E30 Zone

Fitted some philips x-treme H1 head light bulbs today on my dipped beam



just reading some reviews now, i was the same as this...

With the OE bulbs, I was subconciously checking that my headllamps were switched on when travelling in the dark or on poorly lit roads, owing to the fact that little light was being thrown onto the road. When compared to other vehicles, especially those HID equipped, lamp performance was generally poor, with a dull yellowish light.

The X-Treme Power bulbs provide an intense white light, and project a solid, useable beam to beyond the focal point of the driver, making them excellent for negotiating dark, poorly lit roads.

These bulbs are ideal for those who have considered aftermarket HID kits, yet don't want to take chances with legality and fitment.
Certainly a worthy upgrade and worth every penny!"


cant wait to see what they are like when its dark and the difference

was is the going price for them ?

i paid £23 from my local europarts, they had em there in stock

They will hardly make any difference, just very expensive bulbs at the end of the day

nice 1 get us a pic inthe dark i got uprated bulbs but they seem shite to me and i dont like the fact in the daylight my headlights look blue do they do this ??

DanThe wrote:They will hardly make any difference, just very expensive bulbs at the end of the day

from what ive read and the bloke who served me em, said he has them in his golf, and that they are excellent, give a much clearer brighter white light, thats longer and wider, whiter,brighter,than standard, and very good on dark roads, £23 is hardly big bucks anyway

barrymate wrote:nice 1 get us a pic inthe dark i got uprated bulbs but they seem shite to me and i dont like the fact in the daylight my headlights look blue do they do this ??

no mate they do do blue ones, these are white, turned them on when i fitted to test and they were white

but HID's are what, £30 a set?

polsta wrote: give a much clearer brighter white light, thats longer and wider, whiter,brighter,than standard, and very good on dark roads,

I'll keep an open mind on this one till I see pics. I'm very sceptical though.

I can't see how the bulb is going to affect the width of the beam. Surely that's controlled by the reflector in the lamp.

Looking forward to seeing the outcome. Fair play for trying something new.

Anything to do with beam pattern is down to the lamp, the bulbs just create the light to be projected. Ive used 100 watt bulbs before and they make no difference, the bloke behind the counter will tell you anything to get your wallet open

Bob, my thoughts exactly

im keeping an open mind too lads, il take some pics, was only worth trying out and found a score at work on monday, so i used that , little bonus really

n the blokes cushty, id already foned up and reserved them anyway and was only picking them up, he even recognised me n said ah they are for the e30-youl be pleased with them i got some in my mk2 golf

as i live by a lot of dark/country kind of roads, and drive a lot at night, ive been thinking the standard dipped beam ones are quite poor, and a lot of the time on the motorway ive even found myself checking they are actualy on

I'll be interested to see the difference as well, as I'm thinking of a set for my e30 to improve the lighting and keep it OEM under the bonnet.

inlovewithRWD wrote:and keep it OEM under the bonnet.

exactly...i didnt wanna meddle with hid really for that reason, plus people with stupid bright lights behind me piss me right off ...

It's dark now

i bought some hyped up bulbs a while back and although there no HID's there still a very upgrade to the standard bulb, alot more brighter, well worth the change for me!!

TheHeap wrote:It's dark now

which is why i just went for a quick test

only drove to my garage quick, proper test will be when i drive to work in a couple of hours

but initialy impressed

lights a light brighter and whiter, impressivly the 20/30 ft on the road imidiatly i front of the car is a lot brighter and better and a big difference it seems






then heres from the bonnet with main beam on...



and with just the dipped beam philips...



initial summery...a bargain quality upgrade that doesnt mess with standard, for £23 and 5 mins to fit , il report back after ive been to work and back, with dark country roads, motorway,and inner city driving...

i dont have any pics of how they were, just some with all the lights on, in the same place i took these photos...

Here's how mine looked with standard bulbs

seem to have made a fairly large improvement,

verdict-= chuffed to bits for the ££, quality upgrade, drove to work and back, they light up the imidiate road in front of the car a lot brighter and whiter than the tired looking standard yellow looking ones, more visible when on motorway and light up roads/street lamps, you can actualy feel/see a lot more than you have the lights on when just dipped beam, and like people said the light is white and better, a lot better, happy days and highly recomended £20 upgrade

Cool. Will get a set for mine.

I've just fitted some Osram night breakers (supposedly 90% brighter), I will take a pic later and post it up they were £11.50 from ebay.

rrs wrote:I've just fitted some Osram night breakers (supposedly 90% brighter), I will take a pic later and post it up they were £11.50 from ebay.

cool man, i read about these also, seem to be head to head with the philips, with people/reviews swinging each way

try n take some pics like mine above, somewhere thats totaly dark with no street lights etc about

Thanks for the review. Had a set of Philips Vision Plus (+50) on my E36 and they were a noticable improvement over stock. Will try these as the standard light output on the E30 is pretty terrible.

Out of interest Polsta, do you have projector lenses?

GeorgeUK wrote:Thanks for the review. Had a set of Philips Vision Plus (+50) on my E36 and they were a noticable improvement over stock. Will try these as the standard light output on the E30 is pretty terrible.

Out of interest Polsta, do you have projector lenses?

no worries mate, im not 100% certain but yes i think so , how can i check for sure ?

So get these if you have non-projector lights.