07-10-11, 02:53 PM
The "x percent brighter" bulbs from Philips or Osram are quite good. I put a pair in the car and they are noticably brighter, chap next door with identical car even said.
"Have you got HIDs in this" :rollin
Downside is that they only last 300 hours (as against 1000 hours for a standard H1) and if you buy the very bright ones they will degrade your headlamp plastic cover (but my standard H1 did that anyway!) . Apparently they emit more ultra-violet than ordinary ones.
Having said that, headlight plastic in the year 2000 wasn't very good - just look at any W reg Ford Focus.
Buy branded ones ... there are a lot of well marketed chinese copies out there which are simply ordinary H1s/H4s painted blue.
On my 2000 FZS I did a complex re-wire with relay so that both lights are proper main-beams, but you don't want to go there . :eek
"Have you got HIDs in this" :rollin
Downside is that they only last 300 hours (as against 1000 hours for a standard H1) and if you buy the very bright ones they will degrade your headlamp plastic cover (but my standard H1 did that anyway!) . Apparently they emit more ultra-violet than ordinary ones.
Having said that, headlight plastic in the year 2000 wasn't very good - just look at any W reg Ford Focus.
Buy branded ones ... there are a lot of well marketed chinese copies out there which are simply ordinary H1s/H4s painted blue.
On my 2000 FZS I did a complex re-wire with relay so that both lights are proper main-beams, but you don't want to go there . :eek