Hi
Post links to any bulb upgrades you have fitted so others can order them.

We need links for:

Front:
Side lights
Dipped headline
Main beam light
Indicator
Fog light

Side:
Indicator

Back:
Brake lights
Fog light
Tail light

Have I missed anything?

Main Beam

New from Osram - Night Breaker delivers up to 90% more light on the road for optimum visibility and safety and a 10% whiter light for minimal glare and optimum comfort.

Latest high power technology
Up to 90% more light
10% whiter light
Silver cap design
Fully approved for road use in Europe
UV Friendly - safe to use on plastic lenses
The top product for active and safety-conscious drivers.

With its new NIGHT BREAKER™ family of lamps, OSRAM is breaking records for the power and colour of headlights. Compared with standard lamps, they shine up to 90 % more light on the road and produce 10 % whiter light. Their maximum performance make NIGHTBREAKER™ lamps particularly attractive for active and safety-conscious drivers. Improved illumination of the road provides optimum visibility and therefore optimum safety. NIGHT BREAKER™ lamps also make driving more comfortable. Drivers find the whiter light stronger and more pleasant than ordinary light, which is of great benefit on long journeys.

This product is sold in a pack of 2 bulbs.

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Side lights

Philips Blue Vision W5W
THESE BULBS ARE SOLD IN A PACK OF TWO.

The advanced sidelights solution
We now have matching colour temperature in the zone of HID (High Intensity Discharge) and H1 H4 and H7 lamps, for a whiter and homogeneous light. This is the end of the yellowish position lamp/city lights.

High colour temperature of light (3300 K)
Xenon gas filling
Coated with a high temperature resistant varnish
Cooler and bluer light
Colour perfect fitting with H1 H4/H7 and HID lamps
Extended lifetime, twice as long as regular sidelights
Power Bulbs Review
A great addition to your vehicle to remove the traditional yellow looking sidelight.

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These lights go well with the HID kit below.

Dipped headlights.

HID XENON CONVERSION KIT BULBS +BALLAST H1 6000K

(Forever known as LRB lights)

Brand New XENON HID LAMPS CONVERSION KIT H1
Model No. : LBHIDH1
Lowest Price on eBay that I know of. Retail sale at wholesale price. Unbelievable savings. Fits all vehicles which have projector or reflector headlights. Waterproof with weatherproof metal ballasts.
Easy to convert, no cutting of wiring required, needs only 20-40 minutes to install.
On average, 10 times the average life of traditional halogen bulbs.
Greater luminosity: makes it super easy to drive at night and bad weather. German Technology. American CMOS Chips.
ISO 9001:2000 & E-mark Certified.
Solid metal Waterproof/Weatherproof ballast.

Color Temperature : 6000K (Diamond White / 2900 lm)

6000K is the most widely used and it produces bright and yet comfortable light for your eyes.





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Side lights;

501 quad LED sidelights, significantly brighter than conventional bulbs and not prone to blowing! Not sure of the technical details but they look better than stock bulbs, are brighter and last longer. Lots of them available from lots of eBay dealers.........

Replacement rear side/brake lights;

I have replaced mine with 24 LED side/brake light bulb's, they are no brighter than the original bulb's however the brake light 'on' is virtually instant while there is a very slight delay with conventional bulbs while the element heats up. LED bulbs are also less susceptible to blowing, if an LED stops working you still have the balance working...........

Lots of suppliers on eBay for these types of bulbs.

If you buy those 55s that Doc posted you get the phillips blue vision bulbs (Doc again) free.

Not sure if you could use the two together, but I would presume so if they are giving them both together.

Think I might go down this route.

3300k is very yellow. I have 3400k HID's fitted to match the side lights..they look like very bright standard bulbs. Can't see these dyed blue Phillips bulbs being any good...

Rustbucket said:

3300k is very yellow. I have 3400k HID's fitted to match the side lights..they look like very bright standard bulbs. Can't see these dyed blue Phillips bulbs being any good...

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Must be better than the original muddy brown though

I have 6000k HID's, they give off a very white light (almost daylight!), the sidelight bulbs I have fitted are also white LED's but are significantly clearer than filament bulbs. I personally don't like the blue bulb's on the front, look a little bit too 'Max Power' for my taste............

