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addy:
I have been having problems with the drivers side dip beam, so decided to check it today. The circled one is what the query is about. Is this the correct one for Halogen, how does the H1 bulb fit and stay in if it is, I have a black ring but the bulb doesn't fit it falls straight through, so rigged up somehing to hold the bulb in it. There is a brown and yellow cable with spade connectors on. Brown for earth yellow live but nothing to fit the earth to, so had to make a patch cable up. The person who owned it before me did the bodge, The headlight switch has headlight height adjustment, not like the one I had on my old 2003 cdx which were self levelling. The previous owner had fitted a H1 Bulb into it I just tidied it up.

It is a 2002 CD
Thanks for any help.

Doctor Gollum:
Label on top of the unit will tell you  :y

Looks like a xenon unit... Suspect that the label says D2S on it... Black ring locks the xenon bulb in place.

As it sits, not suitable for a CD spec car...

addy:
Thanks Dr Gollum for the reply. No labels on it. So would a CD just be Halogen? The beam pattern seems ok as it passed MOT, just it doesn't look bright on that side. Looks like I need a Halogen Drivers side unit :'(

TheBoy:
Is there a red seal there, and also 3 torx screws to get the cover off?  If so, your unit in HID, not Halogen.

With HID, you will have a thick black cable that has a bayonet fitting to bulb, other end goes to a metal ballast pack about the size of 2 fag packets - these gives the high voltage needed to strike the arc, and keep it burning. And will properly hurt if you touch it with it on.


HIDs were never an option on CDs, but some morons retrofitted them to their cars.

addy:
TheBoy there is no seals, the red circle is done by me.  The unit is exactly the same as the photo, but has two wires going to it they are yellow and brown.  Have looked on ebay, and the same unit is being sold as Halogen, so I wander if a previous owner bought the unit thinking it was Halogen to replace the damaged drivers side one, then bodged it to make it work?

This what I mean, this is being sold as halogen
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Opel-Omega-Right-Drivers-Side-Headlight-Halogen-1994-1999-/312418287612?hash=item48bd94bffc

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