alanjonesbath said:
There's nothing wrong with the lights, it's just the usual everyone wants something better than what they've got syndrome. As headlights go, I can't say the lights on my A3 are any worse or any better than any other car I've owned. I'm fitting a set of Philips X-treme +80% bulbs this week, but if you've been happy with the lights on your previous cars, then I doubt you'll notice anything different on the A3.
Again,I disagree (sorry)
The standard lights are woeful.
I would say 80% of my driving is on unlit roads,so I notice these things.
They suffer from a very sharp cut off on dip,which means that on standard settings the dip beam goes maybe 30-40 feet in front of the car,then complete darkness.
No other car I've had has suffered from such a marked cut off.
Changing the bulbs doesn't do anything to help this,so you have to adjust the lights using the white knobs under the bonnet.
Unfortunately,once you adjust the levels to improve the distance of the beam,you notice the brightness is a bit lacking,so you fit brighter bulbs.
In my experience,brighter bulbs on their own are a waste of time.
They have to be combined with fiddling with the levels,which can be done in under 10 minutes in any dark,level car park.
Or get xenons.