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Offline SoundillusioN

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Bulbs
« on: 03 August 2010, 13:16 »
silly question but whats the bulb type for the spotlights on a quad headlight grille?... havent got the old bulbs, are rthey H3 because if they are the connections dont look right.
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #1 on: 03 August 2010, 13:52 »
mine have always been h3 bulbs, though some mk1s have fog lamps in the grille rather than spotlights. pics?
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #2 on: 03 August 2010, 21:22 »
Think thats just the campaign though, could be wrong?
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #3 on: 04 August 2010, 00:45 »
Mines a campaign but have recently rewired the entire car with mostly GLI looms. Connections could be wrong for the lamps??? 

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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #4 on: 04 August 2010, 08:47 »
the plug in your hand is for your side lights :)

and yes, thats a h3 bulb socket. looks like you are missing the loom between the bulb and the car, also there should be a big rubber cap with 2 wires on it that fits to the back of the spotlamp. the car loom then plugs into that.

and yeah the fogs were the factory fit ones, which are quite rare. campaign only afaik?  the spot lamps were dealer fit option :)
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #5 on: 04 August 2010, 10:31 »
Thanks mate.

I may have just stupidly grabbed the wrong connection, there may be another, was a panic shot as i was running late for somewhere!... so are mine spots or fogs?.  Yes i am missing the caps for these.  Someone stole them!  :angry: I also have bosch valance fogs which poke through the kit.  not refitted these yet as kit is off and can't find a replacement for a cracked lens.  :sad: Its just been so long i cant remember how the lights were setup.  Originally it had an upgraded loom for the lot to run Higher wattage bulbs.
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #6 on: 04 August 2010, 12:26 »
they are probably going to be spots, but the way to tell is to check the lense lines. if they're vertical its a spot lamp, if horizontal its a fog in general. think can tell by the e markings on them as well?

also if you light the bulb can tell by the pattern, if its high up then its spot if its very low then its fog
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #7 on: 04 August 2010, 12:59 »
Very interesting to know.... thanks... well there's a good chance i'm missing connections for the H3s so may have to make something up for them. Stupidly i thought i could just walk into halfrauds and grab what i wanted but they dont list the the mk1 very well any more, dont even cover a GTI in their book! Their sytem issued me the wrong bulbs too! n loads been done to the car so must post it all up in the dub rides asap if anyones interested...  I'll post the outcome of the lights tonight, cheers!
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #8 on: 04 August 2010, 21:47 »
Thanks again for the help, have posted lots of pics and the result of the light issue here:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=152606.msg1503809#msg1503809

Ended up doing some funky loom shizzle!
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Re: Bulbs
« Reply #9 on: 05 August 2010, 22:26 »
They look like the spots but most the spot ones ive seen have the little hella badge in the centre.  :undecided:
The fogs have a huge amount of lines on the lense.
The fogs were an option but a rare one. Campaigns came with them standard and i have a vague memory maybe the GX did too or maybe not, 1983 was a long time ago for me to remember :grin:
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