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[robmac]

really not impressed the with light output from my facelift omega's headlights ....lenses are clear, polished them a few months back. now the darker evenings have set in i've noticed just how crap they are on dipped beam.can anything be done to improve them?..they are just normal H1 bulbs in them.

[albitz]

Swap em for HID,s - much better.Need washer jets as well really,but its worth doing imo.

[robmac]

thought about doing that...is it as easy as that though? as simple as that or is it slightly more involved?

[albitz]

need to swap level motors for yours - 30 seconds per light unit.Need to splice in two wires - 10 minutes per unit.
Also need  to fit headlight washers though,which may take a couple of hours if you need to drill the holes in the bumper etc.
Also keep your old lights,as it might be necassary to swap them back for the MOT from next year.

[robmac]

cheers Albs..will probably have a go at that.

[ffcgary1]

Hi robmac, i had the same problem as you and tried all the usual tricks: ie nightbreaker bulbs, 50% brighter ect, but still no real improvment, untill i fitted a HID kit i bought off ebay, together with a pair of new std projectors it was plug and play, no wires to cut, just put your leveling motors on to the new lamps and away you go, WHAT A DIFFERENCE THEY MAKE.

I bought the kit with 6000k bulbs as thet give the whitest light but with a hint of blue.
A mate who works as a mot tester set them up for me on the beam tester and said that he would quite happly pass them on a MOT test.  BUT YOU WILL NEED THE HEAD LAMP WASH SYSTEM INSTALLED, which you should have no problem fitting and a breaker on here will be able to supply the needed parts if you need them.