hello .. Can anyone tell me what would be the best way of increasing the brightness and distance of my lights .. (yer i know about turning on main beam )
I were comming home on the M-way this evening and in a lot of places there were no street lights and with no one in front of me i tried main beam but i'm blinding drivers comming in the other direction .. well i guess i am and i know that if they did it to me i'd be annoyed ..

Any Ideas ?

derryk My First Fl2 and it is a 2010 GS Auto in Grey
with Nice Leather and the Stereo
even has headphone sockets in the back.
Wish it had a heated screen tho..
Traded in a Fl1 for this.
Got a georgous Black SoftTailed Harley
for when the days get warmer .. Do days ever get warmer in Lancashire?

Last edited by dunroof on 2nd Jan 2013 7:25 am. Edited 1 time in total

dunroof wrote:

Get yourself some Xenons!

With the resent mot rules and xenon lights requirements for cleaning sprays and automatic levelling I would stay clear

Put in the brighter bulbs, Phillips nightbreakers or such like, they have been covered on here numerous times

the car has light washers .. but i guess that is not what you mean
does it mean that to fit zenons it is a complete light system change?

i shall have a look at these phillips

thanks derryk My First Fl2 and it is a 2010 GS Auto in Grey
with Nice Leather and the Stereo
even has headphone sockets in the back.
Wish it had a heated screen tho..
Traded in a Fl1 for this.
Got a georgous Black SoftTailed Harley
for when the days get warmer .. Do days ever get warmer in Lancashire?

Light washers in the fl2 are the same with or without xenons, which is a complete headlamp swap and config

I must admit to being very impressed with the results from Halfords Extreme or Ultra Brilliance bulbs ( I forget which but they are labelled as + 120 ), I bought 4 at Xmas for about £50 quid , half the cost of the PIAA bulbs I was going to buy, best 15 minute improvement you can make IMHO.

Might not be the claimed 120% light improvement but they are significantly better than the standard halogens.


retail about £26 each but Halfords normally have a buy one get one free offer on this sort of thing .

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/...yId_165538 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

dunroof wrote:

Get yourself some Xenons!

Get some Xenons and anoy everyone

Proper Bi Xenons don't annoy other drivers, may make the jealous though, nobody ever flashes you to say you are dazzling them, could be two reasons for that,
A. They are not dazzling.
B. They don't want their retina's burnt.

MANUFAN wrote:

dunroof wrote:

Get yourself some Xenons!

Get some Xenons and anoy everyone

So ANNOYED by these lights I spelt it wrong. Time to retire to a dark room with a glass of Red

I upgraded the dipped beam with Osram Nightbreakers and main beam with Halfords 100% extra (Extreme or Brilliance I think).

They seem OK to me.

Simon

Never had any problem seeing with the bulbs provided by the manufacturer except when some arsewipe with xenon lights blinds me coming the other way

Cheapest way is to eat carrots then you can see in the dark.

derryk wrote:

i tried main beam but i'm blinding drivers comming in the other direction .. derryk

My first thought was "but that's why you have dipped beams"

I recognize your problem - I have fitted Osram Nightbreakers to the dipped beam - now puts the mains to shame so I need to upgrade those too. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

go and have your eyes tested  rainy-city
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