What’s everyone using for the best xenon replacement bulb?

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Originally Posted by Ohsoslow

Please do! I want to upgrade mine at some stage

Ohsoslow, as I mentioned earlier, I'm not sure the Nightbreakers are worth the extra cost in our case. In some markets the Xenon lights are bi-Xenon with the shield on a servo that lifts up and away when selecting high beam. In this case the extra light from the Nightbreakers is usable. In the cars we get here in NZ, the Xenons are permanently shielded as low-beam only (no bi-Xenon actuator) so half the light is chopped off.

You're probably better off putting some 100plus H1 lamps in high beam fittings... BUT I haven't tried it, so who knows, maybe Nightbreakers in the low-beam Xenons do produce a brighter low beam that is useful in some way...

[Ohsoslow]

Originally Posted by wpoll

Ohsoslow, as I mentioned earlier, I'm not sure the Nightbreakers are worth the extra cost in our case. In some markets the Xenon lights are bi-Xenon with the shield on a servo that lifts up and away when selecting high beam. In this case the extra light from the Nightbreakers is usable. In the cars we get here in NZ, the Xenons are permanently shielded as low-beam only (no bi-Xenon actuator) so half the light is chopped off.

You're probably better off putting some 100plus H1 lamps in high beam fittings... BUT I haven't tried it, so who knows, maybe Nightbreakers in the low-beam Xenons do produce a brighter low beam that is useful in some way...

Hey Wayne, merry Xmas!!!

I just double checked mine, and my xenons definitely flick onto full when I hit high beam, along with the normal halogen high beam.. maybe I got lucky with mine, it is nz new. (Or previous owner maybe coded it on)

A brighter halogen is definitely on the cards, researching that now.

Most of my googling seems to point to a philips Xtreme bulb being the brightest d2s.

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Originally Posted by Ohsoslow

Hey Wayne, merry Xmas!!!

I just double checked mine, and my xenons definitely flick onto full when I hit high beam, along with the normal halogen high beam.. maybe I got lucky with mine, it is nz new. (Or previous owner maybe coded it on)

A brighter halogen is definitely on the cards, researching that now.

Most of my googling seems to point to a philips Xtreme bulb being the brightest d2s.

Merry Christmas, Ohsoslow...! :-)

So - I stand corrected. Since you indicated you have (in effect) bi-Xenons on your '04, I thought I would check mine again and bugger me - they DO have the shield that pops up!!

My VIN decode doesn't indicate the option for bi-Xenon and when I checked them when I got the car, I couldn't see any movement. I was testing it in daylight though and with car running. Just checked now with motor off and in the dark and I can hear the actuator move the shield and I can see the cut-off on the Xenons move higher.

Woohoo!

Might have the get me some brighter D2S lamps.