Usual reply about headlights applies.
Re-wire using relays and a decent loom then use Osram Night-Breaker bulbs, as long as your reflectors are in good condition then that is as bright as you can get while keeping it conventional.
After that it is LED replacements, not cheap but fairly good (I use Nolden's).
Re-wire using relays and a decent loom then use Osram Night-Breaker bulbs, as long as your reflectors are in good condition then that is as bright as you can get while keeping it conventional.
After that it is LED replacements, not cheap but fairly good (I use Nolden's).
Marmaduke
Well-Known Member
Take a look at this
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/boomslang-loom-274181.html
Boomslang Performance Headlight Loom
Personally I've got Halfords super bright jobbers in mine and they are a vast improvement on the normal bulbs
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/boomslang-loom-274181.html
Boomslang Performance Headlight Loom
Personally I've got Halfords super bright jobbers in mine and they are a vast improvement on the normal bulbs
hsp
Member
Or you can blast it with Xenon: HID Xenon 6000K Headlight Projector Lens Kit for H1 H7 for Retro Fit | eBay
pete_j
Active Member
To reinforce what Litch said...
When I bought my 200Tdi, the previous owner had installed 100/80W headlight bulbs.
(Yes, illegal on-road, but they got through 5 MoTs and nobody noticed!)
Anyway, point is, when one failed I replaced it with a 60/55W Osram Nightbreaker -- so I had one of each -- and you could not tell the difference in brightness between them. (The Nightbreaker had the far greater throw, and was slightly more blue.)
Can also recommend the Wipac Crystal conversion, which uses the reflector to focus the beam, rather than the lens.
Relays/thicker wire is on the ToDo list...
(Incidentally, if anyone is interested in a pair of 100/80 bulbs, where only the 100 works, drop me a PM!!)
pete_j
Active Member
Osram Night Breakers have come first in Auto Express product awards 2013 (also 2010, 2011, 2012!).
They have good, even projection over 75m throw, whereas standard bulbs can only reach 50m.
That 25m is a lot of extra warning when you're driving! (That's what persuaded me.)
In the 2014 Tests, Philips X-tremeVision narrowly beat the NightBreakers, but they were being discontinued in favour of a +130% version, at twice the price (but appeared to be the best yet).
They have good, even projection over 75m throw, whereas standard bulbs can only reach 50m.
That 25m is a lot of extra warning when you're driving! (That's what persuaded me.)
In the 2014 Tests, Philips X-tremeVision narrowly beat the NightBreakers, but they were being discontinued in favour of a +130% version, at twice the price (but appeared to be the best yet).
