General Philips X-TREME +80% Headlight bulbs

[venomco]

Fitted these today (well the blue versions) http://www.piaa.co.uk/bulbs/bulbshow.asp?ID=chromewhite

The results are amazing, very bright lights
Cost me £40, but most places are selling them for £70, even though their own website says £60... hmmm mark up or what.

Tar,
Tom

 

[Jason_6780]

Does the Grande Punto need H4 ones??

 

[venomco]

Yeah, the Grande uses H4's
The list of bulbs is in the manual on page 166 if I remember rightly.

Tom

 

[grandemike]

i've ordered some philips xtreme ones. whats the sidelight type? is it 501?

 

[Stu DemonD]

do you have to remove the battery cover to gain accsess to n/side bulbs

Lol, but you have a Stilo :nutter:

 

[Jason_6780]

i've ordered some philips xtreme ones. whats the sidelight type? is it 501?

Where did you order them from - link?

 

[grandemike]

this ebay shop http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/brighterbulbs/

they do them for £22 delivered or £24.50 delivered with a pair of philips bluevision sidelights too.

 

[Jason_6780]

Thanks for the link.

 

[Jason_6780]

this ebay shop http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/brighterbulbs/

they do them for £22 delivered or £24.50 delivered with a pair of philips bluevision sidelights too.

Do us a favour... show us a pic when you've got them installed.

 

[grandemike]

Do us a favour... show us a pic when you've got them installed.

pic how? in daylight or what?

 

[Jason_6780]

Both... am more interested in night time.

Am tempted, am just a bit scared of fitting 'em to be honest.

So if I see a pic of yours lookin teh sexs0r then i'll order some!

 

[brickdog]

Apologies for the delay!

I've still not fitted my bulbs however I have got comparison photos.

The one on the left is my GP with standard bulbs and on the right is Capt. Chaos' with Philips X-TREME bulbs.

For information the Captain has also got Philips X-TREME blue sidelight bulbs in too (which helps the headlight look less yellowy).

 

[Jamie]

im convinced

 

[captain chaos]

Arnt my bulbs shiney lol. Really do recommend to anyone that they need the Philips 80% brighter bulbs in there life!

One more thing to add!

The Philips Silvervision indicicator bulbs are also brighter than the standard lol

 

[Jason_6780]

Apologies for the delay!

I've still not fitted my bulbs however I have got comparison photos.

The one on the left is my GP with standard bulbs and on the right is Capt. Chaos' with Philips X-TREME bulbs.

For information the Captain has also got Philips X-TREME blue sidelight bulbs in too (which helps the headlight look less yellowy).

Thanks for the pictures, they look completely different. I can't see the sidebulbs. :idea:

 

[brickdog]

Thanks for the pictures, they look completely different. I can't see the sidebulbs. :idea:

Sorry - the main bulb and the sidelight bulbs meld into each other in the pics because of the angle. I was going for a pic with plenty of reflector in so you see the colour difference.

The Philips ULTRA sidelight bulbs look blue when they're off and very white when they're on. Definitely worth the few quid they cost so you've not got a bright white X-TREME main bulb and a yellowy sidelight bulb.

The indicator bulbs Capt. Chaos mentioned are very good too.

I've found a seller on eBay "autodiy" who sells all three sets of bulbs. I bought one of my sets from them and they got delivered no problems. Here's the links:
Philips H4 X-TREME power headlight bulbs (£21.90 incl. delivery)
Philips blue vision ultra sidelight bulbs (£5.98 incl. delivery)
Philips silvervision indicator bulbs (£11.24 incl. delivery)

 

[Jason_6780]

Nice one brickdog

Yeah the pics are fantastic, there's a clear difference between them.

Where they easy to fit? :idea:

On a closer look I can see the side light, clear as in the whiteness photo! Very nice.

 

[grandemike]

well i can hardly tell any difference at all from being sat in the car

 

[Jason_6780]

well i can hardly tell any difference at all from being sat in the car

Perhaps wait untill night time... :devil:

 

[grandemike]

Perhaps wait untill night time... :devil:

i thought someone would say that. i did last night.