Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[tunnie]

After 3 years of ownership and 25k miles later, a bulb has finally blown..... front drivers side dipped has gone.

Recomendations for a replacement? - Willing to pay a few extra quid to get decent ones and make sure the MID does not complain.

Is this time to upgrade to those Philps 50+ - How much are they?


On the legal side i have one duff dipped headlight, i only drive at night at the moment, so if i drive with the front fogs on, would i get stopped? After all lights are there for you to be seen, and secondly for lighting your way .

[Danny]

legally fogs are only to be used in low visibilty conditions, and the defective headlight can get you stopped as well but you can usually talk your way out of that if it happens, i drove home with a bulb out but didnt get stopped, it went out as i was leaving the carpark at work, drove 15 miles down the motorway to get a new buld... on my way home

at the end of the day you still need to get home!

[JamesV6CDX]

Don't drive with fogs on if it's not foggy mate, that's something that royally winds me up    

I'd say you do risk being stopped. They probably wouldn't do anymore than tell you to change the bulb ASAP though....

[tunnie]

Don't drive with fogs on if it's not foggy mate, that's something that royally winds me up    

I'd say you do risk being stopped. They probably wouldn't do anymore than tell you to change the bulb ASAP though....

The trouble is that its the drivers side thats gone..... passenger i could live with but drivers side makes a difference. Night crusing at 80 on unlit motorways could be a problem....

All my tools are at home, so can't do anything here  

[JamesV6CDX]

Don't drive with fogs on if it's not foggy mate, that's something that royally winds me up    

I'd say you do risk being stopped. They probably wouldn't do anymore than tell you to change the bulb ASAP though....

The trouble is that its the drivers side thats gone..... passenger i could live with but drivers side makes a difference. Night crusing at 80 on unlit motorways could be a problem....

All my tools are at home, so can't do anything here  

Never done a bulb on a facelift, but I seem to remember on the pre - it was just a case of pop the cover off and pop the bulb in, didn't need any tools?

[tunnie]

Don't drive with fogs on if it's not foggy mate, that's something that royally winds me up    

I'd say you do risk being stopped. They probably wouldn't do anymore than tell you to change the bulb ASAP though....

The trouble is that its the drivers side thats gone..... passenger i could live with but drivers side makes a difference. Night crusing at 80 on unlit motorways could be a problem....

All my tools are at home, so can't do anything here  

Never done a bulb on a facelift, but I seem to remember on the pre - it was just a case of pop the cover off and pop the bulb in, didn't need any tools?

No screws holding it in? got nofin here....

If its just hand tight i can remove it....

Is it best getting the bulb from Vx?

[Andy B]

.......
Is it best getting the bulb from Vx?

Trade Club prices are approx half of normal retail price. That alone make me buy Vauxhall lamps.

(I plant bulbs in the garden!!  )

[tunnie]

.......
Is it best getting the bulb from Vx?

Trade Club prices are approx half of normal retail price. That alone make me buy Vauxhall lamps.

(I plant bulbs in the garden!!  )

How much are they on TC?

[Andy B]

.......
Is it best getting the bulb from Vx?

Trade Club prices are approx half of normal retail price. That alone make me buy Vauxhall lamps.

(I plant bulbs in the garden!!  )

How much are they on TC?

I don't know specifically but I bought 2 of the combined dim/dip lamps for my lads Astra F today for £2.73 each + vat = £6.42 for the pair & I bought a dim lamp for my Astra recently for about £3.50

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

 I can recommend the Philips +50s for mains - dipped beam, I don't know how much advantage they'd give. There are of course the new +80s, about £30 a pair - I'll be investing in a pair for my mains.

[TheBoy]

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.

[Danny]

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.

are they the sort that react to the slightest particle of finger grease?

(learning to suck eggs)

[TheBoy]

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.

are they the sort that react to the slightest particle of finger grease?

(learning to suck eggs)

Yes, the grease from skin causes premature failure when switched on.  If you do touch it, you need to clean it off with something that will shift the grease...

[Andy B]

.......
If you do touch it, you need to clean it off with something that will shift the grease...

Flash? Swarfega?        

[thewelshman]

Meths