Hello.
So, much to my displeasure, my passenger side headlight bulb failed after a night shift the other morning..
Car in question is a 2009 A5 with led drl's..
10 years on the factory bulbs is pretty good going in my opinion, however after researching the price of these, obviously I need to do 2, because that's what you do, I was wondering who has good and bad experiences of replacements.
I removed my headlights today to confirm it is in fact the bulb and not ballast related, and indeed the problem switched to the other side..
It would come on, warm up then go off after 2 minutes.
Indicating that the bulb is goosed, because it did that on the other side prior to the switch.
Anywho.
The price and choice of bulbs is quite impressive.
It's a D3s bulb and prices vary from £30 a bulb to £100 each.
Obviously I don't want no tat, and I don't want my pants pulling down either paying over the odds for the same product..
I also would like to have a slightly more powerful unit now that the opportunity is with me.
Which leads me to colour temps.
Standard oem is 4300k I believe, 5000k is led white, and anything more is blueish Chav area.
I would like to go 5k, and match the colour of my drl's, but want to know what everybody has been replacing with and there experiences.
At the minute I can source some 5k Phillips super duper jobbies from Germany for £120,
Or osram super night breaker things for a few quid cheaper but are not as white.
Or go ebay cheapies.
Tbh, how easy it is to remove these headlights, it is not a problem to play around with.
I just would like a decent value for money set.
All comments much appreciated
So, much to my displeasure, my passenger side headlight bulb failed after a night shift the other morning..
Car in question is a 2009 A5 with led drl's..
10 years on the factory bulbs is pretty good going in my opinion, however after researching the price of these, obviously I need to do 2, because that's what you do, I was wondering who has good and bad experiences of replacements.
I removed my headlights today to confirm it is in fact the bulb and not ballast related, and indeed the problem switched to the other side..
It would come on, warm up then go off after 2 minutes.
Indicating that the bulb is goosed, because it did that on the other side prior to the switch.
Anywho.
The price and choice of bulbs is quite impressive.
It's a D3s bulb and prices vary from £30 a bulb to £100 each.
Obviously I don't want no tat, and I don't want my pants pulling down either paying over the odds for the same product..
I also would like to have a slightly more powerful unit now that the opportunity is with me.
Which leads me to colour temps.
Standard oem is 4300k I believe, 5000k is led white, and anything more is blueish Chav area.
I would like to go 5k, and match the colour of my drl's, but want to know what everybody has been replacing with and there experiences.
At the minute I can source some 5k Phillips super duper jobbies from Germany for £120,
Or osram super night breaker things for a few quid cheaper but are not as white.
Or go ebay cheapies.
Tbh, how easy it is to remove these headlights, it is not a problem to play around with.
I just would like a decent value for money set.
All comments much appreciated
