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Offline Obbzi

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #190 on: 16 July 2013, 14:08 »
You beat me to it mate.
Yeah as an mot tester I knew it wasn't part of the test.

Did you manage to sort the reverse light out?

Reason I ask is I might have to get a new set as some kind person crashed into the back of me and the insurance company (not mine the person that hit me) are being arses about paying out  :angry:
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #191 on: 16 July 2013, 15:34 »
I'm still waiting on the bulb holder to arrive.
Amazon said 3 weeks delivery so hopefully the end of the week.
I read about your damage mate.
The system doesn't work for the innocent does it?

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #192 on: 16 July 2013, 17:27 »
Cheers Marshy, let us know how you get on.

The system certainly doesn't work for the inncoent, the first time I have ever had to claim and I'm being messed about when all these people are putting in fake whiplash claims etc  :angry: :angry:
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Offline tenrohle

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #193 on: 17 July 2013, 00:16 »
Wheres the best place to get the Hella ones? This changing globe malarky has put me off the eBay ones.

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #194 on: 29 July 2013, 12:04 »
Well my bulb holder arrived today so I spent 20 mins fitting it.
A little awkward to fit but works perfectly.

« Last Edit: 29 July 2013, 14:09 by Marshy »

Offline Candy Man

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #195 on: 29 July 2013, 12:32 »
So glad you got it sorted marshy, any chance of a quick
Howto ;)

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Offline RocketRossUK

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #196 on: 29 July 2013, 13:38 »
can you post link and instruction for doing it as i will have to do it eventually

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #197 on: 29 July 2013, 14:04 »
This is the bulb holder I ordered
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00967V7BO
Although its taken nearly 4 weeks to arrive.
I used the original fog lamp bulb which came with the lights.
I then checked the wiring to find which wire was live etc.
in the plug that goes to the orange resister block the green is live and white is earth.
I then looked at the rear of the lamp and where the led is there's a lamp reflector, I didn't split the lamp I just levered that up at one side to break it off, once I'd done that I filed it away to make it smooth and so It doesn't foul the new bulb holder.
Once enough clearance was there I fitted the bulb holder and chopped the wire going to the red led.
I then connected my new bulb holder to the connector which used to run to the orange resister.
Bingo that was it.
Took 20 mins to do.
I was in two minds about having to break the reflector part but there's no other way to do it. Once filed it looks like its alway been like that, although its not visible from outside anyway.

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #198 on: 29 July 2013, 14:21 »
Very nice write up Marshy, I feel better about gently snapping the existing one. Gonna order one tonight.
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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #199 on: 29 July 2013, 20:01 »
Cheers marshy, wee job for the weekend :)