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Title: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: Glenn on 20 October 2006, 10:45:16

Anyone tried any alternative bulbs to make the main beam appear as bright as the xenon dipped beam ?
Lots of supposedly xenon bulbs available, are they any good ?

Cheers

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 20 October 2006, 12:06:17

I use Vaux +50's which seem good (made by Osram I think)

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: JUT on 22 October 2006, 13:45:14

They're probably Osram Silverstars under a different name then - I've got those in main beam and dip, much brighter than standard.

Don't go for "xenon look" bulbs, almost every blue-tinted bulb puts less light on the road, and many are rated at a higher wattage, which you may think means they'd be brighter, but in truth what you get is a bulb that isn't any brighter (because it's painted blue) and runs much hotter, burning out in a tenth of the time and sometimes taking your wiring with it. Same can be true using 80 or 100w normal bulbs, they draw more current and burn out a lot quicker.

Stick to normal colour bulbs, but in a 30% or 50% uprated brightness. By brand name they'd be Osram Silverstar (best ones in my experience), Ring Ultra Xenon and Philips Vision Plus. All much of a muchness, won't get you that HID-look but will make you lights better.

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: Jimbob on 22 October 2006, 16:22:29

I use Halfords +50's (Ultra Brilliance I think) in the Mazda, big improvement, and noticed they are on bogof at the moment as well.

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: infinity1 on 22 October 2006, 17:34:44

just a quick one do i need h7 bulbs on my pre facelift?????? why oh why are they twice the price..... :-[

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: JUT on 22 October 2006, 17:37:09

I would assume mine's a pre facelift (it's P reg) and it has H1's on main and dips

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 22 October 2006, 17:44:49

Ive got +50's in my main and dipped beam.......to see the difference......change one bulb first and switch on lights......you can easily spot the extra brightness  :y

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: rpont on 22 October 2006, 18:18:55

I got powerbulbs +50%, bogof + a free set of Philips sidelight bulbs. The sidelight bulbs have a blue coating but I'm not too worried about that on sidelights.

http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk/

I haven't put them in yet but people were saying how good they were on the uk car maintenance group a couple of years ago when they came out.

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: tunnie on 22 October 2006, 23:26:21

my main beams are excellent, dipped is ok nothing special but does the job.

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: TheBoy on 23 October 2006, 09:13:35

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my main beams are excellent, dipped is ok nothing special but does the job.

What bulbs you using? If you're not using the +50 type, I would recommend you try a set in your dipped...

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: The Barge Captain on 23 October 2006, 13:08:43

I bought a set of brighter xenon type lamps (standard wattage blue tint) from e-bay - what a load of rubbish >:(
With lights on hi beam they were just about as bright as standard ones on dipped.

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: TheBoy on 23 October 2006, 13:13:46

'Xenon' halogen bulbs are crap, worse than standard halogens, despite what any seller may try to tell you...

Title: Re: Main beam bulbs ?
Post by: The Barge Captain on 24 October 2006, 00:20:33

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'Xenon' halogen bulbs are crap, worse than standard halogens, despite what any seller may try to tell you...

Yep - know that now :(
Still, looked quite cool in a blue kind of way.