Yes I upgraded the Civic dip beam to Philips extreme and a worthwhile improvement in amount of light, and a decent pattern which appears safe to other users. So on balance I would go ahead.

I think Penumbra's point was that in your initial post you say, "upgrading to halogen". This suggests the current ones are not halogen, but i can't see that being the case on a 2008 car. Surely it would either be halogen or xenon (i don't think LED headlamps were on the go back then)?, and if they were xenon, going to halogen probably wouldn't be an 'upgrade'.

Edited by badbusdriver on 09/01/2020 at 16:31

Apologies - wasn't being pedantic, but I half assumed you perhaps meant upgrade to Xenons

which if I remember correctly were an option on the V70 but that would obviously mean sourcing the kit from a breakers somewhere.

Your idea of a bulb upgrade is the best bet. Osram Nightbreakers or Bosch Gigalight are both reasonably priced. They give a much "whiter" light than standard halogen bulbs which means things like road signs, pedestrians etc show up more clearly.

I was originally going to use Osram.