Upgraded H4 headlights - photo to show difference

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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
light years old?

ROFLMAO ! :-) :-)
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