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Old 26th November 2010, 19:09   #21
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Originally Posted by Synchromesh View Post
I wrapped a strip of paper round a dud bulb (not too tight) and secured it with a few turns of masking tape. I now slide this over the new bulb, secure the electrical connection and then slide the paper tube off. I find this prevents my fingers from touching the glass when I am pushing the electrical connector onto the new bulb. I keep the paper tube with my spare bulbs for next time.
I presume you are not refeering to H7 bulbs as there is no reason to touch the glass on these when replacing

FYI, I replied to this post a while back with the following

"In 6 years of ownership using dipped headlights night and day so 90,000 miles with headlights on I have had to replace both bulbs up to twice a year, probably 20 bulbs by now, I now always carry several spares and because I have found no difference between cheap and expensive I now seek out the cheap whenever I can, Aldi & Lidil do them from time to time."

I should have mentioned that they were H7 bulbs
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