Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs

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Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226237 30/10/2006 19:42 30/10/2006 19:42
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 800 Southend on Sea tonyd20vt OP Enjoying the ride
tonyd20vt OP Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 800 Southend on Sea	Im finally going to upgrade all my bulbs from the boring dull yellow ones. I'm thinking of going for buy the Phlips Blue Vision for the mains and dipped. And the 4 led ultrawhite for the side lights. Has anyone got any combinations which really work, advice would be appreciated. Tony

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226238 30/10/2006 19:47 30/10/2006 19:47
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I'd recommend HIDS. They're are some good deals going round. I bought my LED side lights from dashlights.co.uk and after originally buying the 4LED versions (which only lasted a month) they exchanged them for a 3LED version which seems to be working out better.

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226239 30/10/2006 19:58 30/10/2006 19:58
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I agree with kenno, i uprated my bulbs to PIAA high wattage ones with only a slight improvement, then i went the whole hog and got a HID conversion from HIDS4YOU. best lights ive ever had. and now only about £100 and easy to fit.

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226240 30/10/2006 21:57 30/10/2006 21:57
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 800 Southend on Sea tonyd20vt OP Enjoying the ride
tonyd20vt OP Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 800 Southend on Sea	Quote: I agree with kenno, i uprated my bulbs to PIAA high wattage ones with only a slight improvement, then i went the whole hog and got a HID conversion from HIDS4YOU. best lights ive ever had. and now only about £100 and easy to fit. £100 that isn't bad at all. Think i'm gonna go for the cheap n easy option 1st, got a list of other things I want to do aswell which is going to cost. cheers

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226241 30/10/2006 22:08 30/10/2006 22:08
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Anonymous Unregistered A	go for illegal for road rally bulbs for the dips mate. 100w IIRC and make a decent difference. mine did not last too long though, about 1yr. but i run all day with them on so maybe thats why?

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226242 30/10/2006 22:33 30/10/2006 22:33
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Might try Osram Silver Stars in the dipped and 100W's in the main. They run very hot so I wouldn't have them in the dipped side. HID is the way to go. Other thing to do first is get your halagens adjusted...makes a serious difference if they are out of alignment.

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226243 31/10/2006 01:01 31/10/2006 01:01
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Anonymous Unregistered A	main beam is fine though? wouldn't bother upgrading those personally. dip for me is where i find it impossible to see. 100w phillips rally bulbs never damaged the headlights or surounding area. cables fine, but plugs a bit brittle, more through old age i think agree that hid will be best, but as a cost

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226244 31/10/2006 02:40 31/10/2006 02:40
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 72 Chester AndyB Reaping the fruits
AndyB Reaping the fruits Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 72 Chester	where are HIDS4YOU? I tried googling it and got nothing? My Pearly White Beauty

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226245 31/10/2006 03:48 31/10/2006 03:48
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Here you go.

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226246 31/10/2006 04:40 31/10/2006 04:40
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I bought mine from ricerocketuk.. he's on this forum.

Just to tempt you #226247 31/10/2006 06:35 31/10/2006 06:35
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	Some pics of my HID's from I8AV8 and the matching coloured LED indicators Bockers put me onto. I'm very pleased with the result I have to say! it's modernised the coop's front end a tad. One two Yes, I know my bonnet isn't shut properly Coopless!

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226248 31/10/2006 16:40 31/10/2006 16:40
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 72 Chester AndyB Reaping the fruits
AndyB Reaping the fruits Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 72 Chester	Quote: Here you go. Cheers Matty My Pearly White Beauty

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226249 31/10/2006 18:39 31/10/2006 18:39
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Shouldn't these LED's work for the sidelights? I ask becuase i bought them but they dont work. So i want to know if its the bulbs or if i've just bought the wrong ones.

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226250 31/10/2006 19:30 31/10/2006 19:30
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 800 Southend on Sea tonyd20vt OP Enjoying the ride
tonyd20vt OP Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 800 Southend on Sea	Quote: go for illegal for road rally bulbs for the dips mate. 100w IIRC and make a decent difference. mine did not last too long though, about 1yr. but i run all day with them on so maybe thats why? Cheers for that. Any idea where I can get the Philips Rally bulbs? Autobulb direct? Tone

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226251 31/10/2006 20:31 31/10/2006 20:31
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Shouldn't these LED's work for the sidelights? I ask becuase i bought them but they dont work. So i want to know if its the bulbs or if i've just bought the wrong ones. Yes they should work.. Remember Diodes only work in one direction.. so you may have put them in the wrong way round.

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226252 31/10/2006 20:54 31/10/2006 20:54
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Anonymous Unregistered A	OMG i cant beleive my bad luck then. I put those bulbs in and out about 4 or 5 different times. To put them in the wrong way round EVERY TIME is just obsurd but thats exactly what happened. Put them in again, one was instantly the right way round, turned the other over and bingo LED lights

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226253 31/10/2006 21:50 31/10/2006 21:50
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Not quite the strut brace saga Glad you got it working in the end mate.

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226254 06/11/2006 14:46 06/11/2006 14:46
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,700 burning oil in the alfa whatmoretyres Forum is my job
whatmoretyres Forum is my job Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,700 burning oil in the alfa	Hi Rather than if you should change to HID I guess you're asking if there's a bulb swap you can do to brighten things up? If so... Just changed my standard halogens for some Halfords "Super Brilliance" bulbs (£14.99 each buy one get one free at the mo) What a difference! Noticiably brighter and whiter light instantly! A recommend from me now the nights are drawing in! (AND they're road legal! ) Smart Fitness and GPS seller

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226255 06/11/2006 15:58 06/11/2006 15:58
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Anonymous Unregistered A	http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=164635&an=0&page=0#Post164635

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226256 07/11/2006 04:47 07/11/2006 04:47
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Hi Rather than if you should change to HID I guess you're asking if there's a bulb swap you can do to brighten things up? If so... Just changed my standard halogens for some Halfords "Super Brilliance" bulbs (£14.99 each buy one get one free at the mo) What a difference! Noticiably brighter and whiter light instantly! A recommend from me now the nights are drawing in! (AND they're road legal! ) Maybe give these a try for £15 you cant go wrong...the osrams didnt help me much right enough

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226257 07/11/2006 04:51 07/11/2006 04:51
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,618 Oswestry Genic My life on the forum
Genic My life on the forum Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,618 Oswestry	yep, got the halfords super brillance main beams and i find them very good. would recomend them. G

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226258 07/11/2006 04:56 07/11/2006 04:56
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Have they got them for the dipped aswell matey

Re: Which upgrade bulbs?? Replacing all front bulbs #226259 07/11/2006 05:19 07/11/2006 05:19
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Genic My life on the forum Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,618 Oswestry	i imagine they do, but tbh if you can afford it go HID,a normal bulb cant match them imho. G

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