We have a 2015 Altitude, and like many, dislike the headlights. We adjusted them a bit and they are almost there, but considering aftermarket bulbs I am not interested in HID or LED but see that Philips makes a Night Guide Platimum (130% more light), Crystal Vison Platinum (60% more) and a Crystal Vision White (only color change I think) .

Has anyone used any of these, and are there heat issues? My thought was to give the 60% ones a shot to sort of trade bulb life for a little more smash without playing light sabre in the capsules LOL. Thoughts, experience?

 

In my experience, the "higher output" halogen bulbs with the same wattage rating are somewhat snake oil, overstate the amount of extra light, and they just don't last very long. They were burning out in less than 6-months on me in other vehicles. They're not actually higher wattage so don't really get any hotter. I bought my 2014 used and like most, found night driving in deer territory to be scary with the poor halogen lighting - which is even worse on the 2014 due to the lower position on the bumper. I installed an HID kit from xenondepot about 5-years ago. Massive improvement, good cutoff and I'm still on the original Philips 4300k HID bulbs. I prefer the 4300k over the 5 or 6k that look very blue, which is what LEDs are typically. https://www.xenondepot.com/9012-xtr-hid-kit

I also replaced the fog light bulbs with their LED bulbs. I don't use them on the road, as fog lights generally don't put light where you need it and just annoy oncoming traffic. They are great off-road at night though, running with just the fogs and no headlights.

 

Thanks, I ended up ordering the 60% version before saw this, we'll give them a shot but looks like not many people happy with bulb swap.