Osram Night Breaker H11 Upgrade Is250

Spike99 · January 26, 2014

I fitted Osram Night Breaker headlight bulbs this week at a cost of £33 from amazon. Quite a fiddly job as air filter has to be removed to give access to drivers side lamp and washer bottle tube moved for passenger side. Whole job took about an hour and must say can't really see any difference at moment although it has been raining non stop so difficult to judge.

January 28, 2014

I found they were whiter in light and were better than standard as my yellow standards were like having side lights on lol I need some more and also I bought the HB3 osram for main beam so will probably do all 4 as once

Duffman · December 14, 2014

Hi Paul,

How did you get along? I want to upgrade my bulbs... I'm surprised the current (non hid) setup passed an MOT to be honest!

Spike99 · December 14, 2014

They only last 3 months so have now gone back to originals

ChumpusRex · December 14, 2014

Yeah. Nightbreakers are only designed for a 100 hour life.

Most headlight bulbs are designed for 500, with premium bulbs about 250.

Spike99 · December 14, 2014

I tend to drive with headlights on all the time with sun so low this time of year so not real good value

Duffman · December 16, 2014

Yeah doesn't seem like it. I'm on the hunt to replace my bulbs. I simply don't enjoy driving at night anymore.

I've looked through the threads but can't see any other recommendations.

Any ideas?

Mbay · December 20, 2014

I'd get a hid kit myself. Put one in myself and its been great. Passed its mot with no advisories.

lex250 · May 16, 2015

Have you a link to the hid kit you installed?

Cheers

Mbay · May 16, 2015

There's one somewhere on here can't remember we're tho. Recently the kit failed because someone who borrowed the car broke em somehow. Think I posted on here about it. Since then ive bought an LED bulb kit from the tinternet. After loads of fannying around they just replace the old bulbs and no need for drilling. Look awesome too. And I got the sidelights changed to cree LEDs too.

lex250 · May 16, 2015

Are they road legal?

Mbay · May 16, 2015

Yeah they're road legal. Give a better pattern than hid and not blinding. And they come on straight away, no warming up. Dnt know if I'm allowed to tell u we're I got them from but it was HorizonLEDs.

Mbay · May 16, 2015

And even I can install them with taking the airbox out so I'm sure you can.

matt-c · May 16, 2015

Osram Nightbreakers are just 55w 12v halogen bulbs, so fully legal. Because they are halogen they don't need warm up time that Xenon bulbs do, and the better pattern and non-blinding is down to the fact, again, they're halogen and not Xenon (halogen and Xenon bulbs do not give different light patterns; its the reflector that gives the light pattern. The only difference is that Xenon bulbs are generally unto 300% brighter, so they show up the "problems" of reflector bowl light dispersal). Osram claim their bulbs are an extra 10% brighter, up to 40 m longer beam of light, and up to 20 % whiter light (all compared to standard halogen lamps). But they don't say why their 55w halogen bulbs are brighter, throw further, and are whiter than other 55w halogen bulbs...

I was thinking about going for Nightbreakers as my high beam bulbs, but I think I'll not bother reading they don't last long, especially at their price (£23+ for a pair of HB3's!!!)

Mbay · May 16, 2015

All due respect, don't bother with normal bulbs. If you want something like hids then go for LEDs in my opinion. Ive done many cars with his but on my current lex LEDs are the best all round.

matt-c · May 16, 2015

I'd like to go LED, but I haven't found seen or been recommended an LED replacement for a halogen that actually even performs as good as a halogen, without costing 10x as much. Can you recommend me an LED replacement for a halogen HB3 that out performs a halogen HB3 in both longevity and visual performance?

May 18, 2015

I bought my hid's from HID4U.co.uk and bought H11ULT55W5 error free dipped beam and bought the FOG9006LED12HP-2 for.my fogs total cost 125 pounds delivered but have 2 year guarantee

matt-c · May 18, 2015

Ouch!

TigerFish · May 19, 2015

I'd like to go LED, but I haven't found seen or been recommended an LED replacement for a halogen that actually even performs as good as a halogen, without costing 10x as much. Can you recommend me an LED replacement for a halogen HB3 that out performs a halogen HB3 in both longevity and visual performance?

I've just ordered a set of LED headlamp (H4) bulbs to try out in my Corrado, I'll let you know how they turn out.

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