We seem to have a little confusion here regarding K temperatures..

3400k is yellow light, similar in colour to halogen but much brighter.
4600 is yellowish white
6000k is daylight, white light.
8000k is very blue white
10000k is violet / white

Its also a common misconception that a higher K temperature gives brighter light. It doesn't. The 3400K lights are about 20% brighter than 4600K and 50% brighter than 8000k's.

Also as a rough guide anything >8000k is illegal, too blue.

There are also plenty of 'special' HID's in any colour you want. A local Saxo driver around here has purple HID's. Why he hasn't been pulled yet...?

Rustbucket said:

There are also plenty of 'special' HID's in any colour you want. A local Saxo driver around here has purple HID's. Why he hasn't been pulled yet...?

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He will!!!

The 6k HID's I have give a very clear light and work well in all ambient light's (dusk, street lights, dark country roads), as RB points out HID's of 3.4 - 6k are the ones that actually give an improved light output and are road legal, any higher and there is a degradation in light output and become blue through to a purple colour!

A note on the NIGHTBREAKERS:
I've got them and i am not impressed. while ther is a bit more white light on the road... it is nowhere near 90% more and 10% more white.
Personally: not impressed
Although could be due to my dodgy nightvision,.. who knows.

Note on Philips Bluevision: as with any non-white sidebulb: illegal in BENELUX

LRB what main beam light do you have?

I have just placed an order for the Osram Night Breaker H1 bulbs but now thinking about it I think i should have gone with the Philips Blue Vision H1 bulbs because these bulbs should match the HID light output better.

I still have stock m/b's but need to replace them, not managed to get around to it yet. Initially was toying with the idea of another HID set but doubt that these would work on the m/b as there is no diffuser. Taking the advice of RnR I think I may go with the Philip's blue visions.....................

I had something similar..Osram silver stars I think they were, supposed to put out 50% more light than standard. Couldn't see much difference, they were whiter (sounds like soap powder ads...) but not worth the huge extra cost. I think they were €22 a pair against €4.99 for standards.

There's two ways to get more light..uprated standard bulbs. I have 100w mains so does LRB? and they haven't melted/fused yet and HID's. if you were really keen you could put HID's in both sides although the reflector in the main beam won't help much.

Rustbucket said:

I have 100w mains so does LRB?

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Yup, but they are std 100w rally bulb's (I know, strictly speaking not for road use but went through the MOT OK!!)..........

LittleRedB said:

Yup, but they are std 100w rally bulb's (I know, strictly speaking not for road use but went through the MOT OK!!)..........

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Strictly speaking illegal, (construction and use regs state max of 55/60) but unless you are involved in an accident in which the other driver says he was blinded which caused the accident no one will look inc MOT they are only looking at a bulb working and a correct beam pattern.

This goes on to another point, all mods really need to be put past the insurance company inc HID's etc. When insuring my Panda for the charity trip to Istanbul they stated that the sponsorship stickers were a mod and wanted to cancel the current policy (they had seen the panda on a website)

So it's up to you if you want to involve them or not but I have to advise that you do, no matter how small the mod. They will later if they can cancel their liability if you are involved in an accident.

I'm getting a bit confused by all the light chat.......yes, I am stupid when it comes to cars

Really want to get a new set of lights for a very early morning trip down south next week. My headlights are truely awful. I actually hate night driving with them (although another dose of PlastX will be on the cards).

My mechanic is happy to fit them for free when I am due to take the car in next week for a service.

Just getting a bit wobbly in the head. Am I right in thinking that the main beam and dipped beam is coming form the same the same bulb? Just the trajectory is changed when switching from dipped to full. This is always the way I have thought it worked.

Sorry for the ridiculous question. I've actually never had to change bulbs before in my life.

Hi
No the Barchetta has two 3 bulbs in the head light, the parking bulb, the dipped headlight and the main beam. Dipped is the light you drive with all the time and the main beam is the one you use on dark country lanes.

Check out power bulbs and once you find what you are looking for go on ebay and get them for a few ££ less.