Dip Beam Is Rubbish

[Mr Binks]

Just picked up my XT5 today and drove it home in the dark. Main beam is great but dip beam is abysmal. Headlights both on and aligned OK but just seem very dim. Are there any better bulbs I can fit to boost the output?

[Davrav]

Just picked up my XT5 today and drove it home in the dark. Main beam is great but dip beam is abysmal. Headlights both on and aligned OK but just seem very dim. Are there any better bulbs I can fit to boost the output?

Several members have upgraded.

Local Hero's post HERE will give you some pointers

[Mr Binks]

Marvelous! H11 Ring xenon Max from Autobulbs on the way. Many thanks. Dave

[HEMI]

HIDS

[Daveyonthemove]

Do you have projector lens in the Rav?

The reason i ask is because i have just fitted the Ring xenon max bulbs in my Auris which has projector lens, and at first i thought they were good, but lately i have found that they seem worse than the standard bulbs were.

I replaced high and main beams and high is particularly bad, they act more like fog lights in front of the car and offer virtually no distance above the main beam.

Mine is in for an early MOT and service next monday, so i will have the alignment checked just in case that is the cause, but if it turns out to be the bulbs, i will be binning them.

[three5]

HIDS

Hi Hemi,

Think the days of after market HIDS are coming to an end. They become part of the "test" in November this year. I have them fitted and they are brilliant. I was gutted when I found about the revised test requirements. However, it looks as though the fog light bulbs are the same fitting so I'm tempted.........

[Daveyonthemove]

HIDS

Hi Hemi,

Think the days of after market HIDS are coming to an end. They become part of the "test" in November this year. I have them fitted and they are brilliant. I was gutted when I found about the revised test requirements. However, it looks as though the fog light bulbs are the same fitting so I'm tempted.........

Not that i would suggest anyone ever do this...

But HID's are pretty easy to install and remove, so you could *ahem* put in halogens for the MOT and *ahem* re-install the HID's an hour later.

[local hero]

Do you have projector lens in the Rav?

The reason i ask is because i have just fitted the Ring Xenon max bulbs in my Auris which has projector lens, and at first i thought they were good, but lately i have found that they seem worse than the standard bulbs were.

I replaced high and main beams and high is particularly bad, they act more like fog lights in front of the car and offer virtually no distance above the main beam.

Mine is in for an early MOT and service next monday, so i will have the alignment checked just in case that is the cause, but if it turns out to be the bulbs, i will be binning them.

Yes we do have projector lens,My xenon max have been in for over 12 mths (admittidly i dont use the car a lot) but they are as bright as ever, whether they are 100% brighter Who knows Stew

[Daveyonthemove]

I'm underwhelmed with mine. Maybe i got a bad batch, or maybe they don't work as well with my headlights for whatever reason, but looking at online reviews, i'm not the only one regretting them.

Hopefully other Rav4 owners will get the same result you have had

[local hero]

TBH there were only 2 available H11s xenon, Autobulbs own brand + Osram nightbreaker, now as they have become a more popular fitment "Ring" + Phillips? have added them to there range, which is best? I dont know!!! Stew