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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #15 on: 10 November 2007, 23:28:11 »
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Meths
Meths leaves a grease behind, if I recall correctly.  Better with thinners or similar...
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #16 on: 11 November 2007, 08:20:13 »
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Drivers is easy enough without tools, bit fiddly, but no prob for gadget hands ;)

Change the bulb asap.

Also, do not touch the glass of the new bulb - it will knacker it. Sorry if teaching you to suck eggs.

cheers for that, i forgot you can't touch it...

Vx ones are cheap  :)
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #17 on: 11 November 2007, 19:42:09 »
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Don't drive with fogs on if it's not foggy mate, that's something that royally winds me up  >:(  ;D

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only BMW drivers are allowed to do that... ;)
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #18 on: 12 November 2007, 12:42:50 »
The reason you are not meant to touch a halogen lamp is that the grease from your fingers is meant to cause a hot spot on the lamp glass as the lamp filament gets hot this causes the glass to melt at that point and so the lamp fails , I have never seen this happen though and have touched lamps loads of times on cars and also at work on ligjting . But saying that its always worth  doing as they say  :y I recently fitted the Halfords lamps to my car I can not recall the type but they were in a gold box and these seem to be much brighter althogh not cheap even with the trade card  :(  oh and if you are going to change for a different type of lamp do both headlights together  :y FRONT FOG LIGHTS  in good weather is also my pet hate even more so than center lane hoggers on motorways in fact you will see its usually someone sat in the center lane with there front fogs on  >:( ;)
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« Reply #19 on: 12 November 2007, 12:46:36 »
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Thats to drink after a job well done ::) ;D
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #20 on: 12 November 2007, 12:49:41 »
Ive just bought a set of Philips +80 for £22.99 with free delivery. They are coming from Poland so will let you know when/if they arrive.
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« Reply #21 on: 12 November 2007, 16:44:33 »
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
They are the H7's for main beam are they???

Have a set of those fitted, the absolute doggies. Not the whitest, brightest light, but their range is amazing  :y
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #22 on: 12 November 2007, 17:11:44 »
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^
They are the H7's for main beam are they???

Have a set of those fitted, the absolute doggies. Not the whitest, brightest light, but their range is amazing  :y
Yeah I have the 6000k uprated HID bulbs and these will be going in the main beam :y

Burnt retinas anyone ;D
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« Reply #23 on: 12 November 2007, 23:25:42 »
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Exactly the same as us. Not been flashed once  :y
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #24 on: 14 November 2007, 10:07:13 »
The bulbs I ordered off Ebay have arrived this morning and they are as described. I did a buy it now on the 6th so delivery was very quick considering where they came from.
Here is a link to the seller :y
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PHILIPS-X-TREME-POWER-H7-80-MORE-XTREME-XENON-BULBS_W0QQitemZ130173097352QQihZ003QQcategoryZ72235QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #25 on: 14 November 2007, 10:19:51 »
You gonna do some before and after pics?

They sound good  :y
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #26 on: 14 November 2007, 10:21:57 »
I put some in my wifes Rover, both headlights and main beam before I drove it up to the Western Isles and they are the dogs twitcher :y
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #27 on: 14 November 2007, 10:32:35 »
Sound good, Ive always gone for the Halfords superbright, but these sound much better  8-)
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #28 on: 14 November 2007, 10:33:42 »
Auto Express tested them with their big bulb test, they rated them very highly. :y
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Re: headlight bulbs...
« Reply #29 on: 14 November 2007, 16:34:20 »
Fog lights on in clear conditions add 15bhp..and those are official "at the wheels" figures too !!

Ask little Billy Bell-End or any other baseball cap wearing, goldie looking chain bedecked chav in his Hot Hutch with the loud exhaust and even louder
"thumpety, thumpety" shite coming out of the "bangin" speakers.

...Tossers !!!

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