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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Wayne on 23 September 2007, 20:26:41
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hi again! only me
i have never changed my bulbs in my car and want to get some new flashy ones for all the lights at the front of the car
i want ones that are much brighter, any recommendations?
how many new bulbs do i need to change the whole front ?
whats the ones that give a blue tinge when you see them on the motorway? or is that the Police? lol
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hi again! only me
i have never changed my bulbs in my car and want to get some new flashy ones for all the lights at the front of the car
i want ones that are much brighter, any recommendations?
how many new bulbs do i need to change the whole front ?
whats the ones that give a blue tinge when you see them on the motorway? or is that the Police? lol
The proper blue ones are HIDs, and not easy to (legally) retrofit.
You can get Xenon filled halogens which look the same, but are rubbish.
Has your got the old ribbed headlights, or the clear projector type.
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i dont know mate, heres me car in pictures
what type do i have?
http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/3ef0oaUbKSq3-PpTFcjsAFz4XAhbfM189Vck_l.jpg
or
http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/3ef0oaUbKSq3-PpTFcjsAFz4XIYTmn31sZL1_l.jpg
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They my man are the later projector type lamps. just fit 50% brighter bulbs. you need 4 bulbs , 2 per lamp.
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50% BRIGHTER BULBS?
wheres the best place to get them, and do they differ in "Quality"?
will i be able to see further on main beam? ;)
does that include my fog lamps at the bottom (as in the picture)
so i need 4 bulbs then?
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You have "projector" lights ,... but NOT HID (High intensity) as you don't seem to have headlamp washers.
You'll need main beam bulbs (H7) and low beam (dipped beam) (H1) bulbs if you want to change them all
I get my bulbs from here :
http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/home.php
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found this on that site
http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/bulb/bulb_ap_guide.php?year=98-01&make=VAUXHALL&model=OMEGA+ESTATE
so i need main beam and dipped beam, how about side lights? worth changing?
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i forgot to ask, are they extremely easy to change and replace?
or will i be "swearing" stuff on my drive? >:(
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found this on that site
http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/bulb/bulb_ap_guide.php?year=98-01&make=VAUXHALL&model=OMEGA+ESTATE
so i need main beam and dipped beam, how about side lights? worth changing?
Sidelights and Fogs not worth changing. TBH, I always though main beam on Omegas was pretty reasonable :-/
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it is! but im just GREEDY ha ha
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I buy mine from
http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk
Have only tried their own brand. Better than normal bulbs, but haven't compared them to Osram and Philips +50%
You'll get two pairs H1 plus blueish sidelights for £19.95 incl. shipping.
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i forgot to ask, are they extremely easy to change and replace?
or will i be "swearing" stuff on my drive? >:(
Hi
1998 Elite 2.5V6 Auto
Have xenon HIDs.
Have fitted - 2 x xenon filled H7s to main beam, 2 x xenon filled H1s to fogs and 2 x xenon filled sidelight bulbs. Lighting now excellent but a bit blue.
I haven't got small hands and I managed to fit headlight & sidelight bulbs ok - just remove top side covers. Easier on drivers side but more restricted on passenger side due to battery. Just ensure H7s orientated correctly & they will go straight in (flat to top!).
Fogs - remove plastic grill - 2 torx screws, 1 top and 1 bottom, remove crosshead screw on side of fog light and release fog light - bulb removed from back (release spring clip first). Refit fog light ensuring located correctly on side opposite screw.
Hope this helps
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i forgot to ask, are they extremely easy to change and replace?
or will i be "swearing" stuff on my drive? >:(
Drivers side not too bad .. I popped the airfilter box out for better access.. passenger side not so good ... I ended up taking the battery right out, some folks say you can do it by loosening the battery and moving backwards .. but I have large hands and it was easier in the end to take the darned thing out !!
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is there no way at all to do passenger side WITHOUT taking battery out guys?
otherwise the bloody alarm goes off ;D
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is there no way at all to do passenger side WITHOUT taking battery out guys?
otherwise the bloody alarm goes off ;D
If you loosen the bat terminal, then turn on the ignition, then turn off ignition and remove the bet terminal within 15secs the alarm will not go off.
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ORDERED THESE FOR MAIN BEAM
http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=81
AND THESE FOR DIPPED BEAM
http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=22
they even give you a FREE gift of these for your sidelights
http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=31
total price was £51.44
when i get em im going for a drive and see how many Foxes i can blind! lol
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is there no way at all to do passenger side WITHOUT taking battery out guys?
otherwise the bloody alarm goes off ;D
See above - i did mine without taking battery out.
BUT if u loosen battery clamp without disconnecting terminals battery can be slid back a bit.
