The car is a 1996 3dr Civic EJ.
My 1st impressions are that the Osram have a much shorter dipped beam. When driving with just dipps i cant see much at all tbh. They stretch about 4 car lengths, if that infront of me and I feel that i need my main beam on when ever i can if no-one is infront of me.
Compare this to the dipped beam of the Philips and there is a huge difference. I feel safe driving in all conditions with just my dipps on and being able to see far enough. Much further than the Osrams.
The colour of the beam is also superior from the philips, much whiter and clearer which imo is what is important. Main beam is also much clearer and whiter, the osrams seem to have a blue tint altho they say they are 10% whiter
The distance of the main beam is good on both bulbs, being about the same distance but due to the colour the philips comes out tops for me.
The philips looks a much better built bulb too. The osram is short and stumpy where as the philips is a bit longer but thinner, i guess this might help with the longer dipped beam.
My over opinion is that the philips is the better bulb. From powerbulbs.co.uk they are the same price at £22 (altho i got the osrams for £14 off ebay).
The vision is much clearer and longer so i would much prefer the philips, so much infact that im considering buying a set of the philips before the osrams die.
Hope this helps
