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Bulb recommendations

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:41 pm
by Little Jonny
Hey guys. What's the best bulbs for headlights in a 2013 polo. Wanting some brighter than stock and white rather than cream light. Have been told that the white ones are a nightmare in the rain. Is this the case? . To much choice and don't want to get any errors on the dash of fork out for some bulbs that blind everyone i drive past.
What have you guys installed?

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Re: Bulb recommendations

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:00 pm
by joelburbidge
Osram nightbreaker unlimited

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:12 pm
by Little Jonny
Do you rate these? How are they in the rain. A friend has something similar installed and complains that the light reflects from ground water too much

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Bulb recommendations

Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:50 pm
by chrispy.
Get yourself some Ultra Power Bulbs 5000K
£7-£10
Much better than stock
Super happy! :)


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Re: Bulb recommendations

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:07 am
by joelburbidge
I haven't actually have them in my polo but I was considering getting the xenon versions, but I have fitted them to family and friends cars and from what I've seen and they have told me they're so much better then stock, they've never told there is a problem in the rain and when I've been in the car I haven't seen a problem.

Bulb recommendations

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:16 am
by chrispy.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350783480379


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Re: Bulb recommendations

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:55 pm
by PogoCT
Phillips Diamond or Crystal vision 5000k - and yes i too have the same complaints, it doesn't do much in the rain (not that it rain's all that much in SA) :?

Re: Bulb recommendations

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 2:58 pm
by nry
Those cheap eBay bulbs are downright dangerous! I had a full set in my current Astra yet my wife's Zafira with one headlight bulb gone was still massively brighter and safer! I'd not tough them again!

Philips Diamond Vision seem the 'whitest' standard bulb, but the Osram Nightbreakers are darn good bulbs if a little less 'white'.

Whether you care or not, the whiter the light, the less visible light there actually is, therefore the less you'll be able to see at night...unless the bulbs are bright enough to cope with the lack of yellow colours in the output spectrum.

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:22 pm
by Little Jonny
Cheers for replies I've ordered some nightbreakers

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Bulb recommendations

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:48 pm
by chrispy.
Get some pictures when they arrive :)
Would be good to see how they are


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Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:33 am
by Little Jonny
Will do

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Re: Bulb recommendations

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:59 am
by lxm
Avoid the Phillips Diamond 5000k- bought a pair and now im left with an overly chavvy blue tint in my headlight lense

Re: Bulb recommendations

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:15 pm
by smurftech
lxm wrote:Avoid the Phillips Diamond 5000k- bought a pair and now im left with an overly chavvy blue tint in my headlight lense
Sounds just what I need to go full blue for my blue silk BlueGT :)