Post #1
Are these any good? Seen a load of cheap ones on eBay but I'm sceptical.________________________________________
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 cornish_pug
Regular  Location: Marazion Registered: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 368 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 28th Sep 2014 at 21:56
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,793 Status: Offline |
Post #2
well the main headlights are halogen ones, and the sidelights are 501's. if you mean the sidelights, they don't emit anywhere near enough light anyway to light anything up. the main ones need to be halogen as they're not projector headlights so the xenon ballasts and cheapo aftermarket HID's aren't right for the uniti had the LED sidelight bulbs in mine for about a week and took them back out. same with the xenon HID's ________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 28th Sep 2014 at 22:34
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mik
Seasoned Pro  Location: Kent Registered: 17 Feb 2011 Posts: 2,100 Status: Offline |
Post #3
Main advantage of LED sidelight bulbs, numberplate bulbs etc is less heat and lower current draw (so less heat and stress on wiring), and for those so inclined there is the additional benefit that they are brighter and can be blue/white for da wicked bling look innit. The P3 headlights with good quality bulbs like Philips Vision Plus give excellent lighting and are all you really need. ________________________________________ Cherry Rallye SOLD |
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Posted 29th Sep 2014 at 13:25
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pauldoubleyou
Junior User  Location: Glasgow Registered: 13 Sep 2014 Posts: 78 Status: Offline |
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Just search on ebay for H7 100w. Theyre about £6 a pair and no better or worse quality than Halfords most expensive ones. Theyre bright as fook too. Also, if you can get a Halfords trade card bulbs in there are cheap as. ________________________________________ PaulHiding with Pride |
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Posted 29th Sep 2014 at 13:41
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mik
Seasoned Pro Location: Kent Registered: 17 Feb 2011 Posts: 2,100 Status: Offline |
Post #5
The headlight wiring wasn't designed for 100w bulbs and after 15 years deterioration and increased resistance from dirty contacts etc make it even more likely you will melt something - probably the headlight switch in the stalk or in the headlight where the base of the bulb sits. If you want to fit them (for off-road use only, officer) then you will need to fit a wiring loom taking a fused heavy duty feed directly from the battery or alternator, controlled using the old lighting loom to switch relays. If sticking with factory wiring best to stay with standard wattage 55/60w bulbs. I found the Philips +65% bulbs I mentioned on ebay for half RRP. ________________________________________ Cherry Rallye SOLD |
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Posted 29th Sep 2014 at 17:42
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro  Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,894 Status: Offline |
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mik wrote: The headlight wiring wasn't designed for 100w bulbs and after 15 years deterioration and increased resistance from dirty contacts etc make it even more likely you will melt something. If you want to fit them (for off-road use only, officer) then you will need to fit a wiring loom taking a fused heavy duty feed directly from the battery or alternator, controlled using the old lighting loom to switch relays. If sticking with factory wiring best to stay with standard wattage 55/60w bulbs. I found the Philips +65% bulbs I mentioned on ebay for half RRP. Yeah but it will be fine if you bridge the fuse with an aluminium Kit Kat foil wrapper won't it?  ________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 29th Sep 2014 at 17:41
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cornish_pug
Regular Location: Marazion Registered: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 368 Status: Offline |
Post #7
I'm not talking 501's. I'll upload a picture________________________________________ Team Diesel |
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Posted 29th Sep 2014 at 23:22
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cornish_pug
Regular Location: Marazion Registered: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 368 Status: Offline |
Post #8
LED vs. Halogen, install and test: http://youtu.be/v4Ohy62oh4A ________________________________________ Team Diesel |
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Posted 1st Jan 2015 at 16:26
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buzzbrightyear
Seasoned Pro Location: hiding all receipts for car Registered: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 11,894 Status: Offline |
Post #9
What was the results? I watched for a couple of minutes but got sick of listening to him rabble on without seeing anything.Just had a quick read up and It's all old technology by the sound of it now, lasers are the next thing, ive read the bmw i8 will be the first car to use them on its high beam. ________________________________________ andrew315rawson@live.co.ukMoonstone phase 7 gti6 My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1 |
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Posted 1st Jan 2015 at 17:19
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Nose
Senior User  Location: Birmingham Registered: 23 Jun 2013 Posts: 994 Status: Offline |
Post #10
I've got some new headlights to go in the Rallye (eventually) and i've got some LUCAS xenon 90's to go in, supposedely 90% brighter so we'll see what happens. As regards LED's i have some in my passat number plate lights and they are great, very bright, clear white light, i'll be putting them in the Rallye number plate lights for deffo.________________________________________ Bianca 306 Rallye.Mondeo Titanium X. |
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Posted 1st Jan 2015 at 18:10
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armzsc6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Crowborough Registered: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 3,445 Status: Offline |
Post #11
I was wondering about the H7 LED's but only ones I've seen are wry cheap quality. And as far as 501 LED's I wouldn't be without them now on any of my cars. They brighten up the look and make the car look a lot less dated IMO particularly with decent ones for number plates. The crappy little single "LED" 501 bulbs are awful. They last 5 minutes and aren't very bright also don't give a very good spread. All of mine are SMD LED's which are vastly superior and seem to last an awful lot longer. There are newer ones which are CRE LED's which are even brighter and come with projector lenses on some. There's an even better variant which are stupidly bright like HID bright but the name escapes me. ________________________________________ Black power baby! SUUUUUPERCHARGED Seat Leon FR TDI 190BHP 300lbft daily gti-6 killer :p 12x 306's owned so far Cambelts, clutches, service work carried out on All makes and models, Peugeot Citroen / mitsubishi specialist. Pug planet / Citroen Lexia diagnostics / code reads available. |
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Posted 1st Jan 2015 at 19:03
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