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[OmegaAnglesey]

I've currently got fitted Night Breaker Plus on dip and main beam... Was just wondering are there any brighter bulbs out there as after going to see many cars for sale and driven them with Xenon's fitted i find them somewhat week on dip their fine on main beam. ?


Are Osram Cool Blue Intense any better ?

[henryd]

Personally I find the blue ones worse for light output,I'm using lucas +50's in my signum and they are ok,lights were dire before on dip beam although main beam is good

[dbug]

Generally the bluer the bulb, the lower the light output for a given bulb.  Particularly so for HIDs

[STMO123]

The blue ones are made to annoy other drivers, not so you can actually see.

[OmegaAnglesey]

Personally I find the blue ones worse for light output,I'm using lucas +50's in my signum and they are ok,lights were dire before on dip beam although main beam is good

I would have thought so was just checking 


I Have the headlight adjusters as high as they will go and they are just OK as said main beam is fine if anything very good for Halogen better than any car i've had before, But most of the time dip is the light is used the most and on the twisty roads a real must to have good lights    ...Am going to try and restore the headlights lenses to see if that will improve things slightly also.

[OmegaAnglesey]

The blue ones are made to annoy other drivers, not so you can actually see.

Aye i hate them especially the newish Land rovers Range rover and discovery when they come towards you on a dark road you can barely see in front   

[henryd]

Personally I find the blue ones worse for light output,I'm using lucas +50's in my signum and they are ok,lights were dire before on dip beam although main beam is good

I would have thought so was just checking 


I Have the headlight adjusters as high as they will go and they are just OK as said main beam is fine if anything very good for Halogen better than any car i've had before, But most of the time dip is the light is used the most and on the twisty roads a real must to have good lights    ...Am going to try and restore the headlights lenses to see if that will improve things slightly also.

If the headlamp outer glass/perspex (whatever it is )is cloudy it will affect light output,a good rub with G3 compound should bring them back

[OmegaAnglesey]

Personally I find the blue ones worse for light output,I'm using lucas +50's in my signum and they are ok,lights were dire before on dip beam although main beam is good

I would have thought so was just checking 


I Have the headlight adjusters as high as they will go and they are just OK as said main beam is fine if anything very good for Halogen better than any car i've had before, But most of the time dip is the light is used the most and on the twisty roads a real must to have good lights    ...Am going to try and restore the headlights lenses to see if that will improve things slightly also.

If the headlamp outer glass/perspex (whatever it is )is cloudy it will affect light output,a good rub with G3 compound should bring them back

Have bought something similar just waiting for it to be delivered 


Can anyone recommend a better bulb for dip or is Osram as good as it gets for Halogen ?

[henryd]

Personally I find the blue ones worse for light output,I'm using lucas +50's in my signum and they are ok,lights were dire before on dip beam although main beam is good

I would have thought so was just checking 


I Have the headlight adjusters as high as they will go and they are just OK as said main beam is fine if anything very good for Halogen better than any car i've had before, But most of the time dip is the light is used the most and on the twisty roads a real must to have good lights    ...Am going to try and restore the headlights lenses to see if that will improve things slightly also.

If the headlamp outer glass/perspex (whatever it is )is cloudy it will affect light output,a good rub with G3 compound should bring them back

Have bought something similar just waiting for it to be delivered 


Can anyone recommend a better bulb for dip or is Osram as good as it gets for Halogen ?

I think the Osram night breakers are about as good as it gets with standard bulbs

[OmegaAnglesey]

Personally I find the blue ones worse for light output,I'm using lucas +50's in my signum and they are ok,lights were dire before on dip beam although main beam is good

I would have thought so was just checking 


I Have the headlight adjusters as high as they will go and they are just OK as said main beam is fine if anything very good for Halogen better than any car i've had before, But most of the time dip is the light is used the most and on the twisty roads a real must to have good lights    ...Am going to try and restore the headlights lenses to see if that will improve things slightly also.

If the headlamp outer glass/perspex (whatever it is )is cloudy it will affect light output,a good rub with G3 compound should bring them back

Have bought something similar just waiting for it to be delivered 


Can anyone recommend a better bulb for dip or is Osram as good as it gets for Halogen ?

I think the Osram night breakers are about as good as it gets with standard bulbs

Just noticed your Signum is an Elite and it doesn't have Xenon's odd ? 

[henryd]

Personally I find the blue ones worse for light output,I'm using lucas +50's in my signum and they are ok,lights were dire before on dip beam although main beam is good

I would have thought so was just checking 


I Have the headlight adjusters as high as they will go and they are just OK as said main beam is fine if anything very good for Halogen better than any car i've had before, But most of the time dip is the light is used the most and on the twisty roads a real must to have good lights    ...Am going to try and restore the headlights lenses to see if that will improve things slightly also.

If the headlamp outer glass/perspex (whatever it is )is cloudy it will affect light output,a good rub with G3 compound should bring them back

Have bought something similar just waiting for it to be delivered 


Can anyone recommend a better bulb for dip or is Osram as good as it gets for Halogen ?

I think the Osram night breakers are about as good as it gets with standard bulbs

Just noticed your Signum is an Elite and it doesn't have Xenon's odd ? 

Doesn't have self levelling rear end either,all options I think,got a lurvely engine though and 5 speed auto so not all bad