The Phillips are £23 for the pair and the Osrams are £40 per side?
That is a massive difference in price, can the Osrams really be that much better?
I'm interested to hear your verdict though as I am in a similar position. Though the main thing for me is improving the dipped beam, which is absolutely terrible!
£40 a side sounds like HID bulbs as fitted to our Forester, long thin bulbs needing ballasts to work, take a few seconds to warm up to full brightness when you turn the lights on....daughter needed one of these for one of her Civics, Honda parts counter wanted nearly £100 for the bulb alone, needless to say it got a decent philips/osram instead.
H4/H7 Osram and Philips upgraded legal halogens are usually fairly well matched in price, around the £20/27 mark.
Moving up from the 90 (Colorado) series Landcruiser to the present 120 series was a shock re dipped headlights, the 90 series had very decent headlights despite the much older design, the even older 70 series was good too, the 120 i almost cleaned up an unlit skip one murky evening shortly after buying it, immediately fitted upgraded bulbs which helped a lot.
On my LC forum, one or two have fitted really expensive LED bulbs (typically Philps) circa £120 a pair, they report these as being very good and without the blinding effect cheap LED bulbs cause due to poor design unsuited to the standard reflectors, maybe they refit the standard bulbs for MOT time, the issue with LEDs in casings not designed to take them is butchering of the clip on covers at the back of the headlights is sometimes needed....i won't go down this path myself as i find the legal upgrade bulbs to help enormously.
Visibility is bad currently no matter how good your dipped beams, layers of salt on damp roads and the surrounds seem to absorb all light as efficiently as matt black paint.
Edited by gordonbennet on 19/01/2025 at 14:47
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