ally67 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 As it nears a year of owning the cmax, I am still amazed at how much I have enjoyed it compared to my BMW! I long to keep it but the headlights are driving me bonkers! I bought a set of the Philips xtreme vision but there is nothing xtreme about them! I dont have the greatest eye sight in the dark I have to admit but these are terrible! Other than hitting the illegal 100w I am struggling here and dont want to waste a fortune buying and trying bulbs out?Any ideas guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 87 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The best legal bulbs for brightness are probably Osram Nightbreakers. I have them for my full beam and fogs, and they are great, much brighter than standard. Also your dipped beam might be dipped too low, which was the case with my current and previous car, so you might want to take it to a garage and get them to adjust the dipped beam higher if they can legally do that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 If you want to spend money on it buy a set of hid headlamps and convert it to get the best out of the car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally67 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 The best legal bulbs for brightness are probably Osram Nightbreakers. I have them for my full beam and fogs, and they are great, much brighter than standard. Also your dipped beam might be dipped too low, which was the case with my current and previous car, so you might want to take it to a garage and get them to adjust the dipped beam higher if they can legally do that. I was going to get the night busters but having had such a disaster with the bright ones opted to go illegal but I have a feeling the headlights may be slightly too low as well. Will have to get a garage to take a look I guess. If you want to spend money on it buy a set of hid headlamps and convert it to get the best out of the car. Do you have any links for the HID? I have tried looking in to that but not got anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercmaxer Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I'd second to the Osram night breakers much better than normal bulbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/categories/manufacturer/FORD/S-MAX/2006-present/ these are the kits, but you also need: you can then buy the headlamps from Ford, and hopefully the fitting of the HID with the headlamps that are marked for it should give you the legal option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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