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Well that was a disappointment, fitted the Philips bulbs and they are the exact same as the stock ones I had, that slight yellow colour, the ones from eBay were very white. Oh well I'll just have to stick with them till I get my new car.


I bet they were not very bright though. It's very ...

Well that was a disappointment, fitted the Philips bulbs and they are the exact same as the stock ones I had, that slight yellow colour, the ones from eBay were very white. Oh well I'll just have to stick with them till I get my new car.

RUM4MO wrote: Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:54 pm As long as the free side light bulbs were bluish in colour, that is as white as they get when on, certainly better than the yellowy/orangy originals.

They were blue, I see now thanks

I'm gonna sound like a complete novice, but I've fitted the Philips sidelights into my numberplate, but I don't see a difference in colour compared to the stock lights, other than the Philips ones are slightly less yellow, is there a reason why

If you can find any free cash, maybe have a look on ECP, ie Euro Car Parts as they have another of their "special" discount codes.

As long as that works out cheaper than PowerBulbs.


Oh right cheers! I've already ordered from powerbulbs. It says the Philips headlight bulbs come with free ...

RUM4MO wrote: Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:23 pm Sorry the question about changing the side lights back, yes you will notice the difference slightly, but it will be acceptable to plod etc.

Great! I knew there would be a difference but I was worried about getting pulled for it, thanks for the advice, much appreciated

RUM4MO wrote: Sat Oct 27, 2018 3:21 pm I've edited my posting to include the side light bulbs, but the price I quoted was without the claimed 25% discount that they giving right now.

Edit:- so that makes them £6.19

Excellent! Cheers, bring on payday

If you buy Phillips White Vision Ultras from Powerbulbs, that would cost you £22.49 for a pair, just a suggestion.


Oh that's not too bad, cheers for that I'll deffo look into them, btw if I change my sidelights back to the stock bulbs, will that still look okay with the xenon lights or do I ...

Hum, I'd say it was the side lights that are causing you issues there!

Edit:- that is very cheap for premium bulbs, so I'm guessing that you will not find even these bulbs are too good, the thing about head light bulbs is/are, they need to be well made and that includes making sure that the build ...

Oh right cheers, if I put the sidelights back in with that not spoil the colour of the new lights?

Apologise if someone has already asked this, but ive just fitted some Xenon bulbs and sidelights to my car and they work fine, but now I have the 'Light Out' icon on my dash, ive heard this can happen so would anyone know how I can fix this? ive added the link to the bulbs I bought here: https://www ...

Would someone be able to help me in finding the right lowering kit for my 1.4 SE, as I intend on getting 17 inch monte carlo alloys and want the car to sit right on them. Also can I get someone to fit the kit or is it a DIY job?

I was probably lucky. I had a twin charger in a 2011 Scirocco that I tuned to stage 1. I ran it in carefully for the first 3k miles, gave it oil and filter changes every 6 months changed the plug gap from VW spec and had no problems in 50k of motoring. Quite a few did have problems and that ...

Thank you everyone for your help! What I'll do is when I'm able to go out to purchase a new car I'll either get a 1.8 if available or look for a decent 1.4, atm I'll stick with my trusty SE

So it is a case of avoid at all cost or shop around to find a good one?