14) Philips Diamond Vision Fog Lights (5000k)
After much waiting and I've finally got hold of some Philips Diamond Vision 5000k bulbs. I'd been running the crystals for a month or so which were very good, but I won a set of Diamonds in an eBay auction that I wasn't expecting for a good price.
So what's the difference between all the fogs on the market for the S3????
Starting left to right we have:
Factory OEM Osrams (far left)
Osram Nightbreaker Plus (one in from left)
Philips Crystal Vision 4300k (one in from right)
Philips Diamond Vision 5000k (far right)
To be honest the Crystal and the Diamonds aren't too dissimilar, but the Osrams aren't close to the whiteness of the Philips bulbs.
Below is a picture of OEM colour:
And the Philips Crystal Visions
And here is a picture of the Philips Diamond Vision fitted today
The bulbs are fairly easy to fit. If you hunt about in the fog light grile under one of the two horizontal bars is a finger cut out to put your mitts into, then just pull towards you.
Once you've got the grille out the way you just need to remove the plastic backing plates (on the drivers side this covers the horn, on the left it's open for an air duct which goes back to the gearbox). Pull this out towards you and you will see two cross head screws holding each for light in place.
Undo the fog light screws and tip them forward and out of their aperture (there is a lug at the bottom of the beam unit which you need to clear).
Then you need to disconnect the loom. There is a lug at the base of the connector which you need to push in and then pull it down away from the bulb and it should slide off.
The bulb then twists out.
NEVER touch the bulb glass with your fingers, so use disposable gloves if you're a clumsy oaf like me.
There are 3 metal locator lugs around the bulb, two small and one large, and these need to be aligned properly before putting the replacement bulb back in.
Then it's the reverse of the above, but when you come to put the plastic shrouds and the mesh back in take extra care of the locator lugs as they are very soft and can crack. I tend to locate the outer ones first, then push the inner edges in once the outer ones are in place.
I'll get a better picture once I have a camera handy and it's dark, but there should be others about on the forum!
We are now all whited up!!