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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    I sent them all 4 bulbs and they sent me 4 replacement bulbs. Of those new 4, all had a very tiny amount of patterns (maybe like 5-10% of the worst one of the original quartet). Also, one of the new ones was loose inside the packaging and as a result had small scratches on the glass. While it...
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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    I finally got a reply from Philips; they analyzed the bulbs in their lab and apparently it's residue of quartz glass dust from the production process. They said the residue has no impact on the performance or the lifetime of the bulbs. Here's a photo I posted earlier
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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    I'll be sure to pester them about this, for I'm curious as well. I tried to clean the bulbs with rubbing alcohol, but it made no difference whatsoever. I then tried touching one of the bulbs with my fingers to leave a fingerprint, and in another close-up photo the fingerprint "lines" looked...
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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    Thank you, here's the full setup used. I took some additional photos, which the people of Philips too found interesting. So interesting, that they had a courier pick up all four bulbs last week. I'm eager to hear what their lab has to say.
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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    Ah, I see. That cleaning spray is supposed to be "dry", so I'd be surprised if it left any residue, but I'll get some isopropanol anyway to be on the safe side. I managed to take a closer photo of the residue: IMG_6174c_extremevision_patterns Looks a bit like frost, actually. Very weird...
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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    Thanks, I'll look for the isopropyl bottle or go buy one. I noticed that, is petroleum bad for the coating or something?
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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    Probably oil residue; I should've realized that myself! Thanks. I got them from a well-known (and apparently reputable) webstore about 100km from here, no idea on their source. The actual packages appeared untampered with, but I only opened one of the two and then photographed just one bulb...
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    Philips X-treme Vision +100 vs X-treme Vision +130

    Hmm, I thought I posted in this thread earlier today, but now I can't find it. Anyway, I ordered a bunch of X-treme Vision +130% bulbs, and thought I'd try out some extension tubes to have a closer look at them. Here are three photos with different lighting. So...any idea what those weird...
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    Parking light aesthetic enhancement

    I'm a bit scared by the all-blue glass, but apparently the light output won't be blue, so I'll give those a try. Can't really judge those based on photos or videos online, since they vary from white to really blue, presumably because of inconsistent camera settings (mostly white balance)...
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    Parking light aesthetic enhancement

    Thanks, that's interesting. Actually it is surprising to me that a module with a single forward-emitting LED could be a "beam pattern compliant" replacement for a filament bulb? Anyway, a strictly forward-emitting solution is not what I had in mind, and the "5x the light" sounds a bit...
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    Portable Emergency Lighting?

    A reflective vest is a life-saver, and it's actually mandatory here to have at least one with you in the vehicle. A part of the driving school here is a lesson on driving in the dark, which includes a demonstration on the visibility of pedestrians with/without reflectors. It was fairly amazing...
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    Parking light aesthetic enhancement

    "Hotlinking is when you are stealing the bandwidth of a website that you do not have permission to link to." The image files are hosted at ********** by me, as a customer/member of *******. I don't think this fits the definition of hotlinking. I resized the one image that was over 800px wide...
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    Parking light aesthetic enhancement

    Hello folks! Styling-wise, my car has four distinct headlights. In practice, the inner ones (left) hold parking lights (W5W, small hole near the top) and main beams, while the outer ones hold dipped beams & indicators. xtypeheadlightassembly.jpg Curiously, the parking lights are on whenever...
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