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Did you know that xenon or high-intensity discharge (HID) headlight bulbs slowly fade over time and should really be replaced when around 10 years old? I recently purchased a 2015 Land Rover Discovery 4 and it has xenon bulbs and they didn’t seem very bright. I used to own one of these cars new 20 years ago and back in the day, they had great headlights. So I decided to replace the original (now 10 years old) xenon bulbs to see if that would improve the headlights. I wasn’t sure if I was going to notice a difference or if they just seem poor because I’m used to modern LED headlights in our other vehicles.
I made this video as I found buying replacement xenon bulbs wasn’t as easy as it should be. I concentrated on OSRAM bulbs and I found that most listings online were misrepresenting what they were actually selling.
The original bulbs Land Rover were fitting are OSRAM Xenarc Original. The cheapest I found these were on Amazon https://amzn.to/4hPauhw
I thought I’d upgrade to a higher performance bulb in the hope that I’d notice a bigger improvement. I purchased the OSRAM Night Breaker 220 Xenarc bulbs, which are the next up in the OSRAM range. I purchased them on eBay, but they’re not out of stock with that seller, so you can also get them on Amazon https://amzn.to/43aKt7W
But do check the manufacturers website https://www.osram.com/ecat/Xenon%20headlight%20lamps-Car%20lighting-Automotive/com/en/GPS01_1056949/ so you can make sure the seller’s listing is correct, as I found many were listing the "night breaker laser" but actually selling the "night breaker 220" or "xenarc original" versions instead.
This video was filmed in February 2025.
For other Land Rover Discovery 4 videos, see playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0oq-rvufntE7qmC9YJWbbBXauK1u–l
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Chapters/timestamps:
00:00 Xenon bulbs slowly fade
00:50 Land Rover owners manual was wrong!
01:27 Xenon high voltage bulbs used to be considered dangerous
02:14 Changing the headlight bulbs in a Land Rover Discovery 4
02:31 Osram Xenon bulb specs & prices
04:46 Be careful buying bulbs
06:40 Are upgraded bulbs worth it?
07:56 Please subscribe
08:14 Comparing old Osram Xenarc Original to new Osram Night Breaker 220 Xenarc bulbs
09:01 Links & outro
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