Toyota Avensis 2004 T4 1.8 Petrol Headlight Bulbs

[smoky2004]

Hello

I drive a Avensis 2004 T4 1.8 petrol.

As the headlight bulbs are not the best, I'm thinking of using Halfords £6.99 bulb fitting service.

Question is which headlight bulbs would you recommend?

Thanks

[smoky2004]

I would like the brightest dipped beam headlamp bulb I can legally drive with.

If someone could recommend a bulb that would be great.

Also, do Toyota offer free fitting of headlight bulbs? If not I'll use Halfords.

[mintalkin]

it all comes down to how much you want to pay for the bulbs, top end of the market i would go for Osram Nightbreakers, but you will find Halfords Super Brilliance bulbs also a big improvement over standard bulbs, just check that your local Halfords will fit the bulbs on the T25 Avensis they would not come anywhere near mine when i owned one because of the akwardness of fitting.

[smoky2004]

I am after a very bright long lasting bulb.

Reading the reviews it seems the Halfords bulbs are not made to last.

[mintalkin]

i had them in my car for over three years with no problems untill i sold the car, reviews on the site are good

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_212851_langId_-1_categoryId_165538_zygonArticleNum_150524_zygonGenericCode_000000_zygonId_10145867_zygonManPartNum_HBU477_zygonPrice_0#tab3

[smoky2004]

i had them in my car for over three years with no problems untill i sold the car, reviews on the site are good

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_212851_langId_-1_categoryId_165538_zygonArticleNum_150524_zygonGenericCode_000000_zygonId_10145867_zygonManPartNum_HBU477_zygonPrice_0#tab3

Thanks, think I will try them out.

Buy 1 get 1 free sounds good.

Just hope Halfords fit them.

[smoky2004]

Just to add, if I decide to go for the Osram Nightbreaker does anywhere supply and fit?

It doesn't look like Halfords sell them?

[alan333]

I changed headlight bulbs on a T25 I formerly owned and didn't notice much difference, TBH I felt it was money wasted, I'm fairly sure the new ones were nightbreakers too. They're not difficult to fit if you're good with your hands...I did mine in a few mins, the tricky bit is getting the cover off/on...a handy hint is to not try to remove them from the car, merely move them out of the way.

There was a thread a while ago about the reflectors inside the headlights getting tarnished, hence giving off poor light. Apparently changing the reflectors makes a huge difference. Have a read at this thread, it might help...

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/144093-dim-avensis-headlights/?hl=headlights

[smoky2004]

I changed headlight bulbs on a T25 I formerly owned and didn't notice much difference, TBH I felt it was money wasted, I'm fairly sure the new ones were nightbreakers too. They're not difficult to fit if you're good with your hands...I did mine in a few mins, the tricky bit is getting the cover off/on...a handy hint is to not try to remove them from the car, merely move them out of the way.

There was a thread a while ago about the reflectors inside the headlights getting tarnished, hence giving off poor light. Apparently changing the reflectors makes a huge difference. Have a read at this thread, it might help...

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/144093-dim-avensis-headlights/?hl=headlights

thanks for clearing that up.

[IRL Techie]

I changed the headlight bulbs on my Avensis, easy enough once you are careful, I fitted Osram Nightbreaker plus, and the different is night and day (ahem ) :)

[smoky2004]

I changed the headlight bulbs on my Avensis, easy enough once you are careful, I fitted Osram Nightbreaker plus, and the different is night and day (ahem ) :)

Hello, just to confirm you are saying they made a huge difference?

[alan333]

I changed headlight bulbs on a T25 I formerly owned and didn't notice much difference, TBH I felt it was money wasted, I'm fairly sure the new ones were nightbreakers too.

I stand corrected. I just went out to the garage and checked - the bulbs I used were Philips X-Treme Vision ones, not Nightbreaker. (I replaced them with the originals again before I sold the car).

[Druid Boy]

I have used nightbreakers and Halfords extreme brilliance on the car and the bike. they don't make a massive difference in the car which is a shame because they are so bright that they are offensive on the bike. I won't bother with them in the car again. I did notice that the dipped beam inner lens fogged with a layer of dirt so I used a welding rod and some rag to clean it off. It was a pain to do but probably made more difference that changing the bulbs.

I wanted to get some higher powered bulbs but could find any suitable. I reckon a 70 or 75W would be fine but just couldn't find one & got bored looking.

[IRL Techie]

I have tried Halfords and Philips brand in mine too, the Osram Nightbreaker Plus are defintely brighter than the stock bulbs.

Osram have just released Nightbreaker Ultimate,which apparently are better again.

I live in West Cork in Ireland, and in Winter time these Osram bulbs definitely make the difference on the dark country roads.

[smoky2004]

I only recently realised just how poor the dipped headlights are on the Avensis. Driving on a dual carriageway at night where none of the street lighting was working, I assume there must of been a power cut, I could see more unless nothing without the full beam.

[Heidfirst]

"I wanted to get some higher powered bulbs but could find any suitable. I reckon a 70 or 75W would be fine but just couldn't find one & got bored looking."

if you had found one they would have been illegal for road use in the UK.

[Druid Boy]

Yep, illegal but almost undetectable, especially as there are so many high performance bulbs out there. And the Avensis headlight would dim them down a fair bit.

I used to run 100W fogs and driving lamps and never once had any legal issues with them either.