What FC headlight bulbs to buy?

Started by TiddlesRX7, January 15, 2010, 09:15:13 PM

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TiddlesRX7

So Ive heard good reports about Halfrauds all weather bulbs from a few peeps but really I have no idea whats best. So sugestions please.
Also can you fit H4\'s to the FC without HID\'s?
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TiddlesRX7

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Prof

H4 is the normal fitment unless you have the sealed lens things like Liam had - although the connector is the same.
 
I used the Halfords all weather\'s before going to HID\'s - they were the best by far based on cost and the light output they gave.
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TiddlesRX7

Cool I thought as much. I\'ve just ordered a set of the ebay ones above so I\'ll see how they go. I was just concerned about melting wires as I\'d read somewhere about it being a problem.
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Prof

You have to be careful with some of those \'bluey\' bulbs - some of them are 90W or even 100W and at that wattage are nearly twice the current consumption - hence the melty wires.
 
Ironically - HID\'s use about 35W per bulb - which is less but they give out 2 to 3 times the light !
 
You should be fine with them - as long as they aren\'t too blue. :cool
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m1tch

The bulbs on ebay there are listed as brilliant white 5000k, so they should be ok :)

lead_foot

i\'ve just put my old h4 hid 6000k kit into my fc , and makes so much difference compared with the original candle powered bulbs lol

TiddlesRX7

Yeah L1am\'s got some HID\'s for sale and I\'d like to buy them but I\'m still a bit broke after Christmas. I will get some eventually unless I can sort a deal out with L1am.
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TiddlesRX7

Well I got the ebay bulbs in the other day and I must say, they arn\'t really any better than what was in before. Maybe slightly better at a push. They are however quite a shade whiter than the previous bulbs. I\'ll know better after a decent late night drive. I did however find that one of my bulbs that was in was a 130W bulb!
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m1tch

Quote from: TiddlesRX7;666747Well I got the ebay bulbs in the other day and I must say, they arn\'t really any better than what was in before. Maybe slightly better at a push. They are however quite a shade whiter than the previous bulbs. I\'ll know better after a decent late night drive. I did however find that one of my bulbs that was in was a 130W bulb!

Get either HIDs or Halfords all weather bulbs :)

L18M

for the price of the egay ones and halfords one, your over 1/2 way to getting a hid kit lol
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grinder

or get down to the £1 shop and pay £1 each for H4 ( and sometimes they have the blue tint ones )


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m1tch

Quote from: grinder;666796or get down to the £1 shop and pay £1 each for H4 ( and sometimes they have the blue tint ones )

Thats Grinder price :rollin

grinder

ohh yes , occasionally they stock the H7\'s which i used in the rover .. they were £8 each in halfrauds - so used to buy them from there

so are we saying that the H4\'s fit fine in the FC with no mods ?


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L18M

Quote from: grinder;666800so are we saying that the H4\'s fit fine in the FC with no mods ?

:Hammer what bulbs does your fc use?? :confused::xconfused
2 doritos on a stick woohoo :rollin