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[raywilb]

I'm sure their is a post about types of bulbs needed to replace blown ones, but I don't seem to be able to find it. its the xenon headlight ones I'm interested in mainly. I had a brakelight bulb go, which has prompted me to carry spares.

[RobG]

HID bulbs are D2S 4500K is the norm on here

[Jimbob]

You cant 'realistically' change em at the roadside, according the manual they are dealer repair only.
Frankly, I wouldnt carry a spare unless you had one knocking around, a phillips or osram replacement will be about £50!

[raywilb]

You cant 'realistically' change em at the roadside, according the manual they are dealer repair only.
Frankly, I wouldnt carry a spare unless you had one knocking around, a phillips or osram replacement will be about £50!

  No, I had an idea the headlights weren't a roadside job, but was thinking in the lines of keeping a spare set & probably carry rear end ones in the boot. 

[dbug]

You cant 'realistically' change em at the roadside, according the manual they are dealer repair only.
Frankly, I wouldnt carry a spare unless you had one knocking around, a phillips or osram replacement will be about £50!

Easy enough job to swap out - just need to wait and wait before starting, otherwise a quick job - changed a couple myself without problem 

[Nick W]

You cant 'realistically' change em at the roadside, according the manual they are dealer repair only.
Frankly, I wouldnt carry a spare unless you had one knocking around, a phillips or osram replacement will be about £50!

And these bulbs are hardly robust things to keep just in case one fails. Especially at that price. It was hard enough keeping ordinary H3/4/7 bulbs as stock for roadside jobs; even keeping them in a foam block I often found that they hadn't survived.

[Doctor Gollum]

Changing the xenon bulbs requires removal of the light unit to be able to reliably remove and refit the torx screws securing the rear cover. Whilst you could do this at the roadside, at home is a much safer proposition 

[Mr Gav]

You cant 'realistically' change em at the roadside, according the manual they are dealer repair only.
Frankly, I wouldnt carry a spare unless you had one knocking around, a phillips or osram replacement will be about £50!

And these bulbs are hardly robust things to keep just in case one fails. Especially at that price. It was hard enough keeping ordinary H3/4/7 bulbs as stock for roadside jobs; even keeping them in a foam block I often found that they hadn't survived.

I bought a couple around eighteen mons ago from Autobulbs direct, around £75 for the pair IIRC

[Nick W]

You cant 'realistically' change em at the roadside, according the manual they are dealer repair only.
Frankly, I wouldnt carry a spare unless you had one knocking around, a phillips or osram replacement will be about £50!

And these bulbs are hardly robust things to keep just in case one fails. Especially at that price. It was hard enough keeping ordinary H3/4/7 bulbs as stock for roadside jobs; even keeping them in a foam block I often found that they hadn't survived.

I bought a couple around eighteen months ago from Autobulbs direct, around £75 for the pair IIRC

I would have no problems with the price if I had to replace blown ones. But I have never understood the thinking behind buying and carrying a brand new part  just in case the existing used one fails. I can see some justification in keeping the old one as a spare.

[TheBoy]

If you do buy some, replace your existing ones, and use those as spares.

Xenon lights, like LED and to a lesser extent tungsten, do degrade with use.

[Mr Gav]

If you do buy some, replace your existing ones, and use those as spares.

Xenon lights, like LED and to a lesser extent tungsten, do degrade with use.

Agreed, when you replace them it`s surprising how much difference new bulbs make.

You cant 'realistically' change em at the roadside, according the manual they are dealer repair only.
Frankly, I wouldnt carry a spare unless you had one knocking around, a phillips or osram replacement will be about £50!

And these bulbs are hardly robust things to keep just in case one fails. Especially at that price. It was hard enough keeping ordinary H3/4/7 bulbs as stock for roadside jobs; even keeping them in a foam block I often found that they hadn't survived.

I bought a couple around eighteen months ago from Autobulbs direct, around £75 for the pair IIRC

I would have no problems with the price if I had to replace blown ones. But I have never understood the thinking behind buying and carrying a brand new part  just in case the existing used one fails. I can see some justification in keeping the old one as a spare.

As a bulb that rarely blows I wouldn`t carry one around either, I couldn`t see the point.