Bulbs for 2011 passat

mayo51

Hi all
I want to change my headlight bulbs and dipped head light bulbs from the dull yellow to a white. Can I do a straight bulb switch without causing my car the trigger bulb blown sensors? Also I don't want to do a LED conversion. Philips xtreme visions seems to be recommended?
Thanks guys!

colm_mcm

Any of these xtrapeme vision/night breakers etc are just a straight swap and don't cause any dash errors as they are essentially regular bulbs. They don't usually last as long as regular bulbs though.

Atlantic Dawn

Yes I'd recommend the Philips Xtreme Visions

mayo51

colm_mcm wrote: »

Any of these xtrapeme vision/night breakers etc are just a straight swap and don't cause any dash errors as they are essentially regular bulbs. They don't usually last as long as regular bulbs though.

Ya I was reading they need to be replaced more often than regular bulbs! I do a lot of driving and coming into winter months I want everything up to scratch and to be honest the standard VW bulbs that are in the Passat at the minute aren't mighty

mayo51

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes I'd recommend the Philips Xtreme Visions

Thanks for reply! Any other Ines you'd recommend? And where would you buy the xtreme vision bulbs?

punisher5112

Look up likes of micksgarage, amazon, eBay get idea of prices.

If you drive with lights on day/night maybe consider slapping on DRLs.

The projector type fittings I find ****e if not using xenon's.

Atlantic Dawn

mayo51 wrote: »

Thanks for reply! Any other Ines you'd recommend? And where would you buy the xtreme vision bulbs?

Osram Night Breakers have good reviews too, not used them myself.

I got the Xtreme Visions here for £20, use code OCTOBER for 20% off, takes about 4-5 working days to get them...
https://www.powerbulbs.com/

biko

I have used Osram Night Breakers and like them. Get them online, a motor factors or possibly Halfords.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNsQD3wv9kQ

chrismon

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Osram Night Breakers have good reviews too, not used them myself.

I got the Xtreme Visions here for £20, use code OCTOBER for 20% off, takes about 4-5 working days to get them...
https://www.powerbulbs.com/

Thanks for this!
Ordered the Xtreme Visions for my accord.

biko

There were some offtopic discussion, this is moved to Buying here so this thread can stay on bulbs

mayo51

chrismon wrote: »

Thanks for this!
Ordered the Xtreme Visions for my accord.

Ordered myself a set of Philips x-trend Vision + 130. How did you get on with yours in the accord?

creedp

mayo51 wrote: »

Ordered myself a set of Philips x-trend Vision + 130. How did you get on with yours in the accord?

Got a set of those a couple if years back. Light seemed better but not that noticeable to be honest. Problem was the drivers side blew after 9 months while the second one after 15 months. In each case they were replaced by the original 8 yr old bulbs which lasted a further 2 years until both blew together recently. Replaced those with bulbs from a Lidl multi bulb set which cost less than a tenner. Light seems fine to be honest. If my experience is common those night breakers aren't worth the money or hassle. Alternatively I might just have been unlucky. Interested to hear other experiences.

chrismon

mayo51 wrote: »

Ordered myself a set of Philips x-trend Vision + 130. How did you get on with yours in the accord?

Good after I cleaned the headlights. Haha.
No honestly they are decent.
Good purchase.

mayo51

chrismon wrote: »

Good after I cleaned the headlights. Haha.
No honestly they are decent.
Good purchase.

I put mine in the day before yesterday. Haven’t done a good run in night to see how good they are. Went into halfords and bought their own band 50+ light bulbs. BOGOF offer was reasonable so I put them in my dipped and put Philips xtreme in my heads. Gives off a nice white light and seems to be fairly good!

mayo51

creedp wrote: »

Got a set of those a couple if years back. Light seemed better but not that noticeable to be honest. Problem was the drivers side blew after 9 months while the second one after 15 months. In each case they were replaced by the original 8 yr old bulbs which lasted a further 2 years until both blew together recently. Replaced those with bulbs from a Lidl multi bulb set which cost less than a tenner. Light seems fine to be honest. If my experience is common those night breakers aren't worth the money or hassle. Alternatively I might just have been unlucky. Interested to hear other experiences.

I’m impressed with them but haven’t done a good run with them yet! Next time I’d consider doing a full HID conversion to make a right job of it!