Headlight bulb upgrade ?

[dazjenks]

I recently bought a 2008 A3 but find that the standard lights are not the best just wondering what brand most ppl upgrade there bulbs to . Thanks (ps don't want hids )

 

[syko]

Best I've found are the osram nightbreaker plus

 

[desertstorm]

Now been surpassed by the Osram Nightbreaker unlimited, or Phillips X-treme

Karl.

 

[syko]

If you do go hid way Welldone just added a 20% discount code to group buy

 

[dazjenks]

Think I'm going to try the Phillips xtreame been reading a few reviews on the orsman and a lot of ppl saying they don't last very long . Thanks

 

[sliced]

Yea in my last A3 I had osrams, pretty good upgrade, but still a yellowish tinge.

 

[mithun95]

MTECs are good too.

 

[Ash187]

get the bi-xenon upgrade... its costly but you won't regret it! best upgrade you can do!

 

[Ali A4]

Hi Dazjenks, did you go for the Philips bulbs? Any good as I'm looking to upgrade mine and found the cheapest place here:
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/A...da352f4bdffdbea28ab4f570b222c71f553663&000384

 

[dazjenks]

Yeah I ended up going for the Philips xtreame I got them from Eurocarparts last week a huge diffrence over the standard bulbs imo very happy with them . Thanks

 

[TomL83]

Are the normal headlights and main beam the same bulb? H7?

 

[TomL83]

Hi Dazjenks, did you go for the Philips bulbs? Any good as I'm looking to upgrade mine and found the cheapest place here:
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Audi_A3 Sportback_2.0_2009/p/car-parts/car-electrics-and-car-lighting/lighting1/car-bulb/?48177022P&1&32da352f4bdffdbea28ab4f570b222c71f553663&000384

Cheers for posting the link. Will be ordering some of these.

 

[Ali A4]

I've ordered a pair too and will let you know what I think..

 

[Dubjam]

any Xenon upgrade, dont waste your money on halogen bulbs, personally i think halogen should be banned now we have xenon and led technology.

I imagine, Halogen has been the cause for so many crashes over the years. Halogen = candles, xenon = floodlights

 

[Gazwould]

Standard halogen bulbs should be made illegal.

Uprated halogen development has peaked.

Cree Led are interesting and it's further development.

 

[Dubjam]

Uprated halogen is purely cosmetic. The bulb temperatures still remain way off 'daylight' therefore, even though they may be 'brighter' does not mean they are any more useful than a standard bulb really.

 

[Sayam]

get the bi-xenon upgrade... its costly but you won't regret it! best upgrade you can do!

100% agree once you drive with bi-xenon driving with normal halogen is like driving with candles stuck to the front of your car

these new LED headlights look to have pushed the bar even higher

 

[LEE69]

I use the philips-whitevision-h7-twin in dip and main beam, nice you get matching side light bulbs

 

[Yannis]

I have some brand new Philips X-treme Vision if any one is intrested. PM me.

 

[Ibisa3]

I'm running 100w bulbs from trups, nice colour/temp and no issues yet.

Cheap too.

 

[Spiezels]

How difficult are they to switch out?

Do the side lights look too yellow once the X tremes are in place?

 

[Gazwould]

Bound to.