Front headlight bulb upgrade

[DRH]

Hi Chaps

Was recommended the 'Prism night break' bulbs that give a much brighter beam, does anyone know what brand or size of bulb, the Caterham handbook says wattage 60/55 (halogen) and the fuse has a 15am(blue) rating.

[Paul 160]

Osram do the night breaker bulbs. Could it be those ones? You should need H4 I've seen the night breaker bulbs mentioned a few times on here but never used them myself.

Paul

[Sussex Mid AR]

Here you go Dennis

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EPLCP3U/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Julian

[Jonathan Kay]

If you fit these please could you take some comparison photos of the illumination?

Thanks

Jonathan

[DRH]

Thanks Julian your a gem

I will do my best Johnathan, not sure how to upload pictures on the site but will look into it

[Jonathan Kay]

We can help with that...

... and with how best to show the effect...

:-)

Jonathan

[DRH]

I had to laugh when I entered my reg number for comparability on the Amazon link for the bulb, it said this does not fit your opal Astra.

I noticed they now do a new upgrade to this bulb Julian called the "Laser night breaker" it's £2 more, probably no different I would imagine.

[Sussex Mid AR]

By all means try the later bulb. It will be slightly better still. The only downside with all these better bulbs is that the life tends to shorten the brighter the bulb, particularly in our "bumpy" 7's with the smaller headlights. That said, my nightbreakers have lasted a year so far, that's as much as my no-name regular bulbs did previously. Mike Clark (Kentish Weald AR) put me onto them initially, they are very good.

Thinking of bulbs, I also suggest you consider upgrading all your other bulbs to LED. That was my winter project. It turned into quite a project too, modifying all lamp holders, retiring my repeaters on the cycle wings and modifying a relay for polarity. But I think it was worth it. Next time you see me, ask me to have a look and I will explain to you.

Cheers,

[SM25T]

I use Ring Xenon H4 headlamp bulbs. Very bright white light. Buy on line.