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OK - i will experiment, lol
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WAYNE , THE DRIVERS SIDE ARE EASY TO DO BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE IS SLIGHTY HARDER.[BATTERY] I REMOVED THE TWO SCREWS ON TOP OF THE HEADLIGHT AND ONE FROM BELOW AND PULLED THE HEADLIGHT OUT AND CHANGED THE BULBS THAT WAY 15 min job.you will need a 10mm 1/4 drive socket and long exetension bar to get to the bottom screw, and to remove the trim below the headlight a cross head screwdriver.
Gary. :y
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WAYNE , THE DRIVERS SIDE ARE EASY TO DO BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE IS SLIGHTY HARDER.[BATTERY] I REMOVED THE TWO SCREWS ON TOP OF THE HEADLIGHT AND ONE FROM BELOW AND PULLED THE HEADLIGHT OUT AND CHANGED THE BULBS THAT WAY 15 min job.you will need a 10mm 1/4 drive socket and long exetension bar to get to the bottom screw, and to remove the trim below the headlight a cross head screwdriver.
Gary. :y
Technically speaking .... :(
If you do this you SHOULD have the headlight alignement rechecked using the correct equipment as you have disturbed the fittings ... :(
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where can i take it to have that done?
my friendly local mechanic do you think?
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where can i take it to have that done?
my friendly local mechanic do you think?
Needs somewhere with beam - setting equipment - if your local garage does MOT's it must have that !!
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There is no need to have the beam re adjusted as your not moving the adjusters, but your taking the compleat unit out. I have removed mine many times and the beam is spot on and has just passed an mot.[ Yes the beams were checked as i was standing next to the tester doing it]
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now now, no argueing ! lol
who likes my picture? i just learnt how to add it, ha ha ha ha
be afraid, be VERY afraid ;D
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There is no need to have the beam re adjusted as your not moving the adjusters, but your taking the compleat unit out. I have removed mine many times and the beam is spot on and has just passed an mot.[ Yes the beams were checked as i was standing next to the tester doing it]
Your choice ... but as the Omega owners manual actually advises headlamp alignement check just for changing a bulb ( OTT IMHO), methinks the removal and replacement of the whole unit is a tad more extreme... unless of course you can gaurantee you have put it back in EXACTLY the same place with EXACTLY the same torque on all the screws .. :)
As I said ... should be checked .. not MUST be checked.. and at the end of the day .. your decision :)
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Haynes book of lies tells you to do loads of stuff which is compleat tosh, what has the torque on the screws got to do with headlight adjustment, over tighten the screws and the most you will do is split the plastic bracket. If you have to mark the bracket pos with a pencil thats fine but not needed.
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Wayne, excellent choice on the bulbs. I have the 80% main beams in one of ours, superb LONG vision and nice and clear. The sidelights smarten up the look and are whiter but.....the dipped beam H1's, I have a set in the garage you could have had. Not completely impressed, didn't see a fantatsic improvement though they are apparently the best you can buy. See the other lighting threads for my reasons why.
You shouldn't have many problems changing bulbs, having delicate musicians hands and all ;) DO NOT touch the bulb glass obviously, I use rubber surgeons gloves for such jobs :y Ooo errr missus.
As said, passenger side is the worst but slide battery back an inch in its tray if really stuck. Don't force any fittings too much.
P.S. your car looks spanky 8-)
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Hi DavLad
glad to know i made the right choice in bulbs!
cant wait to fit em now :)
the ones that you said "you werent impressed with"
i wonder IF i can phone the company whose supplying them and choose something else?
did you really see NO difference with them?
as far as the main beam goes, would you say they are much more powerful than the standard bulbs in your Omega?
i should hope so at £32.99 a pair! :y
have you replaced any other bulbs in your car for a major improvement matey?
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Hiya buddy,
Yeah, i've dealt with that company before, really friendly, fast service and as with any product these days, if it's unopened, sure it'll be fine to exchange. They put a disclaimer in the box 'please check correct fitment before opening' so presumably that means they're ok to return.
I'm not saying the H1 'vision plus' are crap, just that I personally didn't notice as much improvement as I was expecting, after all, they are supposed to be about the best H1 bulbs you can buy :-/ I didn't like the way they caused LOADS of glare for other drivers . Choosing Philips however, they should last a decent amount of time and I think they are guaranteed for a while also. I'm not sure what else you could try though, I haven't tried, but hear very good reports on the 'Osram Silverstar'. Either way, i'd probably keep the others as spares or as a comparison.
The 80% ones worked a treat for me and should do for you also. They aren't the whitest light around but their distance and vision of the road is an absolute beauty! Another guy on one of the other threads was very pleased with his experiences also.
