Seeing as I now need a new headlamp bulb, am thinking about going for something a little bit above standard, are there anything worth buying in the blue / white light syle ?? have read some reviews before with most off these so called " HID type " look bulbs offering even less output than a standard bulb !!

any recommendations for any bulb offering at least a noticable blue tint to them ?? have seen a few on e-bay offering big claims at what seem like good prices !! but thought I would ask here first !! best place on line to buy ??

cheers,
john...

 

I'd only recommend Philips and Osram. Most others have false claims about light output and poor longevity. Have a look here

 

I heard a lot of people recommend Phillips Blue Vision Bulbs.
Personally I use PIAA bulbs, cost a bit but they are quality

 

Stick to Philips Vision Plus, or GE Megalights if you want to see better.

Any blue bulb if you want to pose:

Alcazar

 

Just fitted Osram Silver Stars to my BM and they made no difference at all (time to do Tim's voltage drop test, I think)

Hella are about to launch a range called Super Novas - 50% brighter & £25 a pair - no info on their website at present.

Cheers
Kav

 

"Super Novas"??????


What about those of us who don't drive Novas?

Alcazar:

 

 

Hi,
I had to replace my headlight bulb today but couldn't get hold of Philips vision plus or Osram silvers that I wanted to fit so ended up buying some Bosch 80/100w to try and to be honest they seem great compared to the standard bulbs I replaced. All the roadsigns were well illuminated and had me thinking that my beam was too high at first!!
Will see how I get on with them as I'm very happy with first impressions but would be interested to know if anybody has a comparison with the ones I did want to get?
BTW I paid £13 for the pair
Cheers..Andrew

 

I've got the philips blue vision plus installed- - they're a lot better than the OEM bulbs but aparently not a patch on the silver stars bulbs.

They're not very blue either IMHO.

Probably going for the PIAA's for next winter.

 

I've had PIAA bulbs and Philips and they don't offer that much difference to be honest in terms of "extra visibility" than the Halfords blue bulbs which are a lot cheaper. The PIAA bulbs lasted about 18 months and I wasnt prepared to spend another £50+ on them again. The Philips bulbs are a reasonable buy from Powerbulbs.com if they have an offer on with vision sidelights as the standard sidelights do look dull next to the blue headlights.

Chris