sewerzuk
Active member
I do a lot of rural night driving with my Jetta; around 200-300 miles/week. I've noticed that the headlights brightness and beam pattern is poor compared to my other vehicles.
I have tried several different bulbs; currently running some sylvania ultrastars. They are better than the wal-mart cheap lights, but not by a lot. I've also done the lens restoration/polishing and the lenses are in good shape.
I've never run HID's or LED drop-in bulbs in this car; I do have a good deal of experience with them in other vehicles and, while bright, I've been plagued by reliability and functionality issues on every single set. I do not want to fight with them on this car. I run auxiliary lighting on every other vehicle that I own, but the jetta's lines don't lend to extra lights, and I would prefer to avoid installing anything like that.
So, I'm considering upgrading the reflector housings to something better/newer/more modern. I'm happy to spend some extra money on a higher quality product, but it is hard to sort through the maze of cheap Chinese junk on ebay and Amazon. I can't find a set of reviews that I trust anywhere; so I'm looking for some input from you guys. Let me know if you have a set of aftermarket headlight housings and what you do or don't like about them.
Here is what I'm leaning toward; I'm familiar with other Anzo products and I have been happy with them:
http://www.amazon.com/AnzoUSA-12136...utomotive&vehicleId=12&vehicleType=automotive
Maybe these:
http://www.amazon.com/Smoked-1999-2..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=0FK6WTPV7Z2K3G166TR2
Or these:
http://www.amazon.com/Spyder-Auto-P..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=0FK6WTPV7Z2K3G166TR2
I have tried several different bulbs; currently running some sylvania ultrastars. They are better than the wal-mart cheap lights, but not by a lot. I've also done the lens restoration/polishing and the lenses are in good shape.
I've never run HID's or LED drop-in bulbs in this car; I do have a good deal of experience with them in other vehicles and, while bright, I've been plagued by reliability and functionality issues on every single set. I do not want to fight with them on this car. I run auxiliary lighting on every other vehicle that I own, but the jetta's lines don't lend to extra lights, and I would prefer to avoid installing anything like that.
So, I'm considering upgrading the reflector housings to something better/newer/more modern. I'm happy to spend some extra money on a higher quality product, but it is hard to sort through the maze of cheap Chinese junk on ebay and Amazon. I can't find a set of reviews that I trust anywhere; so I'm looking for some input from you guys. Let me know if you have a set of aftermarket headlight housings and what you do or don't like about them.
Here is what I'm leaning toward; I'm familiar with other Anzo products and I have been happy with them:
http://www.amazon.com/AnzoUSA-12136...utomotive&vehicleId=12&vehicleType=automotive
Maybe these:
http://www.amazon.com/Smoked-1999-2..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=0FK6WTPV7Z2K3G166TR2
Or these:
http://www.amazon.com/Spyder-Auto-P..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=0FK6WTPV7Z2K3G166TR2
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