Headlight / DRL / Foglight / Park light bulb replacement

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Originally Posted by AdamD

That is a crazy bargain mate - well done. Post some pics in your build thread when you get a chance. :cool:

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Throwing up some pics and info now into a new build thread. :cool:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...ml#post1033459

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Originally Posted by AdamD

Do you know what brand these H15s are? I'm definitely interested to hear what you think of them. If they're decent, I might order a set along with headlight and foglight bulbs to match (but would need to know the H15 brand/model to order properly matching headlights). MTEC Super White?

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Hey Adam - the bulbs arrived today and they are Michiba brand. The label says 5000k but then theres a sticker thats been put over the top that says 4000k. So who knows?!

The blue colour on the bulbs looks a bit lighter than my Philips Diamond Vision's which are 5000k.

I'll pop the bulbs in tomorrow and get some pics.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...2a3u9aty-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...by6egu7u-1.jpg

Hopefully they don't make the headlights look too blue when turned off! Think they may be OK.

Great find! Look forward to the pics.

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Originally Posted by Lucas_R

Hey Adam - the bulbs arrived today and they are Michiba brand. The label says 5000k but then theres a sticker thats been put over the top that says 4000k. So who knows?!

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Good guessing on the brand! Definitely keen to see the pics, and how the colour matches in with your Philips 5000ks.

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Originally Posted by SAINIside

Hopefully they don't make the headlights look too blue when turned off! Think they may be OK.

Great find! Look forward to the pics.

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They do give a blue tinge to the headlights if you look at the right angle. I actually like it though.

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Originally Posted by AdamD

Good guessing on the brand! Definitely keen to see the pics, and how the colour matches in with your Philips 5000ks.

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They look good - unfortunately one of the bulbs was defective in that it went dull and changed colour not long (like 5 seconds) after turning them on. I pulled the bulb back out and it was all smokey. I assume that particular bulb was either faulty of perhaps damaged somehow in transit. The other bulb was still working fine (but i have removed both for now, reverted back to the stock bulbs and have emailed LEDPerf to ask about getting another one (under warranty i would hope)).

The colour temp looked good. Ive got a few pics but not sure how the old mobile phone captured the colour/brightness.

Bulbs

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../03/3x2a-1.jpg

Stock bulbs

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/845/0q66.jpg

Burnt/defective bulb (notice the yellow colour)

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../03/40n9-1.jpg

This one is ok

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru.../03/0mz0-1.jpg

they look good lucas; temp is a good colour too, shame about the defective one...will they replace it free of charge?

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Originally Posted by koji

they look good lucas; temp is a good colour too, shame about the defective one...will they replace it free of charge?

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I hope so - i have emailed the place where i got them (shop in France).

Im also thinking that the courier guy might have been at fault here.....as the bulbs were under my carport when i got home. My front gate is locked, so the only way for the courier to get the bulbs under my carport would have been to throw them about 5-6m.....yes that's right. So it's entirely possible that the defective bulb was caused by the courier.

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Originally Posted by Lucas_R

I hope so - i have emailed the place where i got them (shop in France).

Im also thinking that the courier guy might have been at fault here.....as the bulbs were under my carport when i got home. My front gate is locked, so the only way for the courier to get the bulbs under my carport would have been to throw them about 5-6m.....yes that's right. So it's entirely possible that the defective bulb was caused by the courier.

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wow, discus with your mail! absolutely ridiculous

Yes, definately a pain about the defective globe. Hopefully they send you a new one??

Do you have a pic of the lights turned off? Trying to gauge the 'blueness'.

I like the colour and temp of your low beans too. I have Crystal Vision 4300K, which look great too and I think these 4000k H15s would be a great match (since I've given up trying to source Eds/VACAR black euro headlights!).

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Originally Posted by koji

wow, discus with your mail! absolutely ridiculous

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It wasn't my normal mailman - as he knows me quite well (too many deliveries haha) and wouldn't have done that. These bulbs came with a courier of some kind (will have to check the box to see if it says who it was).