Right then, installed the Philips 150+ racing vision H4bulbs. Been out for a drive and honestly I think the improvement is significant.
Previously, it was hard to tell on totally dark roads if the lights were on. If another car approached or if there were any street lighting you couldn't see...
Good evening Dave's Dad, thanks for the message, I bought two " Ring" xenonmax H4bulbs today, they say on the box that they are 100% brighter than a standard bulb, Ring sell 40% 60 % and 100% brighter bulbs. these ones I bought from a car motor factors where I do some work and cost £24.00.
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@Polzeylad, of course one candle in an open field is no use, one candle in a focused reflector is useful. It strikes me that the design of reflector to the H4 bulb is wrong, especially as the H7 Lights seem to perform much more effectively yet will have the same legal maximum wattage...
In truth that mini I posted had H4bulbs admitidly they were 100watt so not legal but they are not a patch on the ones you have today. Back then they were brilliant. :)
Is it to change the H4bulbs? If so, the lights do not need to be removed to do this.
For the driver's side I just removed the top half of the air box to get access, much easier.
Remove the 2 air flow sensor plugs (they don't just pull off, there is a catch you need to release to allow them to...
@Polzeylad Perhaps VW Commercial Vehicles would be kind enough to define EXACTLY what the standards are that their vehicles meet to drive on UK roads particularly in respect of the H4bulbs. A question for VW is "Do you carry out random quality checks of H4bulbs from suppliers to ensure the...
There is a middle ground with headlamps that upgrades the standard H4 (bulb type) single headlamp to the H7 twin headlamps which comes as part of the light and vision pack (iirc) at a more reasonable £400'ish. The general concensus and I include myself in this, is that the standard H4 set up is...
Full list of all lamp types as fitted to current range of Volkswagen Transporter T6 Panel Vans, Kombi, California, Caravelle & Generation 6 Window Vans (two tone)
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