InsolentMinx Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) I'd been doing quite a bit of nightdriving and had noticed that although bright, the 6000K HIDs didn't quite light up the road infront of me as much as I liked. Plus the massive 'UFO' dots really annyoed me when I saw them against the back of cars infront at traffic lights. With the new MOT regs coming up, and my MOT due soon, I decided to swap over to the Osram Nightbreakers. I found them for £13 at AceParts on eBay. I've used them before for other car bits, so didn't mind spending a few pennies extra compared to other sellers I've not used before. Delivery was free and took 2 days, so nothing to complain about there. The only issue is the damn fiddly fitment with the headlights having to be removed for optimum efficiency. 2 hours in the cold was NOT pleasant!! I took the 'after' pic below as soon as it got dark, just before going out for some drinks; so couldn't test drive the bulbs last night. And with the shitty snowy/slushy road contitions now, I can't be arsed to go out for a drive to test them tonight either, so the road-test will have to wait... Although I do dislike the more yellowy colour of the bulb when looking at the car, the after pic below does seem to suggest that they're a slightly more bright beam of light, albeit not as 'white' as the HIDs. Now I know too, that the camera slightly adjusts for brightness (so not a perfect compairson), but the centre of the Osram beams do seem brighter than the HIDs... but the 'road' does seem a little more lit up with the HIDs Bear in mind though, that both the pics were taken with the same level on the headlights... so this is what I found to be the optimum level for the best road illumination for the HIDs when driving; but I may need to lower the Osrams slightly to get an optimum beam pattern for road use. (oh, and the car isn't parked in exactly the same place... but did make sure to get it the same distance from the doors) :thumbs; Anyway, I wasn't sure if there had been a before/after pic of the light production from each, so voila: Unknown brand 6000K HIDs Osram Nightbreakers Edited February 5, 2012 by InsolentMinx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggy Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 My Brother in law just got some for his car celica,really rates them.Going to get some for mine soon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintersun Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Got Nightbreakers in my projectors, much better then my old 6000K hids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_jnz Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Thanks for the heads up, been looking to get some decent replacements for the HID's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamGTR Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 In honna have to go against the grain, I'm really unhappy with mine, anything other than pitch black and you can't see them and yes they are aligned I went to 2 different garages to have them checked as I didn't believe the first people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 weird... have you got a pic of the beam pattern, like mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisSilver Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) From those photo's I'm surprised you find the latter with osram, clearer. The top photos seems much clearer to me all round. You can see the black bins on the left, and a good amount of detail on them. In the bottom pic, you can barely make out there's bins there. I got extra bright bulbs with a blue tint, which more just rids of the yellow hint. Very happy with them. Edited February 5, 2012 by KrisSilver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) i did notice that with the bins... but then i also noticed that in the Osram pic I'd parked a little further right, so thought that maybe the shadow from the garages cast over the bins more the car parked to the right has also been and gone and returned, but not parked as far in as they had before... Edited February 5, 2012 by InsolentMinx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyRacer Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 This is an old picture from winter 2010 with the full beam - Ring ZenonMax +100% and for the dipped beam - Osram Night Breaker Plus 90s. I now have +120s in all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsolentMinx Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 link broken... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattW Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I did exactly the same as you... went from 6000k HIDs to Osrams, but I can't decide whether to keep them or not. The light isn't as white as I was hoping. Appears to be nothing much more than standard bulbs. Need to give them a few more drives to decide I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mek Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 i've ordered some nightbreakers for mine, so ill let you know what they are like for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorjack Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Bought some Nightbreakers for my gf's Colt - not overly impressed tbh. They're really yellow and light output is about the same as the standard Halfords bulbs that were on beforehand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstraw Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 I also got them for my mums car and thought they were just like normal. But then I think I may have got sold fake one...I imagine there are so many out there because I got mine at a bargain price of £12 when everywhere else was doing them for £23+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humayun Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 I have Night Breaker Plus bulbs in my projectors and they are nice and bright. I'd like a more blue/white light but can't complain about their brightness. Good bulbs IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam190 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Night breakers are good but they don't tend to last very long. That's the massive plus for HIDs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper-wrap Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Had them on mine, FAR superior to the standards and MILES less annoying for other people than the hids. Osram nightbreakers for the win. I think my bike has them too, the light's brilliant on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Had them on mine, FAR superior to the standards and MILES less annoying for other people than the hids. Osram nightbreakers for the win. I think my bike has them too, the light's brilliant on it. That was one of the things i noticed on driving home that night, beam was far better than on the car we drove up in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper-wrap Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Aye, infinitely better...can actually see the light on the road! Never got a single flash off anyone else either which was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam190 Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Aye, infinitely better...can actually see the light on the road! Never got a single flash off anyone else either which was good. I like people flashing there lights at me, feels like i have loads of friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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