So.........
Fitted the new bulbs yesterday, here is a quick explanation of how I did it but first a 'before' picture:
OEM bulbs:
OEM full beam:
My car is a Euro spec car & there is only one bulb that goes into the head light (I have seen some US Youtube videos where they talk about 2 bulbs).
First I removed the plastic surround by undoing 3 screws one on the outside & two on the inside of the light.
- outside screw
- inside front screw the third screw is just at the back of the light obscured as I have the bonnet raised.
Once the screws are out holding the sides of the plastic surround, pull it forward & downwards to remove it, there is a clip on the underside of the headlight lid that the plastic surround slide s into, it has a groove to fit.
- clip in underside of headlight flap.
- plastic surround with slit that slides into clip.
I then was able to reach behind the light & just pull off the connector for the bulb. I then had to remove a rubber gaiter from the back of the light, there to protect the back of the light / bulb from debris.
- rubber gaiter
The bulb is held in place by a sprung clip which you need to unclip before you are able to remove the bulb. Once this is unclipped the the bulb will slide out.
- Old bulb on left replacement new bulb on right.
- Drivers side new, passenger side old.
When refitting the bulbs they have 3 tabs that need to seat correctly before the sprung catch will be able to be fastened, be aware that one of the 3 tabs is slightly bigger than the other 2 so it might take a bit of fiddling to get the bulb seated correctly.
After pictures:
- full beam
In conclusion.......
I was hoping for a better result than I got, saying that the road I used to test the lights was a farm track with almost no lighting at all. I was out last night in the car on motorways etc & in real world driving I think they are an improvement. I guess if you want much better then you probably need to swap out the lamps for LED's, but that is a whole different ball game.