The amount of bulbs/combinations I have tried is ridiculous. I dread to think how much money spent on bulbs over the years, a bit sad like(!), but we do alot of night driving, approx 60%, so good vision is a high priority, is also less tiresome with good lights, less strain on the eyes 8-)
I also use an Astra which has PIAA bulbs which are superb, very bright, white, the only thing is the quality control isn't that great and some require adjustment etc. Now, on the Omega, we've got a HID kit fitted and this just creams the lot ;) Have to say though I have learned, you do get what you pay for with bulbs :y
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i have completely messed my lights up
have replaced the dipped beam bulbs no problem
CANNOT even get my hand down to remove main beam bulbs
and now where i have tried to wiggle the bulbs free, all my headlight fixtures are shot and wonky
i just need them to be put back in place AFTER i have replaced the main beam bulbs and also changed the little side light bulbs
WHY the hell are Omegas such a complete pain in the ass to do a simple task?
theres never any space to get your hands down anywhere without having to take a billion screws out!
or is it because Vauxhall want you to spend an hours labour on a bloody bulb change
i was told that Volkswagon charge £50 for headlight bulb changes!!!
my car is also stinking of burning again
i only done 61800 miles in my car, and about 5000 in 6 years!
the things hardly been used!
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i have completely messed my lights up
have replaced the dipped beam bulbs no problem
CANNOT even get my hand down to remove main beam bulbs
and now where i have tried to wiggle the bulbs free, all my headlight fixtures are shot and wonky
i just need them to be put back in place AFTER i have replaced the main beam bulbs and also changed the little side light bulbs
WHY the hell are Omegas such a complete pain in the ass to do a simple task?
theres never any space to get your hands down anywhere without having to take a billion screws out!
or is it because Vauxhall want you to spend an hours labour on a bloody bulb change
i was told that Volkswagon charge £50 for headlight bulb changes!!!
my car is also stinking of burning againi only done 61800 miles in my car, and about 5000 in 6 years!
the things hardly been used!
Oh dear :( At a completely wild guess.....not the cam cover gaskets is it??
Dunno why peeps have trouble changing headlight bulbs on Omegas...... :-/
Its easy :y I never remove anything excect the plastic covers above the units.....unless you count the odd bit off skin ;D
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I just looked in, and followed.... Maintenance Guides .... Removing An Omega headlight
think it only took me about 15 mins to change all 6 bulbs and put back together, good and helpful these maintenance guides. :y
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1154966960
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BUGGER ME!!
i did look at the maintenance guide section, but didnt find that!
i best go to specsavers >:(
i did exactly as stated in the previous post anyway, i got it sorted in the end
can i ask all of you, when you pull the whole headlamp out their sockets
(i actually unplugged the whole thing on both sides)
as you look at the light, the inner sections inside the headlamp are not flush
they move around internally!!! is this normal or should they not move at all inside?
are mine knackered? i almost had a heart attack!
after taking the whole light out of each of their sockets, if you look inside where you replace the bulbs, the insides of the light are not tightly fitted, they wobble about inside......dont know if any of you know what i mean?
at 4pm today, my car looked like this!!
Aaarrrrghghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/ec700XpTnRPocSMIeIEvr1LqHzXG-6J*qhea_l.jpg
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just been out in my car and the full beam is AMAZING!
unfortunately my normal lights are TERRIBLE
even worse than before, infact i think theres something wrong somewhere
i seem to be able to see a "square" shape on the road in front of me, and now i have hardly ANY projection unlike before
im gonna now have to take my car to Vauxhall and get them to re-align everything or fix them or something?
all because i wanted to Upgrade my damm bulbs!
i wish i hadnt bothered
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Wayne just check something before you do this you may have a lever fitted inside the headlight this is to temp adjust for l/h drive driving you may have just knocked this . Or more likely you have installed the bulbs upside down try taking them out and seeing if they go in better in another position :y
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Dropped my car off at Vauxhall today
got a phone call to say they could adjust my lights etc etc
cost is £39
didnt think that was too bad, then 30 minutes later thy rang back and said "theres a problem"
they now tell me that BOTH headlights internal guts are flapping about, they are NON repairable
the cost is £336 for 2 headlamps!!!!!
i am sat here dumbfounded, guess i wont be able to use my car
i give up !
pile of crap! sick to death of all these problems with my car, its never ending
used to think my car was reliable, parts are a ripoff, otherwise use cheap knockoffs and pay the price
FED UP
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WILL THESE WORK ON MY CAR?
just fit straight in?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-ELITE-CDX-MV6-V6-HID-XENON-HEADLIGHTS_W0QQitemZ110171985881QQihZ001QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Ouch, sorry to hear of your misfortune!
