General Xenons

Mark Elvin · Mar 3, 2008

Back on thread yoofs.

Have you seen the cost of those bulbs in Hellfrauds, get them off EBAY, bought some for the wife's Honda FR-V & they are barley blue, but more a bright white with no yellowish tinge, enough to make a noticable difference to the illumination at night

Mark Elvin · Mar 3, 2008

Suasexed said:
my first mod will be putting in chrome indicator lights to get rid of the orange

£15 a pair for indicator bulbs

Nuova500 · Mar 3, 2008

got mine for the Panda for £7 locally.

Gordini · Mar 4, 2008

Blue headlights = attention whore / chav :tosser:

Xenons = Bad idea, and shouldn't be used even as OEM (IMHO). Our roads are so bumpy that the self-levelling never works so it's like being on full beam intermittently for those around you. At best you'll blind people, at worst you will have a head-on collision as oncoming motorists can't see where they are going. Aftermarket versions are even worse, hence why they are illegal.

Standard = works well, doesn't blind people.

If you want brighter, get brighter full beams and make sure dip them again when you see another car coming (yes, I'm talking to you, you mad old bints in Surrey!).

Hope that clears it up

Venters · Mar 4, 2008

I've got a set of hids for putting on the Marea. However they will be replacing the full beam and not the dipped beam. That way I'll only blind people I was gonna blind anyway.

ensonricky · Mar 4, 2008

Gordini said:
Blue headlights = attention whore / chav :tosser:

Xenons = Bad idea, and shouldn't be used even as OEM (IMHO). Our roads are so bumpy that the self-levelling never works so it's like being on full beam intermittently for those around you. At best you'll blind people, at worst you will have a head-on collision as oncoming motorists can't see where they are going. Aftermarket versions are even worse, hence why they are illegal.

Standard = works well, doesn't blind people.

If you want brighter, get brighter full beams and make sure dip them again when you see another car coming (yes, I'm talking to you, you mad old bints in Surrey!).

Hope that clears it up

Couldn't agree with you more, the're almost as distracting for other motorists as rear foglight left on in clear conditions on the motorway.

Nero500 · Mar 5, 2008

Suasexed said:
I don't know about you but I was serious about taking my 500 down for a circuit or two

Nero! You're talking about me as though I'm some sort of 'tool of youth'! Tsk!

Sorry guys - only having a giggle. BTW what's a Tool of Youth?

Ulpian · Mar 5, 2008

I approve of the blue lights, and a soil pipe exhaust, and lowered suspension, and black wheels as well, with spinners. Then add stripes and tint the glass - oh, and don't forget a dangly Christmas tree hanging from the rear view mirror and a few amusing stickers in the back window to make us all laugh, and then leave the fog lights on to really impress....cool

XIIX · Mar 5, 2008

Gordini said:
Blue headlights = attention whore / chav :tosser:

yes im officially an attention seeking wannabe chav whore. what a sight :devil:

Ulpian said:
I approve of the blue lights, and a soil pipe exhaust, and lowered suspension, and black wheels as well, with spinners. Then add stripes and tint the glass - oh, and don't forget a dangly Christmas tree hanging from the rear view mirror and a few amusing stickers in the back window to make us all laugh, and then leave the fog lights on to really impress....cool

tho i sense a mild tone of sarcasm i couldnt agree with you more! coooool!

Ulpian · Mar 5, 2008

You're only a kid once. Enjoy - and don't bloody blind me!

Mark Elvin · Mar 7, 2008

OK, call me Mr Chav, but I have bought some white.blue bulbs off EBAY, £20 in p&p for 1pr H1 & 1pr H7, we will see if they are any good.

Anyway, off to wax Luigi now.

ubizzle · Mar 7, 2008

Ulpian said:
I approve of the blue lights, and a soil pipe exhaust, and lowered suspension, and black wheels as well, with spinners. Then add stripes and tint the glass - oh, and don't forget a dangly Christmas tree hanging from the rear view mirror and a few amusing stickers in the back window to make us all laugh, and then leave the fog lights on to really impress....cool

The sad thing is through all that sarcasm i'd take:
blue lights,
lowered suspension
black wheels
tinted glass

lol!

Suasexed · Mar 7, 2008

Mark Elvin said:
Anyway, off to wax Luigi now.

I'm dedicating a full day to Poco tomorrow! He's going to be spruced up and get all sparkley!

rallycinq · Mar 8, 2008

I've just driven mine in the proper night dark for the first time. The standard lights are bloody good enough, in fact, better than ' good enough'.

Cheers

D

Suasexed · Mar 8, 2008

rallycinq said:
I've just driven mine in the proper night dark for the first time. The standard lights are bloody good enough, in fact, better than ' good enough'.

Really? I don't rate them at all... and that's from someone coming from a Ford Ka, not some xenon specced Audi or BMW. Main beam is useless, there's such little extra illumination over dipped that I don't know if it's even worth putting them on main beam.

rallycinq · Mar 8, 2008

I would check that they are coming on, I normally drive a Pickup with headlamps, spotlamps and floodlamps, and while the cinq is not as good as the truck, they are certainly perfect for night driving at the National speed limit.

The dips give a good spread of white light, the mains add distance.

Cheers

D

Suasexed · Mar 8, 2008

They're definitely coming on, but the difference is very small. I'm going to see if some brighter, whiter bulbs make a difference (not blue ones

)

XIIX · Mar 8, 2008

Suasexed said:
(not blue ones )

yes the blue ones. chav is soo in. INNIT.

Suasexed · Mar 8, 2008

When I said I wasn't going for blues ones, I meant I was gonna get lilac ones. They are SO M A!

XIIX · Mar 9, 2008

something interesting, as i mentioned in another thread; jeremy clarkson reviewed the 500 for the sunday times (http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article3504933.ece)
however towards the end of the article one negative point he mentions of the 500 is:
"The looks are so wonderful, in fact, that you probably won’t care about the drawbacks. But there are a few. The headlights are hopeless, you really can’t see what’s coming from the left at oblique junctions,.."
now how many articles have you read that criticise lights. its something usually overlooked or not even considered worth talking about so this may be a real problem in this case.
blue chav lights anyone?

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