w124 headlight bulb upgrade poll.... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

sjsfiji · #1 02-13-2003, 06:11 PM

Please give me your recommendation....

ebennz · #2 02-13-2003, 07:56 PM

get yourself some euro lights first.

you will be happy with any of the ones you listed.

picture of "european" osram silverstar + 50%, from powerbulbs. about 39.00 u.s. per pair

peter

gsxr · #3 02-13-2003, 08:22 PM

Amen to that. Don't waste your money on bulbs until you get Euro lights. THEN get good bulbs! Both the Philips and Sylvania +50's are excellent. Skip the Hellas. Powerbulbs.com has the +50's, also Dan Stern (lighting.mbz.org) has them as well. I have 500E Euro lights in both my cars, one has relays and massive Philips Rally bulbs (130/90w). It helps keep my hood & bumper clean as bugs get vaporized before they make contact!

They do seem to irritate low flying aircraft though. :p

FYI, there was an extensive thread on this subject months back, titled something about PIAA SuperWhites being crap. There were links to some testing on the +5 bulbs and the Vision Plus and SilverStars were top dogs, hands down.

HTH,

Ashman · #4 02-13-2003, 09:42 PM

Euro headlights with event he crappiest bulbs is 100 times better than U.S. Headlights with the best bulbs made.

Alon

ItalianBenz · #5 02-13-2003, 11:19 PM

Why would you skip the hella's. I have them,on my E the eurohella's they kick but.

I guess it just preference and the way you set your lighting up.

But my hella's light the dark canyons every day for me.

gsxr · #6 02-14-2003, 11:32 AM

The Hella headlamp assemblies are awesome (I got mine from PUMA). But some testing of various bulb types & manufacturers showed that Hella bulbs were lower performers than you'd think, which surprised me. The Philips and Osram/Sylvania were the best.

HTN-E430 · #7 02-14-2003, 05:00 PM

Philips Vision Plus is only $28 a pair of H4 and shipping is free at:

http://www.autolamps-online.com

I bought H4 for Lexus and H7 for W210 there without any problem.

ItalianBenz · #8 02-15-2003, 12:43 AM

Ok I m gamed let me order up a set of vison plus thanks guys

ebennz · #9 02-15-2003, 11:23 AM

guido

www.powerbulbs.com is also a source with free shipping.

i checked the other site and pricing is VERY close. they seem to have limited availability.
about 31.00 u.s. 19.00 u.k.pounds

peter

#10 02-16-2003, 05:04 AM

my superwhite bulbs are $12.99 a pair and add $5 for s&h

no ricey blue and they include 1 year warranty from ANY burn outs.

I've sold a couple to some benz owners here and bnzsport!

but in my car I use 8000K xenons and euro-spec headlamps (I sell those too)

brighter than the sun itself! j/k

ebennz · #11 02-16-2003, 12:55 PM

speed

it sounds like you are a dealer...

the site doesn't permit people soliciting...

selling parts is one way they pay for all this

peter

gsxr · #12 09-23-2003, 11:33 AM

AutoExpress has new test results up for 2003. As before, PIAA is horrendously overpriced & has only mediocre performance, and the Philips & Osram "premium" stuff is top notch. Read for yourself:

Standard bulbs: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product_test/product_test_story.php?id=39920

Plus 30 bulbs: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product_test/product_test_story.php?id=39919

Plus 50 bulbs: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product_test/product_test_story.php?id=39917

Enjoy...

mike690003 · #13 09-23-2003, 05:10 PM

Save up and get a set of HID's .

Thats the only way to go if you plan on upgrading your lighting.

gsxr · #14 09-23-2003, 05:33 PM

And here's why NOT to convert to HID unless you have a late model MB where you can get factory HID lights, like the W210 for example:

http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/conversions.html

Just because you *think* it is better, doesn't mean it is... read the last paragraph carefully at that link above...

mike690003 · #15 09-24-2003, 02:14 PM

Oh yeah, I have read that article a gew times before I decided to follow through with my HID project. Well I have my bulbs aimed correctly and I went as far as fabricating my own glare shields to help keep the light focused and not glare oncoming traffic. There are a lot of HID retrofits here in Miami, I see a lot of misaligned bulbs with tons of glare. The light barely even hits the ground on some of these cars. All that useless light blinds oncoming drivers. I have very little glare on my 300E. It took a while to adjust the light pattern, but my project was successful.

View Poll Results: What bulb is best as an upgrade from stock???
Sylvania SilverStar	11	55.00%
Hella +30/+50 H4	4	20.00%
Philips Vision Plus	5	25.00%
Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll