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Re: Cheap HID bulbs
« Reply #30 on: 29 October 2008, 19:10:53 »
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dug out the invoice...

bought July 07 from Autobulbsdirect off ebay..

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/autobulbsdirect_W0QQ_in_kwZ1

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http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk

now about £15 more a pair delivered than I paid.

Thanks Jimbob!

Anybody for a Yard of ale?

I'd love to see the reaction at any stables if you asked what the metric height of any of their horses are!!!



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« Reply #31 on: 29 October 2008, 19:23:38 »
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.....- unlike Mr Farenheight

Who's he?  ::)   ::)  :y :y


Some obsolete thing reserved only for yanks and the over 40's


OI I'm over 40!
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« Reply #32 on: 29 October 2008, 19:25:10 »
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Not me......Fahrenheit was the title of a film....and nothing else

but if someone said that they had a temp of 103, you'd know they were ill.  ;)  :y


Steaming!!!!

No actually they would be VERY cold

It is about 275 outside at the moment!
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« Reply #33 on: 29 October 2008, 19:46:16 »
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No actually they would be VERY cold

It is about 275 outside at the moment!

Everybody loves a smart arse!  ;)
But when you take your kids temp & your Mrs asks what it is, you don't normally state the units it's being measured in ...... :y just the number! I do anyway.

& I don't measure in Kelvin ....  ;)  ;)
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« Reply #34 on: 29 October 2008, 19:47:12 »
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OI I'm over 40!

There's quite a few of us here who can say the same.  ;D  ;D  ;D
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OI I'm over 40!

There's quite a few of us here who can say the same.  ;D  ;D  ;D
Not me...  .....yet
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OI I'm over 40!

There's quite a few of us here who can say the same.  ;D  ;D  ;D
Not me...  .....yet

You'll get there ......
Trouble is I've seen more 40 somethings than I have left to go.  :( :(  :y
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« Reply #37 on: 29 October 2008, 20:18:10 »
I think metric system is more practical for calculations as its always in powers of 10..

In university I used English units as most of the books are either English or American origin. But conversion and calculations are not very practical IMHO..

As for the HID..I used 6000 K and I'm really pleased with it..

ps :the only thing that disturbs me  is the price of philips bulbs as I dont know what time they will need replacing they say thousands of hours  :o
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« Reply #38 on: 01 November 2008, 08:14:23 »
From the posts that I have read 8 years of dark UK winters seems to be the average life. When the fail, they stop 'striking' like an old  flourescent tube.

Cem - do you have to use yours in the daytime? (Lots of cars in your pictures have lights on)
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« Reply #39 on: 01 November 2008, 09:10:33 »
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From the posts that I have read 8 years of dark UK winters seems to be the average life.  .....

Bu66er!  :-? That'll be the kiss of death mine then  :-/. By your reckoning they've been on borrowed time for a couple of years.  ;)  ;)  ;)
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« Reply #40 on: 01 November 2008, 10:34:05 »
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From the posts that I have read 8 years of dark UK winters seems to be the average life.  .....

Bu66er!  :-? That'll be the kiss of death mine then  :-/. By your reckoning they've been on borrowed time for a couple of years.  ;)  ;)  ;)
Yeah, and both my cars as well.  Though saying that, not sure they are as good as they once where, whether due to bulb or lens, I guess only one way to find out...
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Re: Cheap HID bulbs
« Reply #41 on: 01 November 2008, 10:42:48 »
Well i've put my OEM Phillips ones back in as i'm fed up of the eBay ones not striking intermittently.

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Re: Cheap HID bulbs
« Reply #42 on: 01 November 2008, 12:44:52 »
my philips ones are dying out now! theyre 10yrs old nearly and are going purpley! think i mite get a set of them jimbob cheers for the link!

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« Reply #43 on: 09 November 2008, 16:32:32 »
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From the posts that I have read 8 years of dark UK winters seems to be the average life. When the fail, they stop 'striking' like an old  flourescent tube.

Cem - do you have to use yours in the daytime? (Lots of cars in your pictures have lights on)

very late answer sorry  :-[ :-[

mostly in day time I dont use them..

the exception is very cloudy or fogy days..
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Re: Cheap HID bulbs
« Reply #44 on: 09 November 2008, 16:46:11 »
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Well i've put my OEM Phillips ones back in as i'm fed up of the eBay ones not striking intermittently.

Don`t know what these are like  http://www.car-mod-shop.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=217
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