Bulbs...

[Batesyboy]

I see by looking through the Galleries that many Mk2 172 owners have replaced their bulbs with "Philips Silver Vision and Blue Vision bulbs"... are these still Xenon ones?

If not, why change them, and what improvements do they give. Also how much/where from?!

Cheers
- Andy

 

[Hit&Run]

The philips bulbs give u 50% more light than a standard bulbs, I had them on my last car and they made a big difference. Go to http://www.powerbulbs.com/http://www.powerbulbs.com/ they explain it better than me.

Members get a discount I believe.

 

[Batesyboy]

You mean 50% more than the std Xenon ones...?! Are they legal?!

 

[Daz]

They are indicators and Im guessing Fog Lights! You cant put bulbs in the place of Xenon - totally different system.

Standard 172 MkII Fog Lights look Yellow against the Xenon Headlights, so they change them for the Blue Vision Ones.

Silver Vision are used as indicators - they look silver, but flash orange.. stop the headlight/ side repeater looking orange all together when off.

Daz.

 

[Hit&Run]

No my mistake no one would replace the main beams with any philips bulb because they would not fit, xeons are the best u can get. I was talking about a std clio. The only thing worth changing on a 172 is the indicator bulbs to get rid of that horrible orange look and the side lights. Powerbulbs gave me a new set of bluevision sidelight blulbs for free when I placed my order, these give white look at the front which makes a 172 look great in the dark.

 

[Batesyboy]

Yeah, Ive got Silvertec ones for my rear indicators and plan the same for the front to get rid of the "fried egg" look...

Had a look on the powerbulbs website and its quite confusing eh?! Might invest in some of the blue vision ones for my fogs then... anyone know the style (H1, H2 etc?)

 

[paddymph]

heres the difference, its the indicator bulb that i changed (silver vision):

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1053455936__p44dys.jpg

note the distinct lack of orangeness around the lights-compared to this:

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1053456059__trafford3.jpg

 

[Hit&Run]

A picture is worth a thousand words

 

[paddymph]

exactamundo!

dont bother with the blue vision, theyre utter cack and youll cut your hands to shreds trying to fit them!!

 

[Batesyboy]

Yeah, definitely improvement over the egginess of yellow ones!