Phillips Bulbs....

[mafri]

Am I right in thinking that I will need 4 bulbs to replace dipped plus full beam? Is there any point in doing both?

[stealthwolf]

Am I right in thinking that I will need 4 bulbs to replace dipped plus full beam? Is there any point in doing both?

More for matching. There's a huge difference between the Philips Xtreme ones and the standard ones in terms of brightness and colour. The Xtreme ones are whiter and produce a beam with more throw (you can see farther). I sometimes travel on unlit B-roads so I use mainbeams then.

Nothing stopping you replacing them at a later date.

For information purposes, the standard bulbs I removed out of the headlamps were Philips H7 too, just not the Xtreme versions.

[mafri]

Nice thread, I've made an order. If you go through topcashback.com you can get a further 10% cashback as well as using the forum discount (it seems), making this quite a bargain!

[ifti]

Nice thread, I've made an order. If you go through topcashback.com you can get a further 10% cashback as well as using the forum discount (it seems), making this quite a bargain!

Cheers for that!! lol


On another note - how do you change the indicator bulbs??
Ive had a look at the main lights and sifelights and understand what you mean now - but couldnt find the bit for the indicators??

[stealthwolf]

Changing the indicators was easy. Think there's a specific slot for them, like the mains and dips?

It's been a while since I've changed them.

[Gene Hunt.]

Are the bulbs easy to change then ? it's just i've got hands like shovels & wonderd what it's like for space.

[AlanD]

They really arent that hard.

[ifti]

OK, so lets get this straight.........(excuse the watermarks, not sure how the hell they get all the way up there!!)

This is what you turn and remove to replace the dipped beam with Philips X-Treme Power H7....




In the following pic, the top circle indicates what needs to be pulled out directly with some force, to replace with sidelights Philips Blue Vision W5W....
The bottom circle is what needs to be turned and removed to replace indicators with Philips Silver Vision PY21W.....




Can hardly get my hand in to the sidelights, and I thought I had small hands!! Will deffo need to use some pliers!
Once changed, does it push back in pretty easily?

[ifti]

All this, and I havent even ordered the bulbs yet! lol

[stealthwolf]

Don't bother trying to do anything until you get the lights.

But yeah you're right. And the clip/spring next to the sidelight holds the mainbeam (also H7) if you want to change that.

As for the sidelight - search some threads. Most people end up with scraped knuckles and blood.