Headlight / DRL / Foglight / Park light bulb replacement

[Lucas_R]

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

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

My other German fling: Mk6 GTI

[Lucas_R]

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?

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.

[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.

[AdamD]

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?!

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

[Lucas_R]

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.

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

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

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



Stock bulbs



Burnt/defective bulb (notice the yellow colour)



This one is ok

[koji]

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

[Lucas_R]

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

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.

[koji]

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.

wow, discus with your mail! absolutely ridiculous

[SAINIside]

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!).

[Lucas_R]

wow, discus with your mail! absolutely ridiculous

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).