Light bulbs/blue

[Chas]

Can you folks recommend blue headlight bulbs to replace the standard on my S320 2001 UK MODEL ?

Do I need ones for main beam and dipped beam and side lights ??

thanks

ps I cant afford XENONS !!

 

[OlafMaxwell]

Normally seprate bulbs, they no longer use twin filament bulbs. The E class W210 uses 4 H7 55W bulbs.

 

[Chas]

Normally seprate bulbs, they no longer use twin filament bulbs. The E class W210 uses 4 H7 55W bulbs.

thanks sir, but can you recommend which make /reliable ones for an S320?

cheers

 

[pascal]

I put in the new phillips bluevision 4,000, from Power Bulbs http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk/ They supply blue side lights, free with each set.
My headlight bulb is H4 (head & dip in one bulb), and H1 55W for fogs.

As Olaf says, W210 E Class has 2 seperate bulbs head and dip. The site will tell you fitment for your car.

They are most definetly a lot whiter light, and they look good too.

 

[EuroCLK320]

I put in the new phillips bluevision 4,000, from Power Bulbs http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk/ They supply blue side lights, free with each set.
My headlight bulb is H4 (head & dip in one bulb), and H1 55W for fogs.

As Olaf says, W210 E Class has 2 seperate bulbs head and dip. The site will tell you fitment for your car.

They are most definetly a lot whiter light, and they look good too.

Looks a good site. Are these that much better than the ones advertised on E Bay?

My CLK needs 2 sets.. I might have guessed :neutral:

 

[Chas]

many thanks sir

cheers

 

[pascal]

Euro, theres a lot of rubish out there, so i'd be cautous of anything like this on Ebay. There a guys selling Zenon conversion kits, saying they are Euro compliant, when in fact it is only the parts that they are made from, are Euro compliant. I did a good bit of research into Zenons just after Christmas, and it was discussed on this and many other forums: http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/showthread.php?t=9139&highlight=zenon
MLC said it was done to death back then , but in my opinion, there is no such thing, as new products come on the market. The bluevision I eventually bought, did make a difference. The colour is significantly whiter, but maybe not that much brighter. And the look good also.

See Auto expresses headlight bulb test http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product_test/39920/bulbs_standard.html
It shows up a lot of really bad performers, some so poor, they do not even pass EU regulations. The Phillips Bluevision mentioned there are the previous ones based on +30% technology. The ones I bought from Power Bulbs are Bluevision Ultra, based on +50%.

 

[EuroCLK320]

Thanks for the advice Pascal.


I think I will get a set of Philips Blue Vision H7 for the Low/Dip and a set of Philips Vision Plus H7 for the Main/Full.

Is this a bad choice?

I am assuming that the Vision Plus have a stronger light intensity but i also fancy the poser blue light effect for the dipped beam.

 

[turnipsock]

http://www.a-pp.com/shop/piaa_bulbsplasma.htm

guys, guys, you are wasting your time with anything else but PIAA bulbs. They are way brighter than anyhing else on the market.

The PIAA 60W road legal bulbs are brighter than most 100W bulbs.

I have now fitted the PIAA 80W/80W H4 bulbs, they are stupidly bright. These are great for annoying BMW drivers that drive around on their fog lights. Putting on your full beam, just before you pass them, lets you see them fumble for the light switch to get their normal lights on to counter you...but it's usually to late.

It's always confused me why the lighting regulations are based on the power a bulb draws...not the amount of light it produces!

I just wish it was darker in Scotland so I could use my lights more.

 

[EuroCLK320]

PIAA - yeah but those little glass objects are damned expensive!!!

 

[turnipsock]

Not so expensive from the link above

 

[pascal]

Turnip, my friend,as you know those 80/80 bulbs are not legal.

As for the

The PIAA 60W road legal bulbs are brighter than most 100W bulbs.

WHO SAYS?, PIA?

They got a hammering by motoring press. See my link above to see real test.

PIAA PLATIUM

Rating:

Price: £86.95 (mail order)

Type: Blue bulbs

Beam: N/A

These Japanese imports promise to up power from 60/55W to 130/120W. Yet, like its stablemate, its beam in the tunnel was a long way behind the best blue. For competition cars only, though, and illegal to use on the road, as it has no E mark.

They didn't even register on the beam tunnel

As For PIAA Super White

Rating:

Price: £48.15 (mail order)

Type: Blue bulbs

Beam: 75.8

We saw little evidence in the light tunnel of the pack's claim to raise output from the standard 60/55W to 110/100W. Nor was there much evidence to justify the outrageous price, but PIAA has to pay for its motorsport sponsorship somehow.

They were beaten by all the major manufactuers, in the standard bulb section.
So your 80/80 may be good, but so would any illegal watt bulb.

 

[turnipsock]

yeah but no but yeah but...it's the platinum whites (60W) I have.

(PIAA probably got a slagging because they didn't provide free bulbs for the journos to 'test')

 

[pascal]

All tests were done with bulbs bought from retailers or mail order. The same as a we would do:smile:

It just goes to show. If we spend big money we expect greatness. And if we don't we are so convinced, we believe we have anyway.

The power of the mind:smile: Eh Turnip:smile:

 

[EuroCLK320]

Whatever... my Philips blues are on the way already so I am more than happy. Thanks for the info there Pascal.

Turnip - I couldn't afford/justify the PIAA ones so it was no contest for me.

I only ordered one set. if they are the dogs nads I'll order a second set for the main beams (maybe not the blues, but the vision plus as I mentioned above).

Do the Vision Blues have as powerful a light as the Vision Plus's.. anyone?

 

[boopolo]

You guys do not know what you are missing,
Eaglites are the daddies!

 

[pascal]

The only good eaglites are the 100W ones.

They're illegal as well as putting pressure on your wiring, and would invalidate your warranty and possibley your insurance

 

[turnipsock]

The wires to your lights can take 10A max, the fuses are rated at 8A.

If you know anything about ohms threory of relativity, 12V, 100W = 8.3A so it's marginal if this would work. Fuse technology is not an exact sceince and I doubt the 100W bulbs are actually genuine 100W bulbs so most people find that there is no problem running them.

I drove home in the dark tonight, the PIAA 80W/80W jobs are much brighter than anything else I have tried. I know that they are illegal and if I get pulled over for it the police would have to take the bulb out and read the rating...could you tell the difference between a 6 and an 8 in the dark?

I have some 100W Blue jobs but they aren't that bright, partially because of the amount of light you loose because of the colour.

The worst bulbs seem to be the £5 100W Hellfords jobs, if they are drawing that much power and only producing that amount of light...you are overloading your alternator and wiring for nothing.

 

[boopolo]

I know this is a bit ignorant but dont you think the eaglits lok good both from inside the car and looking at the lightss? not only doesit look good, i find that it lights up the road pretty well.
and it shines onto the floor just like xenons, i cant stand looking at yellow light on the floor!
The eaglites are bright!! i love themIve tried other blue bulbs butthe light just wasnt bright enough due to the colour, but found this one to be good!

A friend had some PIAA ones, looks well good looking at the car but from within, i couldnt see sh*t!

 

[pascal]

You probably had some rubish bulbs coated in blue. As turnip says, the blue coating filters a lot of the light. The blue filter removes some of the warm (yellow) light of the standard bulb, so the amount of light is reduced.

The Phillips & Osram bulbs start off with a superior bulb (with a little zenon gas added to the halogen) in the first place. They coat the bulb in blue, and the colour resulting is 4,000 degrees kelvin. I think a lot of these poor bulbs are a result of less precission in the manufacturing process.