Alfa 156s without doubt suffer from the “environmental-friendly” material used for electrical wire wrapping. 2 main areas afflicted needing attention are seat belt pretensionors wires and headlamp wires
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I have long been thinking about the factory-fitted halogen headlamp upgrade on my Alfa 156 to improve the night visibility – it was just not up to the job for the “to-see” purpose. As an interim solution, I have fitted a new pair of enhanced halogen bulbs. That improved the situation a bit but still not very satisfactory.
My Alfa 156 headlamps are the traditional halogen type. And I always thought that they are too dim if not totally useless, especially in the underground car parks. It seems that it is a very common compliant from Alfa 156 users on different forums. Starting with the cheapest and the simplest way, I got this to replace the dipped headlamp bulbs
Under daylight, it is hard to tell the difference from the picture, but human eyes can easily tell the left beam (the right side on the picture) is much whiter.
The visibility in the evening is improved a bit with the new dipped beam light bulbs. However, I still felt that it is not up to my expectation. The factory-fit HID Alfa 156 headlamps on the face-lifted model is my next target.
