PAH Donating Members 361 Member For: 15y 11m 1d Gender: Male Posted 27/11/15 10:49 PM Share Posted 27/11/15 10:49 PM Guys,I've now bought three sets of extra bright headlight globes and had all of them blow in a short period of time - a few months. And NO I have not touched the globe! The first globe to blow was on my bike - the rest were in the XR6.As my car was at Spiro's for some other work, I got them to fit an Osram globe to replace the blown globe in the RHS headlight. I should have got them to do both with Osram globes because the extra bright globe in the LHS has now blown. Spiro's mechanic said they've had similar experiences with these extra bright globes and as a result, they have switched to standard Osram globes. I wonder if Osram makes extra bright globes?I had a set of Phillips high power globes years ago and never had any trouble. If I see Phillips globes on special, I might give them a try again. Anybody else had similar problems?PAH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 25d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 28/11/15 01:16 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 01:16 AM I have problems with extra bright globes, but only when they are behind me or coming the other way 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 28/11/15 01:34 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 01:34 AM From memory Narva and Osram are the same. I've used a few sets of Narva 50+ in the EL and I think the Narva packs sometimes contained Osram branded globes. Get about 18 months on average I think. Reflectors in EL XR headlights are tiny, and these made a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 28/11/15 05:17 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 05:17 AM So whats the best? Phillips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 28/11/15 05:27 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 05:27 AM Can't remember which thread it was but a couple of people were saying that the Philips globes only lasted about 12 months and I posted that the Philips Crystal Vision globes in my car were just on the 12 month age and going strong.... About a month back - making the globes about 14 or 15 months old - one blew so I had to replace them....... 90 bucks a pair for h4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/11/15 06:31 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 06:31 AM Had Philips 120 ones. Blew in a couple of months. Spewing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 6m 24d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 28/11/15 07:28 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 07:28 AM I dont even want hella bright ones....just white and not yellowSo maybe the longest lasting ones are the 50+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tocchi Sandtrap Motorsport Donating Members 2,055 Member For: 16y 25d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/11/15 07:52 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 07:52 AM I dont even want hella bright ones....just white and not yellowSo maybe the longest lasting ones are the 50++1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 25d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 28/11/15 10:15 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 10:15 AM Yep bought some Philips and they blew after a bit over a year (30,000km odd I guess), I have bought some sort of whiter but not white globes, forget what they are. Not as nice as the Philips Blue Vision but better than stock. Seem OK and didn't cost much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 2m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/11/15 10:55 AM Share Posted 28/11/15 10:55 AM Have never changed a head light globe in 10+ years and 3 b series cars... What sort of roads are you guys driving on...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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