(29-08-20, 10:22 AM)Gnasher link Wrote: next level is LEDs in both or HID in the low beam, both of which aren't strictly road legal and could well fail an MOT, depends on the tester, police tend not to bother providing they're adjusted correctly.+1, when going to an MOT I just take a set of standard bulbs with me, as on the Mk1/MK2 600 and 100 its a doddle to change the bulbs.
(30-08-20, 03:10 PM)NJD link Wrote:
- (meaning it would run on one orsam or phillips bulb on low beam) be enough for better vision in the dark? I don't have a problem with the high beam power, just how much of the road you can't see with the headlights running the way they were designed on low beam --
- I wouldn't really advance beyond a bulb upgrade to the above mentioned ones (phillips, orsam or Halfords) at this point because funds.
- In my exp. upgrading the bulbs from one halogen to a slight brighter halogen, makes barly any appreciable difference. If like me you want to see more of the road at night, then your only choice is HID or LED
- Note that now LED headlight kits are common place, they can be had for £25, only £10 than a pair of Philips Xtreme etc.
Side note regarding LED, the overspli/spalsh from LED is much closer to the original beam pattern than HID. And since migrating to LED I have hardly been flashed by oncoming motorists.