View Full Version : Uprated Head Lamp bulbs make no differnce!
stuart_hatch
04-11-2005, 15:27
Just upgraded my Philips Vision Plus bulbs (which i never noticed a differnce between those and the standard ones) to Philips Blue Vision Bulbs now i have compared these too the Vision Plus Bulbs, they are still as yellow!! Grr ive just spent +£30 on the bloody things!
I put the Blue vision ones on my LC a few months back, I noticed that the bulbs give out a whiter light although, my girlfriend said they looked the same as the OE ones :censored:
Here's a piccie of my motor with the blue vision bulbs, they're not quite as yellow as the picture makes out in real life though
http://www.zen28612.zen.co.uk/Img_0148.jpg
The Phillips Vision plus and Osram Silver stars doe look OE but they are brighter than OE! The problem I find with Leon/Toledo lamps is that there is a sudden cut off in the beam, so it does not do much for lighting things up in the distance.
Have you tried to adjust the lamps upwards at the lamps (not switch in cabin)? OE, they are adjusted very low. I adjusted mine and found a marked improvement.
The Philips Blue vision do give a much whiter beam, heres them in action, fitted to my Almera:
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=769352&postcount=20
the vision+ bulbs aren't supposed to be white. Even the blue visions have a very light tint. This ends up being a good thing because halogens that give you very white light like some of the extremely expensive PIAA bulbs do it at the cost of the actual light emitted to the ground.
the white light they produce fools your eyes into thinking there is more light being produced but the truth is that there's less light.
the vision+ bulbs aren't supposed to be white. Even the blue visions have a very light tint. This ends up being a good thing because halogens that give you very white light like some of the extremely expensive PIAA bulbs do it at the cost of the actual light emitted to the ground.
the white light they produce fools your eyes into thinking there is more light being produced but the truth is that there's less light.
Very true! PIAA whiter than white bulbs are expensive and totally naff IMO
If you want some "proper" car lighting, then get some of these:
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showpost.php?p=479630&postcount=1
Nathanio
04-11-2005, 15:53
I've done Osram SilverStars and they were a marked improvement over the OE bulbs in there. Defo a bright white light I got off em
Very true! PIAA whiter than white bulbs are expensive and totally naff IMO
defo agree, and the higher the "k" rating, the worse they get!!
they leave huge "black holes" in the beam pattern, particularly bad at dusk/twilight