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freelandergooner

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Hi all
Can anyone point me towards a link too upgrade my headlight bulbs as they are just too dim ?.
Can I go down the led path or do I have to stick to halogen ??.
There are so many types of headlight bulb out there that I know with out a little help I'll get it wrong.
My vehicle is a Freelander 1 td4 es on a 2000 plate, hope thats enough info.
 
You can try Osram Night Breakers, which are brighter than standard halogen. However the 472 (H4) headlamp design is very poor where dip beam output is concerned, as 50% of the available light is blocked inside the bulb.
 
Avoid the 'cold white' or 'ice blue' etc marketing, it's the modern look but it's harder on your eyes
 
kermit_rr said:
Avoid the 'cold white' or 'ice blue' etc marketing, it's the modern look but it's harder on your eyes
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And also less bright as an incandescent bulb outputs the most light 2700°k range, so the only way these blue bulbs work is to actually block the lower frequency light altogether, passing just the higher frequency blue 6000°k which is miniscule on an incandescent bulb.

Osram Night Breakers use a different gas and an tiny filament, which is burning at almost 3000°k, so produce a brighter and whiter light, but also have a very short life as a result.
 
Thank you for the replies peeps,
So is the consensus of opinion is that there is nothing really on the market that is a better upgrade than my stock bulbs ????.
 
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NIGHT BLINDNESS is distorted vision, including depth perception,
in dark or dim light.
Drinking a blended combination of fresh raw lemon juice, 2-3 raw
eggs and 1-3 tablespoons unheated honey alkalizes fluids in the
eyeballs. Generally, though, this condition mainly results from low
protein levels in the blood. .. Drinking raw carrot juice improves
the general health of the eyes. Adding a little raw watercress juice to
raw carrot juice increases healing of this condition. For better eye
health, add 4 tablespoons raw cream or 2 tablespoons unsalted raw
butter to 1 cup carrot juice. o_O
 
A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark
During World War II, the British Royal Air Force invented the myth tying carrots to clear, sharp vision as a way to explain the sudden increase in Nazi bombers being shot down. A disinformation campaign spread the rumor that British fighter pilots were eating carrots to improve their vision, when in reality the British had a new radar system they wanted to keep secret from Germany. The story caught on though, and it remains popular to this day. Although there is a grain of truth to the claim, most people will not experience positive changes in their vision from eating carrots unless they have a vitamin A deficiency.
The science is pretty sound that carrots, by virtue of their heavy dose of Vitamin A (in the form of beta carotene), are good for your eye health. A 1998 Johns Hopkins study, as reported by the New York Times, even found that supplemental pills could reverse poor vision among those with a Vitamin A deficiency. But as John Stolarczyk knows all too well as curator of the World Carrot Museum, the truth has been stretched into a pervasive myth that carrots hold within a super-vegetable power: improving your night-time vision. But carrots cannot help you see better in the dark any more than eating blueberries will turn you blue........

Try telling that to the smurfs then....
pmsl:p
 
KISSMYAURA said:
A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark
During World War II, the British Royal Air Force invented the myth tying carrots to clear, sharp vision as a way to explain the sudden increase in Nazi bombers being shot down. A disinformation campaign spread the rumor that British fighter pilots were eating carrots to improve their vision, when in reality the British had a new radar system they wanted to keep secret from Germany. The story caught on though, and it remains popular to this day. Although there is a grain of truth to the claim, most people will not experience positive changes in their vision from eating carrots unless they have a vitamin A deficiency.
The science is pretty sound that carrots, by virtue of their heavy dose of Vitamin A (in the form of beta carotene), are good for your eye health. A 1998 Johns Hopkins study, as reported by the New York Times, even found that supplemental pills could reverse poor vision among those with a Vitamin A deficiency. But as John Stolarczyk knows all too well as curator of the World Carrot Museum, the truth has been stretched into a pervasive myth that carrots hold within a super-vegetable power: improving your night-time vision. But carrots cannot help you see better in the dark any more than eating blueberries will turn you blue........

Try telling that to the smurfs then....
pmsl:p
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Want something real:
"If the Royal Air Force raided the Ruhr, destroying oil plants with its more accurately placed bombs and urban property with those that went astray, the outcry for retaliation against Britain might prove too strong for the German generals to resist. Indeed, Hitler himself would probably head the clamour. The attack on the Ruhr, in other words, was an informal invitation to the Luftwaffe to bomb London." Denis Richards The fight at odds, 1953, Vol. 1, p. 122.
 
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