Headlight Bulb recommendations

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

My Philips X-Treme Power bulbs were considerably better than the OEM ones (I even tried a new set of OEMs first).

You will NOT get HID-like levels of lighting out of standard incandescent bulbs though.

Yeah i know that, still nothing compared to my dads euro. But it says on the box that it has 100% more light but still throws the same distance and pretty much the same brightness. I had one installed and the other OEM and couldn't really tell the difference.

[governor22]

shenanigans, did you fit them yourself ? I just ordered a set and reckon i could put them in myself. Then someone said I should get them properly aligned at a garage. But the youtube videos seem to be pretty straightforward. Is there anything i need to look out for ?

[goodfella]

I fitted a set of Extreme Vision H4 in my Bora before my trip up north and i found them to be very satisfactoryboth on highway and in the forest

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

shenanigans, did you fit them yourself ? I just ordered a set and reckon i could put them in myself. Then someone said I should get them properly aligned at a garage. But the youtube videos seem to be pretty straightforward. Is there anything i need to look out for ?

Nah easy enough just a bit of stuffing around getting trim pieces off. Don't touch the glass and you should be fine. Shouldn't really need to align them again

[governor22]

OK, I'm not sure if I've done something wrong, but my Philip X-tremes are a HUGE disappointment.

more specifically-
on low beam they're quite good, you can see a brighter beam than the old ones, but that's about the only good thing. I flicked the switch to high beam, expecting to see to the end of the street, and nothing changed. The 'direction' of the rays in front of the car changed, but it's like the beams are going up into the sky or something, cos they ain't lighting up **** on the street...

I'm thinking maybe I didn't put the globes in properly, but there's only one way they fit in, and it's not like the side they're facing when sitting in the globe bay matters, right ?

at this rate, i'm considering swapping the old ones back in. Such a pain in the arse though, cos it took me 2 hours to put the new ones in !

[governor22]

on low beam:


on high beam:


low beam:


high beam:

[governor22]

i also noticed while taking off the bumper bar, a little connector that would go to where a fog light might be but mine are incorporated into the headlights... does it do anything / have a purpose ?

[governor22]

I watched the video here:
1AAuto.com Replace Change Headlight Volkwagen Jetta 1999-04 - YouTube

but he doesn't actually (from what I can tell) put a new bulb into the new headlamp he puts in...

then I found this wiring diagram:
Volkswagen Jetta Headlight Bulbs

and i'm worried that the retaining clip (2) might have come loose...

[governor22]

pics of the bulbs sitting in the housing... are they meant to be rotated maybe ?

[JustCruisn]

The bulbs have 3 legs that are used for proper alignment, so you should be right.
The electrical thingy is actually a thermometer. There is a place for it to clip into so it does not swing around.