Brightest Legal/Illegal Headlamp Bulbs

1. user_12092 Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2006 Inside Your Girlfriend Posts: 12190 Fabia vRS

   #1 19th May 2009, 00:09

   Right my headlights are shocking so need some bright bulbs as do alot of night driving dont want the ones that show up blue as dont think they help.
   
   So what do you suggest HID is out as would have to change for the mot
2. WestC4oasty Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2008 St.Albans Posts: 449 Saxo westcoast Vtr Powered

   #2 19th May 2009, 00:09

   xenons
3. user_12092 Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2006 Inside Your Girlfriend Posts: 12190 Fabia vRS

   #3 19th May 2009, 00:11

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by WestC4oasty xenons

   Wow super informative answer lol
4. Predator_R32p Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP

   #4 19th May 2009, 00:26

   I didnt have to change my hids for my mot
5. user_12092 Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2006 Inside Your Girlfriend Posts: 12190 Fabia vRS

   #5 19th May 2009, 00:27

   Thought they wouldnt pass?
   
   Are they worth the extra money though?
   
   Ie bulbs £15ish
   
   Hids £80ish?
6. Predator_R32p Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP

   #6 19th May 2009, 00:29

   Well all depends on the tester at the end of the day, you get picky ones and not so picky ones, i knew the people who did mine as i used to work there
   
   6000k ones are about borderline legal on colour, buthere not legal if there not already fitted on a car as standard, ive not had any bother and i dont know anyone else that has had any bother with having them
7. baker556 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2007 127.0.0.1 Posts: 4826 oem+ sax

   #7 19th May 2009, 00:45

   just get 100watt bulbs ive got them and their awesome....http://www.aceparts.com/
   
   trust me thats a great company to deal with aswel !
8. TU-Tuning Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2006 Bristol Posts: 16575 JP4urio, 306 DTurbo SportShed

   #8 19th May 2009, 00:51

   100w bulbs are a bad idea dude, could easily melt your wiring loom lol
9. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

   #9 19th May 2009, 08:49

   you should get some osram night breakers mate
10. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

    #10 19th May 2009, 14:44

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ben_Saxo 100w bulbs are a bad idea dude, could easily melt your wiring loom lol

    thats good to know!! i was looking at buying some the other day!
11. Spanky Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2007 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 9578 Saxo VTS

    #11 19th May 2009, 16:28

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by baker556 just get 100watt bulbs ive got them and their awesome....http://www.aceparts.com/ trust me thats a great company to deal with aswel !

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ben_Saxo 100w bulbs are a bad idea dude, could easily melt your wiring loom lol

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NICK2506 thats good to know!! i was looking at buying some the other day!

    wrong.
    
    i had 100w headlight bulbs AND 130w foglight bulbs not so long ago and they wer perfectly fine.
    
    they do recomend you change your wiring and run bigger relays etc
    
    reason being is the standrd wiring cant put the power through the bulbs really need.
    
    Like a sub for example, the bigger (thicker) the wires, the better.....
    
    They will be fine n the standard loom but for the best performance and the best brightness of the bulbs, you should really upgrade the wiring.
    
    I got quoted £50 to upgrade the headlight AND foglight wiring on my car from a local auto electricians
    
    There are the bulbs i had.
    
    HEADLIGHTS
    
    FOGLIGHTS
    
    i didnt really rate the headlights bulbs as the blue tinge made them less bright, but the foglight bulbs wer amazing, didnt need the headlights, even on back roads!
    
    for the headlights i would go with these.... HERE
    
    other than that, get a HID kit as they are DEFO worth it!
    
    Hopw this has helped
    
    EDIT - Also, i forgot to mention, i never once got any boher from the police, even though i had 100w blue bulbs in.
    
    So i would imagine the 160w would be perfectly fine as they are just white.....
    
    obviously the 160w is only on the main beam, think it says there 90-100w on dipped...
    
    would recomend gettin some 130w foglight bulbs for if your on back roads etc
12. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

    #12 19th May 2009, 16:34

    how blue were the 100W ones you had?
13. RichM Established Member Joined: Oct 2007 Plymouth Posts: 1871 Saxo VTR MK2 '01 Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch '60

    #13 19th May 2009, 16:41

    I got Ring Sportz blue 100W in mine, a lot better than what I had before. Nice white light with a tint of blue but wasn't that noticeable. Never been hassled by the police.
14. Spanky Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2007 Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 9578 Saxo VTS

    #14 19th May 2009, 17:21

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by NICK2506 how blue were the 100W ones you had?

    well they wernt any bluer than a 6k HID kit but the brightness sufferd becsue of this tbh
15. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

    #15 19th May 2009, 18:27

    i want some blue bulbs for my angel eyes and ive seen some 7500k xenon bulbs...they may not be that bright but i reckon they would look good.