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Quote: Originally Posted by AndyParker (original)

if u want to buy in the net this site is quite good Power Bulbs - autobulbs, autolamps, xenon headlights, car bulbs, headlight bulbs, osram silverstar, silver star, philips vision plus, philips blue vision, bluevision

on the left under bulb type click "type of light"

then when the page loads click on "Blue Xenon Effect"

They have the phillips osram and some own brand ones. You get 2 for 1 on the own brand ones.

They also do the non orange coloured indicator lights too

Nice link for what looks like a good website Andy, but I think it's a bad idea clicking on the "Blue Xenon Effect" link if Siany's looking for the maximum improvement possible for visibility and safety. As I said before, if looking for the maximum light down on the road, such a choice is far from ideal.

Quote: Originally Posted by ARCrawford (original)

However (and I did a lot of looking into this), I've found as a general rule that the bulb products that try to 'mimic' the blue-tint of High Intensity Discharge (H.I.D.) systems invariably are no good for safer vision. Your headlights might look good to people outside of the car, but it won't allow people inside the car to see any better. This is because they tend to use filters in order to filter out selective the wavelengths in order to give them that boy-racer 'blue appeal'.

Having said that, if you want the boy-(or girl-)racer fake H.I.D. look, then the best choice would probably be the Philips BlueVision bulbs (as seen after following AndyParker's links or by just clicking here).

Rather, click on "type of light" on the "Bulbs available" dropdown menu on the left. Then click on "maximum light" when the page loads. If you're in a 1st generation Mini (don't know about 2nd generation), then you'll want an H7 bulb. Alternatively, just click here and it'll take you straight there. Nice and easy!

This will give you some options for the maximum light varieties and the Philips X-treme Power bulbs is one of the options (as seen if you click here).

Anyway, hope that was helpful! Enjoy the Grand Prix tomorrow, I'll also be glued to the TV for that very reason! Qualifying today was pretty good although poor Jensen Button didn't really have a good day, did he? Ah well, maybe his luck will improve in Monaco... although that is, unfortunately, pretty unlikely. Having said that, Lewis Hamilton and David Coulthard are doing pretty good for the Brits, eh?! Fourth and ninth, respectively!!

All the best,
Andrew.

PS
My strong advocacy of the Philips range is just down to looking into bulb options for several weeks before changing my own bulbs (I'm a scientist, I do things thoroughly, hehe). I just personally decided that they're the best product on the market right now in terms of both performance and value for money. I don't work for them and I'm not a shareholder either, . I'm just happy with the choice I made and with hindsight would make the same selection again.