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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Jimbob on 27 June 2007, 07:44:32

Title: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Jimbob on 27 June 2007, 07:44:32

Turned on my lights last night, all the way home, thinking the driver side light looks reddish.

Get home, out the car, and yes, the drivers side headlight (HID's) is a purpleish colour.

Turned em off, and on again, comes on white, then fades to pinkish purple.

Is this 'just' a case of needing a new bulb, or something more serious like ballast pack or something else?

Cheers

Also, best to replace in pairs innit, keeps em looking the same, now off to find that thread from ages ago where someone got a pair at a good price from ebay.....

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Jimbob on 27 June 2007, 08:02:44

aformentioned replacement thread :

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1172671475/0

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Jimbob on 27 June 2007, 08:06:34

OOOOO only $36 for a pair now, plus postage.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6000K-D2S-HID-KIT-XENON-BULBS-2x-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36476QQihZ016QQitemZ260099174268QQtcZphoto

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Bo Bo on 27 June 2007, 08:13:05

Good stuff, added him to my favourite sellers, well you never know  ::)

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Jimbob on 27 June 2007, 14:21:53

Done a fair bit of searching, looks to be £35-£40 is the cheapest I can get a pair.
Initial cheap ones bumped up with expensive shipping.

So can anyone confirm a bulb should fix this before I shell out my hard earned?
And given the choice, anyone experienced the differences between the 4300K and 6000K

Cheers

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Elite Pete on 27 June 2007, 15:04:27

Quote

Done a fair bit of searching, looks to be £35-£40 is the cheapest I can get a pair.
Initial cheap ones bumped up with expensive shipping.

So can anyone confirm a bulb should fix this before I shell out my hard earned?
And given the choice, anyone experienced the differences between the 4300K and 6000K

Cheers

I replaced mine with the 6000k ones so I have a spare standard bulb and as it turns out in in your neck of the woods tomorrow night :y

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: STMO123 on 27 June 2007, 15:07:37

I believe the way to check whether its bulb or ballast pack is to swap the bulbs round. A bit of a job but worth it considering the price of a replacement.

Oh, and dont rather fry yourself ;D

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Jimbob on 27 June 2007, 15:12:32

Cheers, as its drivers side, its the easier job ( I think).
Be great if I could borrow one to test, save removing the battery, or potentially knackering 2 sets using her bulbs ;)
I've always suspected the bulbs arn't as bright as they should be, so don't mind getting a new set if that solves things.

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Elite Pete on 27 June 2007, 22:41:32

I will drop one off about 6ish if thats ok :y

Title: Re: HID Bulb on way out?
Post by: Jimbob on 28 June 2007, 07:52:45

Cheers, thats great, WFH so in all day today.