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Offline tony_ack

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Front foglight bulb rating (big bumper)
« on: 17 January 2010, 18:42 »
One of my foglights was missing a seal, so the bulb blew a couple of months back. I changed the bulb and replaced the seal. A few weeks later I heard a knocking noise coming from the front of the car, which on further investigation turned out to be the foglight bulb and holder which had come out of the lamp, and was rattling free inside the bumper.

I finally got it all out today, and it looks like the bulb has melted the plastic, which has caused the bulb holder to break in two, leaving the bulb and the majority of the holder dangling inside the bumper. I'm not too sure why it melted as the foglight was working fine before the bulb blew (and the new bulb is still working now).

I noticed that the rating on the bulb is 100w. Is this correct?
1992 VW Golf MK2 GTI
1995 VW Corrado VR6

Offline dubber36

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Re: Front foglight bulb rating (big bumper)
« Reply #1 on: 17 January 2010, 21:06 »
They should be 55W
Red Mk6 gone replaced with a white Mk7 which has gone too. Green Mk2 here to stay.

Offline tony_ack

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Re: Front foglight bulb rating (big bumper)
« Reply #2 on: 18 January 2010, 12:41 »
They should be 55W

Ah, hence the melting (!)

Well, got some new fogs coming soon - I'll make sure to get the right bulbs this time
1992 VW Golf MK2 GTI
1995 VW Corrado VR6