Headlight (H7) upgrade.

[borbor1313]

They are a improvement but IMHO maybe 10% to overall lightoutput which makes sense comparing 65w to 55w.
When everyone is reviewing these and making comments such as they would never go back to stock 55w i think it is overstating their case.I bought these and expected a 200% improvement given the way everyone reviews them.Logic gives you the true answer instead.

Given the chance i would save my money and not buy them as there is no noticable difference compared to stock or other cars when driving in the city.,and yes I did buy the original ones not the fakes.

[203132]

Is their anything apart from the price that makes you believe they are fake? There is some good feedback and have sold 60.

For $20 I'm going to give it a gamble, but I am a gambling man

Don't suppose anyone has a photo of a legit osram 65w to compare markings?

Got any updates on those headlights?

[Superviza]

Still tossing up ideas.. Whilst I'm sure the likelihood of the eBay ones burning the loom, I'm not 100% sold on the osram 65w off roads. If I could do all 4 for under $100 from CP as another member suggested, sounds decent what's the Kelvin rating of the off roads? 4000k? I don't want even a hint of yellow in my globes...

[Diesel_vert]

what's the Kelvin rating of the off roads? 4000k? I don't want even a hint of yellow in my globes...

I'd say it's somewhere between 3,000 K or 3,500 K (probably 3,200 K) in temperature, which I think is the normal range for uncoated halogen globes.

If you want to increase the temperature colour, then you have to buy halogen bulbs with a blue coating, which filters out yellow (and also decreases total light output). Plenty of these about.

The best compromise is probably the Osram Night Breaker Plus (55W) if you want a bulb with high light output and little yellow, because if you look closely, the blue coating on the NBP doesn't cover the entire glass (there is a gap where the filament is positioned) which I assume was done to minimise loss of output.

[Superviza]

I'd say it's somewhere between 3,000 K or 3,500 K (probably 3,200 K) in temperature, which I think is the normal range for uncoated halogen globes.

If you want to increase the temperature colour, then you have to buy halogen bulbs with a blue coating, which filters out yellow (and also decreases total light output). Plenty of these about.

The best compromise is probably the Osram Night Breaker Plus (55W) if you want a bulb with high light output and little yellow, because if you look closely, the blue coating on the NBP doesn't cover the entire glass (there is a gap where the filament is positioned) which I assume was done to minimise loss of output.

Cool, thanks for the suggestion... I'll check them out!

[203132]

OSRAM headlamp H7 each 12v/65W Px26d | eBay

These look to be Osram H7 65w Off Roads.... Price is very cheap!

Fake's?

For that price they are worth a punt!!

team_v: is there much yellow to your's? Or are they pretty crisp white?

So i've bought these roughly a month ago and they've been in my car ever since. Not a problem. They are indeed brighter than stock. On occasion I get flashed on the freeway though with my headlights angled right up. (I usually don't keep them up but for trip from the Snowy mountains back to Sydney there was a lot of fog and decided for more visibility)

So the trip back was 6 and a half hours with a mix of high beam and fog lights in combo annnnd didn't run into any problems.

[team_v]

So i've bought these roughly a month ago and they've been in my car ever since. Not a problem. They are indeed brighter than stock. On occasion I get flashed on the freeway though with my headlights angled right up. (I usually don't keep them up but for trip from the Snowy mountains back to Sydney there was a lot of fog and decided for more visibility)

So the trip back was 6 and a half hours with a mix of high beam and fog lights in combo annnnd didn't run into any problems.

Good to hear another gleaming review.
I have been flashed once but it was by a bogan in a lowered 90's commodore so he probably copped an eyeful at regular height.
I had the headlights aimed so they just sit below wing mirror height on regular cars for the throw.

[mutare 23]

After following this thread, I updated with the Osram 65w 'off road' only globes for my Tiggy. There is a noticeable improvement in light spread and a bit in depth, but length appears to be much the same IMHO. They are still more yellow than I would like, but there isnt much I can do about that.

The driving lights are a VW type specialty globe H15. I have to confess, I had never heard of and H15. Easy to get access to, but, and this is the clincher, after a bit of web research, there dont appear to be any upgrade gloves to improve there rather average performance. The H15 are pretty specialised it would appear. Bugger!!

Cheers

[Bambazonke]

Thank you Umtali I shall bear that in mind when I replace mine

[mutare 23]

Thank you Umtali I shall bear that in mind when I replace mine

Very good Bambazonke (grab the lot???)

I am just an old Mafoota chumemba, who is enjoying his Tiggy.

Cheers