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Wed 12 Aug 2009 20:17

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - a900ss

Guys,

I've not long had my Saab 2000 9-3 after driving very modern machinery for many years now. Had to drive in the dark a few evenings ago and was astonished at just had bad the headlights were on this car. I decided to upgrade the bulbs for Philips X Treme +80 bulbs and the difference is amazing.

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Wed 12 Aug 2009 20:24

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - Stuartli

At least you won't hit the garage door now...:-)

Incidentally the setting seems very low for dipped.

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Wed 12 Aug 2009 20:25

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - a900ss

At least you won't hit the garage door now...:-)

Incidentally the setting seems very low for dipped.

My drives is on a fairly steep slope!!!! The photo is still relative though.

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Wed 12 Aug 2009 22:58

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - gordonbennet

Good bulbs those, i stuck a pair in the old square headlight Benz...big improvement, then slipped a pair into the pick up as well for swmbo, again a worthwhile improvement, not wishful thinking, no bulbs blown yet.

Pity for those that have to remove front bumpers and perform contortions to fit a bulb..;)

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Wed 12 Aug 2009 23:08

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - Hamsafar

The old bulb is terrible, was it fitted cock-eyed or something?

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Thu 13 Aug 2009 09:21

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - EoinM

These are really a must for any car IMHO. I use Osram Nightbreakers in my Leon and it shows up the road much further ahead compared to the originals. Have also used the Phillips + 80's but when one blew the nearest motor factors didnt have them so went back to Osrams. Not much between them anyway to be honest.

The biggest bargain upgrade out there. £20 and you can see better and be seen...just make sure your lights are focussed:)

Edited by EoinM on 13/08/2009 at 09:21

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Thu 13 Aug 2009 09:26

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - a900ss

The old bulb is terrible was it fitted cock-eyed or something?

I think something may have been amiss. I recently purchased the car and found the lights at night awful. I do find it strange that the new bulbs have considerably more definition. I haven't altered the beams in any way but that doesn;t mean that the original bulbs were fitted correctly.

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Thu 13 Aug 2009 10:36

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - Hamsafar

Maybe a previous owner fitted it 120˚ out of alignment and the tab was not sat in it's locating hole? I think now you have more light and it won't dazzle people as the beam is much more accurate. I remember about 5 years ago, the first bulb test on AutoExpress showed about 1/6th of the bulbs tested were illegal due to beam problems and no further tests were carried out on those ones. I suppose your original could be just very poor quality.

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Thu 13 Aug 2009 11:37

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - a900ss

The worrying thinkg is that BOTH of the originals were like that. One of the bulbs was marked Unipart, the other GE but I have no idea how old they were.

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Thu 13 Aug 2009 11:52

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - bell boy

light years old?

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Thu 13 Aug 2009 12:03

Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference - LikedDrivingOnce