Osram Nightbreakers?

Biohazard · 19 Mar 2008 at 17:37

Send your H4's to me!

Scort · 19 Mar 2008 at 18:56

Phil W said:
Send them back and get them to send the right ones out??

I was gonig to see if they fit my car, they don't, so this will be the sensible option.

Scort.

Ken · 19 Mar 2008 at 20:07

Went driving and have to say for £30 they were worth buying. The range has slightly increased and the lit area is much brighter...white as opposed to a dull white/yellow. The free bulbs for the sidelights are decent too. The blue tint is cool. :cool:

loltim · 20 Mar 2008 at 17:55

Fitted mine but my old bulbs were Osram

Ah well, pretty sure they weren't Nightbreakers. I'll see how different they are when it gets dark!

Northwind · 20 Mar 2008 at 19:08

I replaced old Osram Silverstars with Nightbreakers- still worth it.

loltim · 20 Mar 2008 at 20:36

Dunno what they are, probably the same bulbs it had 8yrs ago when the car was made.

New ones are a LOT whiter though, impressed

BeatMaster · 20 Mar 2008 at 22:30

Can't wait to get a new car so I can a set of these

Looking forward to some before and after photos...

saitrix · 20 Mar 2008 at 23:19

Tim said:
Fitted mine but my old bulbs were Osram

Ah well, pretty sure they weren't Nightbreakers. I'll see how different they are when it gets dark!

Not a chance they were.

Nightbreakers only been sold for roughly 6 months.

Dave85 · 21 Mar 2008 at 04:15

the lights on my caddy are terrible, there worse than standard e39 lights :eek:

bulbs aint been changed in about 4 years the guy said. theyt ake that dam silly 9005 fitting tho

Prophet · 10 Apr 2008 at 09:36

Anyone tried the Philips Bluevision headlight bulbs?

£20 with bluevision sidelight bulbs.

Phil W · 10 Apr 2008 at 11:16

IIRC these were the "ones to have" before the Osrams were!

saitrix · 10 Apr 2008 at 11:46

Phil W said:
IIRC these were the "ones to have" before the Osrams were!

Nope, they are the ones to pretend to look like HID's, iirc rated at 30% brighter so not that brilliant.

MikeHunt79 · 10 Apr 2008 at 12:13

mrk said:
I always wondered how a bulb can be 50% brighter etc too considering it is the same essential rating as the original part!

The filament goes to a higher temperature with the same amount of power, giving more lumens per watt, and a higher colour temp also. It's like running an "overclocked bulb".

Often a filament that is run hotter lasts for less hours, but I've had nightbreakers on there for a few months so far and no failure as of yet.

skankmaster · 13 Apr 2008 at 17:46

Overclocked bulbs? OcUK should stock these

I never really gave much thought to the bulbs in the car in the past - I just used to pray they were all working the day before an MOT. Recently, satnav has been routing me via some nice dark roads near Jodrell Bank - I now realise why lighting is so important!

Decided to try the nightbreakers out - though with the brighter evenings approaching, I could probably have done with these back in Autumn.

These and the Philips X-tremes seemed fairly closely matched in discussions around the web, the osrams won out though as they were marginally cheaper.

Dave85 · 13 Apr 2008 at 18:11

Well I finally found some decent bulbs for my wierd fitting 9006 lowbeam bit pricey at 44 quid but their 66 on website.

Got PIAA XTREME WHITE PLUS 90% more light and the guys on caddy forum swear by them. So if their any good we can perhaps get comparison to the night breakers .