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What Bulbs ?
Started by Gary Minty Jupe, Aug 29 2012 07:33 AM
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 06:12 PM
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 06:27 PM
never noticed to be honest
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Posted 15 September 2012 - 09:12 PM
Must admit I want rid of my MTEC Cosmos Blue as they don't throw the light far enough!
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Posted 15 September 2012 - 09:41 PM
Must admit I want rid of my MTEC Cosmos Blue as they don't throw the light far enough!
Looks like I made a good choice not going for them. They really that bad?
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Posted 15 September 2012 - 10:40 PM
Looks like I made a good choice not going for them. They really that bad?
Quite a few brown trouser moments on the motorway the other night mate. What are yours like?
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Posted 15 September 2012 - 11:26 PM
Quite a few brown trouser moments on the motorway the other night mate. What are yours like?
Top be fair the difference I've noticed is quite dramatic after doing a drive from nottingham to birmingham the other night.
Also, when I last drove back to nottingham it was also at night, and the missus happened to be looking out bedroom window to watch me pull in.
Had no cars in front of me n when I walked in she said she saw my beam of light coming up the road then wondered where I was cause I was actually still like half way down the road lol but she could see me coming from that far away, then said how with my old bulbs she couldn't see my beam till I was right outside the house.
Also said how she saw the !Removed! idiot behind me nearly went straight into the back of me as I pulled into our lay-by off the main road, even though I'd started indicating early and gradually slowed down giving plenty of warning that I was turning in.
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Posted 18 September 2012 - 11:03 PM
Will get some Osrams on my ebay watch list I think!
Thinking of maybe getting the Osram H7's and maybe some 100w bulbs for the full beam, as they won't be on to blind people (just country roads etc).
.....there is also a big part of me itching to get some HID's fitted :/
Thinking of maybe getting the Osram H7's and maybe some 100w bulbs for the full beam, as they won't be on to blind people (just country roads etc).
.....there is also a big part of me itching to get some HID's fitted :/
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Posted 18 September 2012 - 11:30 PM
I'm looking into the ST head lights but its gonna cost like 500quid for everything I'd need.
Which osrams you thinking? The night breakers or the cool blues?
Here's my cool blue H7's
Which osrams you thinking? The night breakers or the cool blues?
Here's my cool blue H7's
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Posted 19 September 2012 - 01:19 AM
Thinking cool blue if any. I did have 100w MTECs but read a few horror stories of them melting the plastic!!?! looked good though.
A big part of me wants HID's though and I reckon I won't be happy until I have them!
A big part of me wants HID's though and I reckon I won't be happy until I have them!
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Posted 19 September 2012 - 02:30 AM
Same here about the hids mate definitely a mod for the future but it's about 6th on the mods to do list lol so it's gotta wait
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Posted 25 September 2012 - 11:36 AM
Pay day is finally here so I have ordered the H7's and sidelights that Art linked to. I'll let you know how it goes!
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Posted 25 September 2012 - 12:19 PM
After reading this thread I'm not sure how to proceed. The general consensus seems to be brighter = better. However a matey of mine at work as just fitted some new bulbs (HID I think?) which are stupidly bright. He claims they're road legal but I'm not too sure.
Having said that, I don't want to be that guy on the motorway blinding everyone with even just dipped beams on (come across a few of them and got quite annoyed) Looking at the pictures I can't really tell just how bright the linked lights are.
Is there a nice compromise between nice bright lights allowing for good vision and blinding everyone I come across?
Having said that, I don't want to be that guy on the motorway blinding everyone with even just dipped beams on (come across a few of them and got quite annoyed) Looking at the pictures I can't really tell just how bright the linked lights are.
Is there a nice compromise between nice bright lights allowing for good vision and blinding everyone I come across?
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Posted 25 September 2012 - 12:50 PM
Osram H1 & H7 Night Breaker Plus
Completely (and I mean completely!) transformed the lights without being stupidly blue or stupidly blinding (no one had ever flashed me)
Completely (and I mean completely!) transformed the lights without being stupidly blue or stupidly blinding (no one had ever flashed me)
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Posted 25 September 2012 - 04:53 PM
i have to agree with that topic i drive unlit backroads at night to and from work and some of these kits are so blinding instinctively you try to shield youre eyes once the car passes you can barely see the window let alone the road i agree ban the !Removed! things if you cant see using normal lights slow down or get glasses.
just yesterday night i was blinded as i went over the crest of a hill nearly rear ended the chevrolet in front who had hit the brakes blinded by the same car
just yesterday night i was blinded as i went over the crest of a hill nearly rear ended the chevrolet in front who had hit the brakes blinded by the same car
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