Lumileds – the name behind the Philips Automotive Lighting product ranges – one of the world’s largest suppliers of car headlight bulbs to the automotive industry and aftermarket, has advised motorists that it may be faster, easier and cheaper to change both headlamps, rather than just one at a time.
The company advises that lamp filaments become more fragile as they get older, making driving at night potentially more hazardous.
Lumileds offers an extensive range of Xenon and Halogen types that are designed to give the utmost quality, performance and style in all driving conditions.
And as they are also available in dual packs, it is now easier and cheaper to change both sides at the same time.
Richard Armstrong, business development manager automotive in UK & Eire at Lumileds, said: “Light is fundamental to driving and light is the first and only part of the safety circle that actually helps prevent accidents.
“Philips promotes active safety protection to prevent accidents by increasing overall visibility and road illumination.
“Our OE headlamp bulbs typically last longer than non-OE bulbs as we pay extra attention to quality and testing during manufacture.
“It reduces the likelihood of an ‘early failure’, which is when a lamp blows soon after fitting due to production faults, rather than wear.
“If you replace both headlamps with matching OE parts, there’s a very good chance that they’ll last as long as each other.”
The Philips automotive lighting YouTube Channel offers a range of both technical instruction videos and short product information films for technicians, to make it easier to change the bulbs on the most popular cars on the road.
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