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Replacement Xenon bulbs
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Replacement Xenon bulbs
I believe the Xenon bulbs in my car are probably the originals from 2009. Do they lose a bit of brightness/colour over time?
To be fair, they seem bright enough, just not particularly white.
Is there a recognised best replacement/upgrade bulb? I know they arenβt supposed to fail, or rarely at least so it might not be a common discussion.
I have seen the OSRAM Xenarc Night Breaker Unlimited D1S 4350K bulbs on the Powerbulbs site for Β£125 for a pair. Anyone have any experience of these or similar?
To be fair, they seem bright enough, just not particularly white.
Is there a recognised best replacement/upgrade bulb? I know they arenβt supposed to fail, or rarely at least so it might not be a common discussion.
I have seen the OSRAM Xenarc Night Breaker Unlimited D1S 4350K bulbs on the Powerbulbs site for Β£125 for a pair. Anyone have any experience of these or similar?
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SO long as you buy a matching pair from a well known manufacturer you will be ok. My car is 2009 and I have been considering this also.
For example https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Osram-HID-D3 ... SwXsFaUNCC
For example https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Osram-HID-D3 ... SwXsFaUNCC
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I fitted Philips Xenon X-treme Vision gen2 HID Car Headlight Bulb D1S , much brighter than the originals on my 80k mile car.
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flybobbie, thanks for sharing, was waiting for it
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And the beam pattern has a better spread. Previously there was more pronounced two vertical bright spots with wasted light up towards the sky on mains and i noticed daytime i could see the dipped beam on the curb which i never noticed before.
After tyres i think the best mod on my car.
After tyres i think the best mod on my car.
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Main/dip is the same bulb.
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Mine has adaptive bi xenons not sure if they all do?
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you can and should always check on Realoem the part numbers to make sure and also ask the shop
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If adaptive is like the one's i had on the MR2, i found them really annoying.