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Replacement headlamp bulbs for Audi A6

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  • 08-10-2015 1:31pm
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    dodzy
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    Hi folks, just looking for a recommendation. I've a A6 (C6 variant) and I have always disliked the yellowish light emitted from the headlamps. Can I swap them out (cheaply) for a white light ( its 3 bulbs per lamp and fogs also ). Cheers


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    dodzy
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    Bumping this folks. Didn't do anything with the stock bulbs but they do annoy me. Any suggestions ? Just looking for something non-yellow


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    biko
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    ECG did a vid on these a while back, don't know if they're available here

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq5pf0srHyk


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    dodzy
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    Cheers biko, but just looking for bulb swap outs as opposed to the LED/CANBus kits. They have sets of H7, H3 & H1 (dipped, fog & mainbeam) in the local MF here. Just seen them today. €12 approx per set of 2. Might just get a set for the dipped and see how they look.


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    Special Circumstances
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    I'm very surprised at how good those LED headlights look in that, I was afraid I'd have to lose all faith in Eric - any previous shenzen jobbies I've seen were obnoxious glarey muck.

    Dodzy - Philips extreme vision or Osram Nightbreaker are what you want if you want the best of traditional filament bulbs.
    You would need reputable LEDs for the parking lights to match. I recommend Phillips or Osram again for these (around 4000k is best match)- not cheap but then the cheap eBay quality LEDs are just plain nasty and skangery. Philips are best bang for buck in my experience.


    A filament option for the sidelights is halfords laser blue. I'm sure philips do an equivalent - the idea is that the bulb has a blue coating but lights up around 4500k - pretty white looking, not yellow or blue. The hassle here is that it is easy to buy a bulb that DOES light up blue - eg Halfords ultra blue or whatever.


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    biko
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    Yeah, I've used Osram Nightbreaker and liked them.


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    Car99
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    biko wrote: »
    Yeah, I've used Osram Nightbreaker and liked them.

    +1 for night breakers €30 for two H7s


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    Tropheus
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    I'd imagine those LEDs will fall into the same bracket as aftermarket HIDs and won't pass the NCT. AFAIK, they also require washers and auto-levelling.


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    Etnies
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    just came here about to post the same. Was looking in halfords the other day, theres feckin loads of them, and didnt want to go buy a blue light either.

    Is there anywhere online thats sells decent ones and not your chinese ones.


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    Special Circumstances
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    Etnies wrote: »
    just came here about to post the same. Was looking in halfords the other day, theres feckin loads of them, and didnt want to go buy a blue light either.

    Is there anywhere online thats sells decent ones and not your chinese ones.

    You looking for led or filament bulbs? Powerbulbs.com is worth a look - try to find a discount code, there's always some promo on.


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    Etnies
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    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    You looking for led or filament bulbs? Powerbulbs.com is worth a look - try to find a discount code, there's always some promo on.

    Great site exactly what I was looking for. Ordered up full set of front lights with 20% discount.


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