Help, which bulb for my headlight? - Page 3

Kandyman · 4th March 2007, 19:57

I dont have any picture at hand, here one that is the same as mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...2894&rd=1&rd=1

JohnDotCom · 4th March 2007, 20:12

The EBay one looked more like Bulbs than HID?

tealandsilver · 4th March 2007, 20:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kandyman

I dont have any picture at hand, here one that is the same as mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...2894&rd=1&rd=1

Thanks for all the replies. My headlights are the same as T-Cut's. My bulbs would appear to be "normal" halogen (thank goodness) or maybe even xenon bulbs and with the nearside bulb now correctly seated they even give out both the same amount of illumination!

regards,

David

Kandyman · 4th March 2007, 20:20

The mk1 normal lights don't have a clear lens on them as can be seen on my old ones

T-Cut · 4th March 2007, 21:10

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Originally Posted by Kandyman

I dont have any picture at hand, here one that is the same as mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...2894&rd=1&rd=1

There's one picture there showing an aluminium 'box' bearing a yellow warning sticker. I'd say that's the igniter, so these lamps are almost certainly Xenon HID units.

[EDIT: Pity we can't read the white label attached to the black casing. It looks very similar to mine, so I need to get further into the outer lamps to see if the igniter is present. What a purlarver to identify yer lamps!]

Thanks,
TC

JohnDotCom · 4th March 2007, 21:25

I know that if you have the HID lamps its not a simple DIY job like changing the standard Bulb!

Simon · 4th March 2007, 21:42

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Originally Posted by JohnDotCom

I know that if you have the HID lamps its not a simple DIY job like changing the standard Bulb!

That's coz Xenon HID lamps don't actually have a bulb in the conventional terminology of the word "bulb"...

"It's a bulb, Jim... but not as we know it...."

JohnDotCom · 4th March 2007, 21:51

Thats more or less what I meant to say with all those High Voltages Sapping around a Specialist job really I believe, not cheap either.

Simon · 4th March 2007, 22:03

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Originally Posted by JohnDotCom

Thats more or less what I meant to say with all those High Voltages Sapping around a Specialist job really I believe, not cheap either.

I was only teasing...

Re: Specialist job... Yes, this is important as the HID ballasts pump out over 20,000 volts when primed so it's not something one should take light-heartidly. We don't want anyone getting hurt...

davehockley · 4th March 2007, 22:14

It doesn't seem to have been mentioned, but the genuine xenons have "Xenon Technology" imprinted inside the headlamp glass, so you can see it as soon as you look at the front of the car.

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Kandyman Banned ROVER 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Limousine 2004 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Welling Posts: 10,995 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I dont have any picture at hand, here one that is the same as mine http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...2894&rd=1&rd=1

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JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	The EBay one looked more like Bulbs than HID?

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Kandyman Banned ROVER 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Limousine 2004 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Welling Posts: 10,995 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	The mk1 normal lights don't have a clear lens on them as can be seen on my old ones

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JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	I know that if you have the HID lamps its not a simple DIY job like changing the standard Bulb!

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JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Thats more or less what I meant to say with all those High Voltages Sapping around a Specialist job really I believe, not cheap either.