General Poor Headlights

[Bimboveloce]

Evening,
Just purchased a 2016 1.2 Lounge for my daughter and noticed the headlights are both dim and don't reach very far. Has anyone upgraded the bulbs for more light and reach? if so what bulbs would you recommend?

Thanks in advance Tony

 

[John202020]

Check the headlight leveling is set to zero, if they're projector type then people find them poor in general I favour Phillips Extreme bulbs, I've always believed that projector type should be HID, you may find your daughter finds them OK our older eyes need more light?

 

[Gina500]

Since a few months, there are street legal LED replacement bulbs available. At least in Germany and a few other countries. Check the Philips website for UK.

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Philips-Ultinon-Pro6000-Headlight-Brighter/dp/B0CNY4GV6X

I installed these recently and they are a major improvement over the candlelights I had before.

 

[jrkitching]

Since a few months, there are street legal LED replacement bulbs available. At least in Germany and a few other countries. Check the Philips website for UK.

Unfortunately not road legal in the UK.

 

[Gina500]

What a shame - they are really good...
I had non legal ones from Auxito until recently, also a major improvement vs. the Halogen. But the Philips are definitely better.
Not sure why they don´t approve them in the UK. LHD vs RHD should not make a difference, since the asymmetrical optics is in the light, not the bulb.

 

[The Panda Nut]

Check the headlight leveling is set to zero, if they're projector type then people find them poor in general I favour Phillips Extreme bulbs, I've always believed that projector type should be HID, you may find your daughter finds them OK our older eyes need more light?

I find on the Panda that the +30% bulbs help, the brighter you go the shorter the life. Height adjustment is critical and you may need to experiment and then adjust manually so they are optimised with the height adjuster set on 0.

Badly designed lights seem to be too high on high beam and too low on dip so some fiddling and compromise is required.