Has anyone here fitted new head light bulbs that are meant to be brighter than the standard ones?
Halfords currently advertise their Super Brilliant headlight bulbs that are meant to be 50% brighter, and Extreme Brilliance headlight bulbs that are meant to be 90% brighter. And they are doing a BOGOF (buy one get one free) deal at the moment to replace both your bulbs for £18-23.
However I did a quick google search and many people on forums are saying they are not worth it, giving no improvement, and not lasting long, sometimes blowing after just 3 months.
In my old car I fitted illegal 130W headlight bulbs (standard bulbs are 55W). This was an obvious huge improvement. However there is a danger to burning out the wiring in the car so I am not inclined to fit them to my current car.
However many of the forums were recommending Philips X-treme bulbs, and when I looked they are meant to give up to 80% better brightness and a pack of two bulbs is about £23 including postage.
But are they worth it over the standard £6 55W philips bulbs? Has anyone fitted these to their car?
Obviously the biggest upgrade to give improved lighting is a full Xenon headlight upgrade kit, but those are expensive and fiddly to fit, needing the wiring altered, so I'm not even considering those.
I also discovered that you can get similar brighter bulbs for front fog lights too. And they do them in blue light versions too, although I probably wouldn't bother with those.