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Over my driving career I've had generally had poor experience of projector headlights with standard halogen bulbs.
Mrs BJ's 1999 FIat Punto with projector headlights owned from 3 years old were always pretty awful. I can't remember the bulb type.
My Skoda Superb mkI owned from 18 months old were also always pretty bad. Projector lens units H7 halogen bulbs and I tried brighter bulbs(Osram Silverstar) that made a slight improvement but still not great, Bulb life then became poor which was a pain as it was a difficult job to replace bulbs. Later in life they also needed the plastic front polishing.
My Skoda Superb mkII owned from 14 months old also with projector lens units H7 bulbs were ok to be honest.
The point I'm trying to make is the headlights may have always been poor. Some implementations are poorer than others.
PS measure the voltage at the bulb to double check electrical things on the way eg relay contacts/wiring.
Edited by Big John on 18/09/2025 at 22:21
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