Interestingly, VW now sell official "blue" bulbs, including W5W sides and H7 halogens. Part numbers and prices available if anyones interested.
Dammit and I've already ordered and fitted the powerbulbs just now.
I think ordering a job lot from PB, and getting the freebies would work out cheaper than getting them all individually from the stealer. I only mentioned it for those who had already upgraded some of their bulbs already. And PowerBulbs only sell quality stuff from Philips or Osram, so will be as good, if not better than those from the stealer (which also happen to be from either Philips, Osram, or GE).
Can't believe the mainbeams and sidelights aren't as easy to swap as the dipped and indicators. Mainbeam bulbs were difficult to seperate from the connector.
So the mains are released from the reflector with the connector still on? I have come across that before, on Vauxhalls (whoops, that dreaded "V" word again!
). You just need to tease the bulb away with a flat-blade screwdriver.
Sidelights were frikkin horrendous. I could reach them with my fingers and pull on them but they wouldn't come off! Had to use a bit of jiggly motion (side-side, up-down) to loosen them enough to come away from the sockets. Cut one knuckle and scraped three others (two on each hand). Couldn't grip with pliers.
Just think yourself lucky you didn't have to master these on the Xenons - they are real utter barstwards. Not as bad as a Megane though!
As stated, sidelights have a blue glass but the light they give off are white. In fact, when I swapped one of the sidelights for the powerbulb one, the original sidelight looked amber (like you get on roads) in comparison!
Yup, they are deceptively cool arnt they?
Noticed the difference with the mainbeams too but not so much with the dipped beams. Anyone know why?
Maybe because the dipped beams have the top half of the beam chopped off - so you are only getting half of the extra gain.?
Now the lights look clearer, the fogs look too yellow!
Be carefull with fogs. If you genuinely do use them in the fog, then upgrading the standard bulbs to these "ice white" or blue types of bulbs - and they will be considerably less effective. You will get much more glare, and "bounce back" from the fog. The best bulbs for fog lamps (front ones!
) are "all seasons" type bulbs, which actually have a yellow type of coating, and don't look to dis-similar to the old skool "piss-filled" yellow frenchy headlamps.
If however, you just use them for posing, then go for it.
