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Title: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 09:38:16
Anyone know the part No. and best place to get these from.
Last year I had one replaced and it cost a whopping £76.00 inc. fitting! :o I'm sure they must be cheaper online.
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: Old Fella on 10 February 2011, 09:45:04
Hi
Suggest you try www.Hids4u.co.uk.
HTH
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: Jimbob on 10 February 2011, 09:47:50
always best done in pairs....guess you know why now  :y

Osram or phillips off the above or ebay  :y  avoid the chinese lamps
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 09:55:14
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always best done in pairs....guess you know why now  :y

Foresight is a wonderful thing James! ::) ;D Well I'm not forking out to replace both as one of them is still fairly new.

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Osram or phillips off the above or ebay  :y  avoid the chinese lamps

What type, or are they all standard? :-/
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: RobG on 10 February 2011, 10:05:44
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always best done in pairs....guess you know why now  :y

Foresight is a wonderful thing James! ::) ;D Well I'm not forking out to replace both as one of them is still fairly new.

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Osram or phillips off the above or ebay  :y  avoid the chinese lamps

What type, or are they all standard? :-/
D2S
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 10:21:31
Assumong these are the correct bullbs, these seem incredibly cheap at £9.99 per pair! :o

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Estate-1-HID-XENON-D2S-BULB-6000K-/160417327202?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item25599e2862

Anyone had any experience with them?
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: Jimbob on 10 February 2011, 10:29:43
remind me, where did you get the 1 last time?

iirc it was a dealer, so will be 4300k temperature

that is 6000, so will be a very different colour to the one you have.

The chinese ebay specials like that - I have seen reports of not working at all, working for a short time, taking minutes to come on, flickering, or just causing fires.
And if none of those happen....your just left with poorer illumination than the proper lamps.

I bought a pair of chinese ones for my old car, and to be honest, they were ok, the old ones illuminated better, but the different colour masked it.

in your position, it would be 1 x new lamp from phillips or osram, cheapest online source I can find

such as

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Osram-Xenarc-66040-D2S-bulb-bulbs-new-/320650738115?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4aa845f9c3

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Philips-D2S-85122-HID-35W-Xenon-Bulb-NEW-UK-4300k-/270703445996?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f072ec7ec

I would be tempted to look at the one you replaced, and order the same brand, although I guess you will be getting your garage to fit so may not be an option?
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: Jimbob on 10 February 2011, 10:32:20
http://www.hids4u.co.uk/d2s-bulbs/

do look a good source with a wide range of lamps etc
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: Shimmy on 10 February 2011, 10:34:28
http://www.hids4u.co.uk/philips-d2s-bulb-xenon-hid-bulb-85122.html

Just get one of them, cheap enough and are OEM.

I got a pair recently for my car, work great.
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 10:41:43
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remind me, where did you get the 1 last time?

iirc it was a dealer, so will be 4300k temperature

that is 6000, so will be a very different colour to the one you have.

The chinese ebay specials like that - I have seen reports of not working at all, working for a short time, taking minutes to come on, flickering, or just causing fires.
And if none of those happen....your just left with poorer illumination than the proper lamps.

I bought a pair of chinese ones for my old car, and to be honest, they were ok, the old ones illuminated better, but the different colour masked it.

in your position, it would be 1 x new lamp from phillips or osram, cheapest online source I can find

such as

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Osram-Xenarc-66040-D2S-bulb-bulbs-new-/320650738115?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4aa845f9c3

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Philips-D2S-85122-HID-35W-Xenon-Bulb-NEW-UK-4300k-/270703445996?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f072ec7ec

I would be tempted to look at the one you replaced, and order the same brand, although I guess you will be getting your garage to fit so may not be an option?

My garage got the last one from Europarts and I seem to remember it was 4300K.

The dealer on the e-bay link I posted above also do the 4300K at the same price. Made under licence from Philips so they can't be bad can they? :-/
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: SP_3.2 on 10 February 2011, 10:46:46
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Assumong these are the correct bullbs, these seem incredibly cheap at £9.99 per pair! :o

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Estate-1-HID-XENON-D2S-BULB-6000K-/160417327202?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item25599e2862

Anyone had any experience with them?



Hi Bob

Have a pair of them laying around ....no good at all, when i did have them fitted found that most of the time one or the other would not strike up....was a pain >:( >:(. Got a pair of  Philips and had not had a problem at all :y :y.  The ones on  hids4u look good and at a good price for HID think there the Osrams :y
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: Jimbob on 10 February 2011, 10:47:45
up to you Bob, but I take that advert with a pinch of salt and wouldnt personally put those lamps in anything.
Given the damage they could do to your car, I wouldnt risk it.

If it seems to good to be true....it usually is.
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: SP_3.2 on 10 February 2011, 10:52:59
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http://www.hids4u.co.uk/philips-d2s-bulb-xenon-hid-bulb-85122.html

Just get one of them, cheap enough and are OEM.

I got a pair recently for my car, work great.


When i got mine which where Philips 6000k they where £70 each :o :o a few years back now.
http://www.cargym.com/philips-6000k-ultinon-d2s-xenon-bulbs-pi-57.html?image=0.

But happy with them
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 10:53:43
Fair enough, I'll take the advice from you and SP_3.2 and stick with an original Philips or Osram :y
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 13:17:08
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remind me, where did you get the 1 last time?

iirc it was a dealer, so will be 4300k temperature

that is 6000, so will be a very different colour to the one you have.

The chinese ebay specials like that - I have seen reports of not working at all, working for a short time, taking minutes to come on, flickering, or just causing fires.
And if none of those happen....your just left with poorer illumination than the proper lamps.

I bought a pair of chinese ones for my old car, and to be honest, they were ok, the old ones illuminated better, but the different colour masked it.

in your position, it would be 1 x new lamp from phillips or osram, cheapest online source I can find

such as

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Osram-Xenarc-66040-D2S-bulb-bulbs-new-/320650738115?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4aa845f9c3

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Philips-D2S-85122-HID-35W-Xenon-Bulb-NEW-UK-4300k-/270703445996?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f072ec7ec
I would be tempted to look at the one you replaced, and order the same brand, although I guess you will be getting your garage to fit so may not be an option?

Just ordered from here, £28.50 + £2.50 delivery.
Cheers for the link James.  :y :y
Title: Re: HID headlight bulbs
Post by: Jimbob on 10 February 2011, 13:41:57
hopefully that should sort you out for a while  :y