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

[Crowz]

The lack of rain visibility is one thing that set me off on the quest to increased light output on mine.

To solve my issue I coded the high beam headlights to work with the xenons. That coupled with putting headlight type led bulbs in my driving lights solved it all for me.

This covers what I did :

Coding High Beam lights with xenons | Crowz Nest

[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.

[Crowz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EbYw9hPTrY

This test them all at once in split video. Night breakers rule.

[Crowz]

One thing I wanted to point out the lifespan on the night breaker bulbs is not as long as most bulbs. So while they are brighter they don't last quite as long from what I was able to research on them before I bought mine.

[Ohsoslow]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2O-2PavSs

Hey crowz, this is the vid I saw, where Philips had the most lux. But I see now it’s comparing them to a osram cbi, not nightbreaker.

I think either one is looking like a good upgrade!

[Crowz]

Originally Posted by Ohsoslow

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2O-2PavSs

Hey crowz, this is the vid I saw, where Philips had the most lux. But I see now it’s comparing them to a osram cbi, not nightbreaker.

I think either one is looking like a good upgrade!

The regular cbi isn't that bright but the nightbreaker and nightbreaker laser is a good bit brighter.

[wpoll]

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.

[BeemerUser]

best plac to buy nightbreakers for my 4.8IS model? do not catch on amazon website.

[Crowz]

I think I got my nightbreakers from amazon but let me check.

[Crowz]

Yep I bought them from amazon here :

http://amzn.to/2zyhHww