chew on for nothing really but it's £30 wasted.

[Olifran]

The drivers side was easy enough. But the passenger side difficult. I removed the air filter cover. Still had to push the filter box as far backwards as I could. A lot of pushing and twisting on the bulb caused me to break it and it blew straight away. I don't think the £30 I paid would have been worth it. £15 maybe. They also made the reflector appear blue.

[mustard]

I remove the air box completely, makes it a 10 minute job, can't say that the bulbs make that much difference yet, but them I haven't seen them in the dark yet.

[cosmicremedy]

Thanks for the update guys, gonna hang for a bit with mine.

[JDM82]

Think it's gunna be removal of the air box for me. Would just throw the bulbs in the draw and leave the lights how they are but I'm tired of wasting money like that, my draws, cupboards and garage are full of wasted items

[Olifran]

Well I managed to get another bulb to replace the one that I broke. My verdict on the whiter H15 is they are crap! Nearly exactly the same as the standard ones. But whiter in the dark but u would never use the drl's in the dark anyway. In summary a waste of £30.