Wouldnt pay Vaux for new lights though at that price!
That link is for HID ones, so you are probably in for a ballache with those, no levelling, washers etc.
Ideally a set of projectors of a breaker would be easier.
Good luck
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possibly worth taking the headlight unit apart, the adjusters consist of a metal thread that screws into a plastic part which the back of the reflector then clips onto - over time the plastic part gets brittle and shatters ... I had that on one of the headlights on my old omega. Used superglue to hold the surfaces of the bits together, then epoxy resin around the outside to provide support - worked fine and a damn sight cheaper than new headlights ;)
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Got to agree with Jimbob, phone round your local breakers and see what they have. Obviously, you want your lights sorting asap, but I would'nt be hesitant and pay silly money. Just looking on the bay, if you consider replacing with new, here's a pair of new one's, offering one at (buy it now £47.95) but do have the pair. Good luck :y
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-1997-1999-Headlight-Lamp-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ190153815923QQihZ009QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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THANKS CARPER!
your a star
i think i may buy the pair
i have no idea about "non genuine parts"
are they actually anygood or poor quality?
my headlights that are buggered look fantastic, but just dont work! >:(
dont want to get any that look cheapy
thoughts?
will these be any good do you think?
or will they look extremely odd?
mine are just completely clear
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-BLACK-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT-SET-94-99_W0QQitemZ150165350541QQihZ005QQcategoryZ23009QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-B-CLEAR-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT-SET-94-99_W0QQitemZ150162461779QQihZ005QQcategoryZ23009QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Someone on here bought some ages ago
They are for LHD cars, so the light output will be abysmal over here :(
Also a dodgy MOT point I beleive
The clear set read like they aer for facelift
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so, all the ones on EBAY will be dodgy?
i was just going to order some
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I have just been playing with mine both my adjusters were broken, I have had the passenger side on to bits and i think I have managed to glue it back together not sure on adjustment though but it cant be that far out .drivers side i have just dropped some glue in through the hole where you get to the bulb on to the broken bit and it seems to be holding again it possibliy wont ever be able to be adjusted but they were not that bad anyway
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JUST ORDERED THESE ANYWAY
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-1997-1999-Headlight-Lamp-Brand-New_W0QQitemZ190153815923QQihZ009QQcategoryZ10404QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
cost me £108 inc vat and delivery, instead of Vauxhalls Price of £336 !!!!!!!!
i asked the guy "via telephone" IF they are for Left hand drive and he said NO they werent
he has POSITIVE feedback and i have already emailed another couple of buyers who bought the same product to get their responses, i await some replies tonight
the question is "non genuine" or "genuine" and HOW do the quality differ?
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Wayne are your old ones in decent condition other than being broken internally if your going to bin them give me an idea how much you would want for them. Also remember you will posibly have to swap over the adjuster motors from the old to the new ones
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gulp :(
i thought i just connect them straight in via the connectors at the back and thats it?
adjuster motor?
i also have to remove them expensive bulbs from them and put them in my new set
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If I remember its only a couple of screws to undo nothing too technical I am sure some one will give you a better idea a bit later on
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gulp :(
i thought i just connect them straight in via the connectors at the back and thats it?
adjuster motor?
i also have to remove them expensive bulbs from them and put them in my new set
Did you push hard when installing the new bulbs ?? If you did you probably broke the adjuster, thats what goes. The adjuster screw - metal - goes into a brittle plastic thingy which breaks if placed under too much stress. Be careful when installing bulbs is the answer !! The idea given above of superglueing is not - IMHO - a good one as you have now "fixed" the reflector and can no longer adjust the headlamps correctly. There are 2 adjustments - the mechanical setting as done for MOT, and the continuous adjustment from the ride sensor.
The price quoted for 2 new units is about right .. I paid £160 for 1 :(
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I know gluing was not the best option but as this is only the mechanical adjuster there should be no need to adjust them . As for the leveling this is done independently on ball joints so should not be affected :y
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As we do not have HID we do not have the ride senors either only the load correcting settings :y
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Don't force any fittings too much.
Both sides goosed!?! :(
Sorry to hear of your plight matey! Nice shiny new lenses should perform much better though :y Old ones get scratched and dull ever so slightly. Not a complete waste of wonga ;)
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Hi guys
my nice shiny new headlights came today, wil try and fit them both tomorrow
i have to remove the brand new bulbs from the old broken headlights and put them in my new ones
im scared about doing this! worried i might break me new lights!
do i just fit the new bulbs and then fit the new headlights to the car via the connectors and thats it?
someone said earlier about having to remove some "adjusters" off the old headlights and fit them onto my new ones?
how do i do that?
i have the 2.5 v6 estate, CDX model