What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

**kendog** · 16-01-2013, 09:59 PM

ok, cool, thanks all!

Yep, sounds like I definitely need a clay bar and such. Turns out one of the girls I work with is married to the guy that owns Car Care Products, so once I get some actual 'spare' cash, I'll head out there to see him and get the low-down on all that gear, and hopefully afford the things I want...

**Golf-Sam** · 17-01-2013, 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by Manaz

It's a good thing before you wax/seal a car - polishing actually removes paint.
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point !

**Manaz** · 17-01-2013, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by Sirocco20348

Swapped over headlight bulbs to Philips xtremevision.... TBH I cant tell any difference besides less money in my wallet... ill stick to OEM after this little venture.

They made a big difference for me. And were stupidly cheap from powerbulbs.co.uk...

**Manaz** · 17-01-2013, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by kenbot

ok, cool, thanks all!

Yep, sounds like I definitely need a clay bar and such. Turns out one of the girls I work with is married to the guy that owns Car Care Products, so once I get some actual 'spare' cash, I'll head out there to see him and get the low-down on all that gear, and hopefully afford the things I want...

Make sure you have lots of spare cash - that place is like a treasure cave

**Sirocco20348** · 17-01-2013, 09:54 AM

What do you regard stupidly cheap as? These bulbs sell for $40 a pair online... which I think is quite expensive.

This is what I had before and they were $10 and the bulb construction, beam pattern was exceptional.

**Golf-Sam** · 17-01-2013, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Sirocco20348

What do you regard stupidly cheap as? These bulbs sell for $40 a pair online... which I think is quite expensive.

This is what I had before and they were $10 and the bulb construction, beam pattern was exceptional.

i did notice a huge difference when i switched to philips +100% on the Bora .. the light was more noticable and vision improved .. one of the best After market ones out there .. what year model is the car ? some cars get voltage drop as the wiring gets older .. happened with my MK3 .. what you could do to improve it is make a headlight wiring harness like this : How to make a headlight wiring relay kit
and it worked for me very well .. you'd be surprised how much a light can be brighter.

sam

**Manaz** · 17-01-2013, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Sirocco20348

What do you regard stupidly cheap as? These bulbs sell for $40 a pair online... which I think is quite expensive.

This is what I had before and they were $10 and the bulb construction, beam pattern was exceptional.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...a/Narva_H7.jpg

Narva are far from a poor brand, granted.

But be aware that beam pattern has nothing to do with your bulb, and everything to do with your reflectors - so changing bulbs won't change that.

I noticed a substantial increase in overall light output when I moved to the Philips Extreme Vision bulbs. That said, I use H4s in the Bora (as opposed to H7s in the Mk4 Golf), so there could be a difference there.

I actually have a set of projector headlights ready for the Bora - if I put those in, I'll be going to H7 bulbs too.

**bundabora** · 17-01-2013, 09:06 PM

My projectors have H1 bulbs - I recommend the Powerbulbs place and the Philips ones are brighter, but my beams are rubbish! High Beam is brillant, but Low beam is dodgy, that's why I got the more powerful bulbs... I am kind of stuck with them tho because of the awesomeness of my Boser bonnet, which is my favourite mod... if I went back to standard (I wouldn't mind doing that) then my indicators would be slightly obstructed from view by the bonnet, and I wouldn't want to have a problem with someone not seeing me turning and having an accident and a problem with insurance. Just got me thinking, Maybe it's possible to swap indicator with foglight? Not sure on that one...