@Buz1500:

You have PM  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

“he who hesitates is lost” -Joseph Addison, 1713.

:GONE:

 “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

LT wrote:

Thanks for the offer, but at this stage I'm seeking advice as to which replacement bulbs are now considered to be the best.

Thanks Bora20

Nice to know  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

@Buz:

Got the Nightbreakers fitted today, relatively straightforward on a TDV6 due to only one airbox to wrestle with.
It had the ordinary Osram Xenarcs in, just took it for a drive down a nearby unlit coast road and I’d say a worthwhile improvement, not “200%” as it says on the box, more like 30-50% IMHO (I’m no expert, just age-compromised)
I didn’t hit anything, so that’s a bonus!

Thank you for the very cheap upgrade!  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

Read the explanation of the 200%...

-if it’s on the box, = no chance!, no way am I going to hire an electron microscope to read the 0.0035-point font!  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

From memory, along the lines of 200% brighter than the legal minimum.

Thanks GraemeS, so that likely refers to halogen 35W bulbs, right?
Must do a bit more research on that, it would be interesting to find out the actual differences in lumens between halogen and xenon and led variants.  “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

I have no idea of what such a standard might be, if one actually exits. It's all marketing hype to me.

Bora20 wrote:

LT wrote:

Thanks for the offer, but at this stage I'm seeking advice as to which replacement bulbs are now considered to be the best.

The Osram Night Breakers are.

Thanks.

I’ll think I’ll go for a set of the “next gen” ones. 220% no less.