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McWurzel
 


Member Since: 17 Jan 2016
Location: Honiton, Devon
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Main beam headlight bulb upgrade

Has anyone upgraded their main beam bulbs.

Is there any good LED replacements or has anyone tried HIDs in main beam?

It's the only yellow light remaining on the car, I want rid and I want brighter.
  
Post #159496618th Jan 2016 6:28 am
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Davethegeo
 


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Osram Night Breakers (halogen) are not overly yellow and give a very good light. A very cost effective upgrade.
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Post #159497218th Jan 2016 7:19 am
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Or Philips Xtreme +130%s, great match for my 5000k xenon bulbs. Found Amazon was the cheapest place to get them from. Thumbs Up
   
Post #159497318th Jan 2016 7:23 am
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Disco_Mikey
 


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Nightbreakers in my main beam, with Xenon headlights Thumbs Up

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Post #159498418th Jan 2016 7:56 am
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Lost for Words
 


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A popular subject at the moment.

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LEDs will not match the focal point correctly. An HID kit would restrict your ability to flash the lights and the extra light would not be very beneficial (a narrower beam can extend vision, but more light doesn't make much difference). Neither would also be legal, of course (not that I feel that is important in it's own right). Halogen bulbs will not match the xenons except under the circumstances of filtering out a very large percentage of the light and thus being very dim or very short lived or both.

The warmer colour is no bad thing where human vision is concerned (i.e. it's actually a good thing), so I suggest you stick with standard halogen bulbs. Better vision, better life and cheaper too. Thumbs Up
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Post #159503018th Jan 2016 9:50 am
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McWurzel
 


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I find any halogen bulbs cant get rid of that yellow look. I run LED spots on my van which give a fantastic light but I don't want spots on the disco. I'm thinking of mounting a round LED spot light in the headlight it self where the main beam sits.
  
Post #159505418th Jan 2016 10:31 am
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RickyAtHere
 


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Disco_Mikey wrote:
Nightbreakers in my main beam, with Xenon headlights Thumbs Up

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Wondering how could you let your fog light on while main beam is on?
  
Post #19808345th Sep 2018 4:21 am
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garrycol
 


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You just turn them on Smile
  
Post #19809325th Sep 2018 10:39 am
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RickyAtHere
 


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But my fog light turns off once I switch to high beam. Shocked
  
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Pete K
 


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Need a gap iid to edit config
  
Post #19811565th Sep 2018 9:02 pm
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RickyAtHere
 


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CCF... then I would just forget it Laughing
  
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Alphamale
 


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RickyAtHere wrote:
But my fog light turns off once I switch to high beam. Shocked


Why do you need your fogs on with the main beams. If you're using them as extra illumination on dark unlit roads then they remain on, to dazzle oncoming drivers, when you dip the main beams.

Not to mention you're not permitted to use 'fog lights' except in conditions of low visibility such as fog, sever rain and snow. This precludes their use under normal night conditions in lite or unlit roads.

It really p's me off when people use fog lights, when they'er not required, and dazzle you as you drive towards them. It's especially bad with newer cars with LED lights, they really are blinding.
   
Post #19811835th Sep 2018 11:10 pm
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RickyAtHere
 


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I am just curious about how could Micky turn on the fog light while the high beam is on. Does that mean I am willing to turn on both of my fog light and high beam to blind in coming? What’s wrong with you?

Besides we don’t have any in coming but dangerous animals in most of rural canadian territory... better coverage of beam is always helpful, that’s why we have so many crazy trucks in the country.
  
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Colb.45
 


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Curious has anyone done the edit to config.. would be interested on what to edit, unless i am missing something deadly simple Confused
  
Post #199552527th Oct 2018 7:57 pm
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RickyAtHere
 


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Haven't got a change to look into it using SDD, would let you know once a got a chance. BTW, seems like we are pretty close...
  
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