Hi bob.
On prior older vehicles I have added upgraded looms and relays, with excellent outcomes, but that was when access was less cluttered and much easier. It would be a fiddly job to do this neatly on this vehicle.
At freeway speeds at night the potholes in the Western highway mainly east of Gordon can potentially damage the low profile tyres on the 2008; its in the media a bit and the pavement is quite badly damaged due to the rain. So I needed to do something to improve sight distance.
I think that low beam adjustment has made the most improvement. Without doing a side by side comparison it is difficult to establish if the Osram Night Breaker Silver H7 12V 55W are an improvement over the standard OEM bulbs, the marketing on the packet would have you believe they are. But I can now see much much further anyway with good even illumination of the pavement into the distance on low beam, so am very happy with the outcome.
Cheers.
I've started driving the shitbox rather than one of the boss womens car if I go driving out of town after the dark. Some of the potholes simply defy belief. The shitbox just crashes over them no problem. Nearly all are hidden on crests and corners, so they are impossible to avoid. It so much less stressful driving something with big strong tires with large (heavy duty, offroad) sidewalls. The 407/RCZ/C2 would have destroyed tires and bent wheels. The modern wheels and tires are completely un-suitable for the appalling quality of our roads.
All lights are crappy if its one of those "dark" nights with that weird not quite fog/drizzle that kills light transmission.
seeya,
Shane L.