I've had a MK3 Mondeo TDCI for 2 years now & when I first picked it up in November 2010 I swapped out the standard carp bulbs for a pair of halfords advanced H7 bulbs as they were on offer, whilst light output was improved I was still not impressed. I still found the lights poor in comparison to even my old R-Reg Rover 220 SDi (also ran halfords advanced but in H4) & even my Ford Capri seems to have far better lighting (Running philips vision plus H1 bulbs from 2005).
Due to a change in jobs my commute home now involves a 9 mile drive home which is almost all through unlit NSL roads, a fair bit of which is through woodland populated with deer, i would love to be able to see bambi before she becomes embedded in my radiator.
The bulbs I am running now have got me through 50k+ miles & 2 years of abuse & are still going, would their age have deteriorated their light output meaning a simple bulb swap to osram or philips bulbs will solve my issue or is my problem more than likely the fact that the headlight plastic has many tiny little stonechip marks from nearly 190,000miles of use?
I'll post a pic of the lenses later when the car isn't frozen over.
Due to a change in jobs my commute home now involves a 9 mile drive home which is almost all through unlit NSL roads, a fair bit of which is through woodland populated with deer, i would love to be able to see bambi before she becomes embedded in my radiator.
The bulbs I am running now have got me through 50k+ miles & 2 years of abuse & are still going, would their age have deteriorated their light output meaning a simple bulb swap to osram or philips bulbs will solve my issue or is my problem more than likely the fact that the headlight plastic has many tiny little stonechip marks from nearly 190,000miles of use?
I'll post a pic of the lenses later when the car isn't frozen over.
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