are these bulbs any good

[pugdan95]

Afternoon Fella's

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-OSRAM-NIGH...2584b2d163

these bulbs are they any good and is it the light omitted nice and white?

mine are okay but there a tad yellow now

so looking for an upgrade seen as though winters on the way

[Eeyore]

They are good bulbs... if they are genuine! But they arent exactly white. Normally bulbs will always be yellow or a bit yellow. I have them and they are definitely decent.

[pugdan95]

They are good bulbs... if they are genuine! But they arent exactly white. Normally bulbs will always be yellow or a bit yellow. I have them and they are definitely decent.

i really would like some pure white ones like what the new audi's & bmw's have think they'd look decent have seen hid's but don't really want to be blinding eveyone

[Toms306]

The pure white lights are HIDs. Nightbreakers are as good as you'll get for normal bulbs though!

[pugdan95]

The pure white lights are HIDs. Nightbreakers are as good as you'll get for normal bulbs though!

HID'S any good with standard ph3 lights?

[Toms306]

The pure white lights are HIDs. Nightbreakers are as good as you'll get for normal bulbs though!

HID'S any good with standard ph3 lights?

NO!!

Just have a search about them on here.

[Mattcheese31]

The pure white lights are HIDs. Nightbreakers are as good as you'll get for normal bulbs though!

HID'S any good with standard ph3 lights?

Yes afaik, the phase 3 lenses are the only ones you can fit hid's to safely

[Toms306]

No, they aren't!

You need projector lenses (as used in Angel eyes). But you should also have self levellers and headlight washers...

That said, they are feckin epic when factory fitted....it's genuinely like noon in the middle of the night.

[silverzx]

What's phase 1 headlight bulb again? H7? H4?

[Toms306]

H4 in ph1
H7 in ph3

[Mattcheese31]

Well, I'll put it this way, lots of people have fitted then to crystals with no bad reports, I'll leave it at that lol

[Eeyore]

heres the bottom line...

You will always be yellow with standard bulbs
To have white, blue, purple or any other audi or bmw style light you need HIDS
BUT for HIDS you need the right headlights including an auto leveling system
306s dont have this system and headlights arent designed for them and blind everyone.

My experience with HIDs is that on any setting apart from the lowest I was blinding people. The blue tinge was annoying looking back on it and I can see just as much with the nightbreakers I now have whilst also not blinding people.

We dont need an arguement about HIDs here. If you want to fit them do it but it will be blinding people and breaking the law. If its not blinding people then you wont be seeing much yourself!

Watch this video - note they fit them in projectors, What HID actually stands for, and how blinding they are in the headlights in the subaru.

[silverzx]

I had HID's on my 205, that was fun, they kept dying and raping alternators for a past time.

A big pain in the ass for some "white" light imo.

[pugdan95]

H7'S it is

[Piggy]

I will be looking into LED headlights for dipped this winter....watch this space

[Eeyore]

I will be looking into LED headlights for dipped this winter....watch this space

are they actually reliable enough to use now? D: I always have to replace any LEDs in the car every year or so!

[toseland]

the 308's have LED headlights now..

[lolsteve]

I got nightbreakers, they're okay and certainly alot better(safer) than the "xenon" style bulb in there before which are cheapo bulbs painted blue. They're quite yellow but other times I've found myself thinking oh theyre fairly white
H7 Hids are blinding to people as theyre made for a different type of headlight(projector) while most older cars are reflector style so instead of having all that nice hid power being projected at the floor it gets reflected up,down and everywhere blinding people
There is the H7R bulb type for HIDs that have a coating to reduce the dazling effect and alot of the mg owners swear by them for not blinding other road users, I can't personally comment on them although on this forum using HIDs automaticly makes you a bell

[RetroPug]

H4 in ph1
H7 in ph3

CAREFUL.

Ph.1s are H4 IF they don't have twin-optics fitted, in which case they are H1 and H7.
Just open your lights to take a look if you have a ph.1.

If the main beams are a separate bulb to your dipped beams you have twin-optics.

[Piggy]

Fyi: Twin optic ph1 dont have a h4 in at all!!

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Iirc its h1 and h7

[Toms306]

Hmm, in that case, just buy a ph3, much easier.

[RetroPug]

Fyi: Twin optic ph1 dont have a h4 in at all!!

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Iirc its h1 and h7

I meant H7, it was a typo.
Corrected now.


If you want white light just buy Osram Nightbreaker cool blue bulbs, and you'll have decent bulbs (albeit with a coating) and it will be white light, and you won't be being a twat.