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25-04-09, 09:13 PM
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Changing side light bulbs
What a hassle for such a small thing! I got some led 501s to match my HIDs. Did the O/S first, no problem. Then I started on the N/S. First I had to remove the battery, then I ended up removing the tray as well. These things are not designed for easy maintenance IMO  The new bulbs do look much better tho.
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25-04-09, 09:28 PM
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Yer royal pain last time i tried to do mine the nut thats fixed to the underside of the battery tray snapped so was just spinning so now its on a wingnut lol. Putting new bulbs in my mk2 lights before they are fitted!
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25-04-09, 09:31 PM
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I bought some LEDs once, gave up and never fitted them, the fit was not right either so stick with OE ones.
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26-04-09, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Craig 180
What a hassle for such a small thing! I got some led 501s to match my HIDs. Did the O/S first, no problem. Then I started on the N/S. First I had to remove the battery, then I ended up removing the tray as well. These things are not designed for easy maintenance IMO The new bulbs do look much better tho. |
I was thinking of getting some HID's, do they work well on a mk1 with the reflector style lenses?? Which ones did you buy and where from, how much etc. Somebody said that i would need to get HID's with a reflector type bulb??
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26-04-09, 03:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Craig 180
What a hassle for such a small thing! I got some led 501s to match my HIDs. Did the O/S first, no problem. Then I started on the N/S. First I had to remove the battery, then I ended up removing the tray as well. These things are not designed for easy maintenance IMO The new bulbs do look much better tho. |
i never removed the battery when fitting any o my front bulbs, slightly footery but no too bad, just getting the angle of attack right an yer away, it's getting the caps back on afterwords i always hate for some reason lol 
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Originally Posted by stamford
I bought some LEDs once, gave up and never fitted them, the fit was not right either so stick with OE ones.
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Have always changed to led sidelights where possible and have never had this problem yet...strange  Have had duff anes that started flickering after a while as well as buying ones which wernae that bright- changed them for better ones and put the duller ones in my tf mirror, works a treat!!
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26-04-09, 03:59 PM
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Somebody said that i would need to get HID's with a reflector type bulb??
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Have heard that too. H7R's are the ones you'll be looking.
Have heard that the side are footery... and that the indicators are as bad / worse.
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26-04-09, 04:51 PM
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i changed my sidelights on my megane today. requires taking off the front bumper and removing the whole light unit from the car. Three hours and 2 helpers later is was done. So life could be worse eh
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26-04-09, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by arwilson80
Have heard that too. H7R's are the ones you'll be looking.
Have heard that the side are footery... and that the indicators are as bad / worse.
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Yeah, as Alan said, H&r's are the recommended ones to go for. They are a fair bit more expensive than Boggo H7s. Some people have fitted the H7s in MK1s IIRC, but I went with the H7r's
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