Xantia HDi front headlights

[Taffyrhys]

Hi all

As you are all aware the front head lights aren't that great and i was wondering if I uprated the headlight bulbs to 100w instead of the 55w standard bulbs, will it burn out the wiring or blow a fuse? Do they also make a differnce?

Cheers

Taff

[Xaccers]

Check what voltage you're getting at the bulbs, could be you need to do the relay mod.

[DickieG]

Re Xac's advice here's an excellent link giving you all the information to judge whether you need brighter bulbs or (more likely) to fit relays.

[neil123]

Mine have always been excellent, except when I replaced the dipped beam bulbs with a particularly crap brand, (which sounds like a telephone does when it is trying to attract your attention!) as it was all a garage sold. Replaced them with a pair of decent quality bulbs, Philips or something similar, and they were fine again - apparently the accuracy of forming and placing the filament in the bulb makes a huge difference to beam pattern and efficiency, and the 'generic' crap bulbs are nowhere near as good as they should be. Top tip - an 'E' approval number in the range 1- 4 is very desirable - other countries tend to be 'slightly' less stringent in their approval tests - ie one lamp tested for approval, rather than one from each batch produced.

[jgra1]

I did the relay mod, and upgraded to (cheap) 100's.. both helped..

[DickieG]

Rather than overload the wiring with 100w bulbs fit relays and maybe some Philips Brilliance bulbs and you'll have all the light you need.

[lurchy666]

my hdi has the relay mod for low and high and i stuck 100 watts in all the lights including foggys, really makes a diffrence,