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Offline Matt555

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #10 on: 02 June 2006, 20:16 »
Me to  :cool: :cool: :cool:

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #11 on: 03 June 2006, 22:08 »
koll, thanks guys for going to all this trouble.

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #12 on: 04 June 2006, 09:37 »
Here you go dean!!!  I think you'll get the idea...............






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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #13 on: 04 June 2006, 16:42 »
thats looks great! a nice pure bright white light.  what would be interesting to see is what they look like compared to standard golf mk 5 lamps, dunno if you guys are able to get pics of those?

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #14 on: 05 June 2006, 07:28 »
Jez Dean, you don't want much fella!!!!   :huh:

I can't help you with that, but I'm sure someone can!

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #15 on: 05 June 2006, 14:23 »
how bright are the normal halogen beams? and how well would they light the road up especially down country roads with no lamp posts?

also can you purchase brighter halogen bulbs for these standard lamps woth a blue hue to them?

I can understand Matt and Doc raving about them, but we didn't go for them, falling into the "fook me, that's a lot of dosh for some brighter lights!" camp  :shocked:

- maybe if my job involved night time deliveries I'd have thought it essential, but as is, you are right you should be able to buy some better ordinary bulbs to increase your lighting power for considerably less than £725 - ok, they won't be as good, but you can still make significant improvements for about £30. 

And having just returned from a 3 week trip round Europe in the Golf, we managed just fine without.  :smiley:
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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #16 on: 06 June 2006, 13:08 »
thats kool, what are the best brightest bulbs you can buy for the GTi?  I heard PIAA do super bright bulbs,  whats the plasma bulbs like compared to halogen bulbs?

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #17 on: 06 June 2006, 20:33 »
I do use Piaa bulbs in my non Xenon motors and they are the next best thing - normally around £75-£90 a pair.

BUT if I could I'd of paid the extra on my van etc but you cant get 'em - trying to source some touran xenons at the moment - its like everything pas, abs etc - once you've had 'em and seen just how good they are you cant do without!

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #18 on: 07 June 2006, 00:01 »
van = standard bulbs (for now  :wink:)



Scoob STi = Piaa H4 Xtreme bulbs - Closest to HID (Xenon look)







Piaa's on wall


Golf = Xenons







Xenons on wall


they even look cool when their off!




Plus if Darth Vader had headlamps on his ship they'd be Golf bi-xenons!

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Re: Halogen Headlights over Xenons?
« Reply #19 on: 07 June 2006, 12:13 »
van = standard bulbs (for now  :wink:)

Plus if Darth Vader had headlamps on his ship they'd be Golf bi-xenons!

So true!   :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: