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chris_uk
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7th Feb 12 at 17:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
For some time my right light had been getting pinker and i dont know why.

Ballast going or bulb?

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They are both 6k bulbs btw.
Rich H
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7th Feb 12 at 17:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bulb is failing.
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7th Feb 12 at 17:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Try swooping the ballast 's over if it still does it then it's got to be the bulb

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quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
Try swooping the ballast 's over if it still does it then it's got to be the bulb


if you only knew how much of a pain that is lol
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7th Feb 12 at 17:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Id buy a full new set
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7th Feb 12 at 17:56   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats what i thought about doing..

any reccomendations?
Rich H
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I remember reading somewhere that if the colour of the bulb alters, it's the bulb failing.

I'm sure it's what happened to my mate's OEM BMW xenon before too.

MJ on here sells HID sets and gets good reviews
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7th Feb 12 at 18:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have a spare bulb for 6k so i will try that tomorrow on my lunch
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7th Feb 12 at 18:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
OMG you had a spare anyway
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yea i think so..

if you knew how much of a pain (litterally) it is to take a headlight out of these when you have 2 massive water pipes in the way from the charge cooler then your would understand why id want to know what it was before hand so i only had to take the light out the once.
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if you can do it on your lunch it cant be that hard
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
yea i think so..

if you knew how much of a pain (litterally) it is to take a headlight out of these when you have 2 massive water pipes in the way from the charge cooler then your would understand why id want to know what it was before hand so i only had to take the light out the once.

I almost understand because it's a cunt in the Vectra too. Can't see a way of doing it without taking the bumper off
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my lunch is an hour long and probably would take most of it..

its just awkward getting the 13mm spanner right inside the clam and turning it bit by bit.. (i should probably invest in a ratchet ring spanner) there is a nastly pointy bit somewhere under there which i always slice my fingers on too

the pas light is a piece of piss as there are no water pipes, i can litterally just get my hand through them and turn it about 10mm at a time.

 
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