Bright Head lights with Xenon bulbs

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:08 pm

Had them for a couple of weeks but only just got round to taking a picture. I now have super bright Xenon bulbs in place of the crappy yellowy white bulbs that where there before. It has defiantly improved my field of vision and they look cool too, just like the new Merc of BMW head lights. Got them from www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk just typed in the car make, model and year and it told me what bulbs I wanted, only Â£11.99 a pair, bargain.

Will be the fogs and the day runners next

pol · Post by **pol** » Mon May 09, 2005 10:49 pm

Yeah, think thats the first thing i did after getting my car. Cant remember if the ones i bought were road legal or not but they're not blinding or anything. Made a massive difference. And still havent blown since i bought them a couple of years ago...

pol

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Mon May 09, 2005 11:24 pm

Just did the same this weekend!

Xenon blue H4 for the pop-ups
"All-weather" filtered H3 for the fogs
and 100W Xenon H3 the auxillary lights for "off-road use only"

The white/blue light is so much nicer for night-time driving and the extra kick in the auxillaries is handy (re-adjusted the throw too, coz before they were pointing at the same place as the dipped beams?!) on the twisty country lanes (have to remember to switch them off though!)
All weather fogs are nice come winter.

480_rocket · Post by **480_rocket** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:35 am

Ace, that saves me looking in the manual for the type of bulbs

I hope the wiring is up to running the auxilary lights at 100w a side...

Does anyone make the day running lights in the Xenon sort?

SanPhire · Post by **SanPhire** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:55 am

Ace, that saves me looking in the manual for the type of bulbs

I'm glad my anal retentiveness came to the aid of some one

I hope the wiring is up to running the auxilary lights at 100w a side...

The back of the packet claims the bulbs are suitable for a straight swap from standard bulbs - no blurb anywhere about melting cables etc... /so/ I've kept the reciept - if they short out I shall be on the phone to the complaints department rapidly

The day running lights aren't halogen to start with - just ordinary filament bulbs. I haven't seen anywhere that manufactures upgrades for these lights - but a blue tint on the glass would push out a much whiter light

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:48 pm

80w/100w main head lights
100w driving lights, Had this setup for well over a year without anything melting.

normal is 55/65 ?

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:30 pm

i've got increased bulbs also, however i've noticed that when the 480 is fully lit up the power (electrical that is) seems reduced. is this normal? Will post pics of my uprated headlights later tonight hopefully!

turnac · Post by **turnac** » Tue May 10, 2005 1:43 pm

looks impressive

I am to install the fog lights finally during this weekend, as they have been waiting for it for the last 10 days

And I shall get xenon bulbs as I will get to the uk

They are really nice Adam

Milosz_480 · Post by **Milosz_480** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:26 pm

turnac wrote: And I shall get xenon bulbs as I will get to the uk

They are also avaiable in Poland. I was thinking about them but friend of mine used to have them in CC sporting and exept for visual effect I can't see a diffrence.

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:59 pm

They do day runner xenons too, will be getting them next and then the fogs. All of their prices include delivery and VAT, took 2 days for delivery and paid by paypal, good service

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Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:00 pm

are the day runners 10 or 5 watt?

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:15 pm

Why you want or need xeon day lights?

MrHyde · Post by **MrHyde** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:20 pm

volvo-bigbrother wrote:are the day runners 10 or 5 watt?

Mine got dual filament 4/21W so i'd say neither - nor ;)

Hauke

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:21 pm

The boy has a point!

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:26 pm

Run rabbit, run rabbit

here comes a 480 with it's lights bright!

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:30 pm

Just thought, Iâ€™m not sure if the xenon bulbs have double filaments. Anyway I will be doing the fogs

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chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Tue May 10, 2005 7:44 pm

They do day runner xenons too, will be getting them next

I doubt your headlights would go up and down afterwards....

I have 80/100W headlamp bulbs, bben in since October time, have done a LOT of night driving, probably more than half on average, and haven't melted anything yet, but i'm still not totally ruling out the posibiltiy that at some point i may have to replace half the wiring!!

Chris

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:01 pm

im running the same too, and mine are ok...

Joolz · Post by **Joolz** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:11 pm

I've just ordered some blue xenons.........are they easy to fit???

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Wed May 11, 2005 6:15 pm

yes just like changed a normal headlamp bulb