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Letting Halfords change a bulb

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  • #32
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    2007

    Far as I can remember you don't need to do anything more than taking out the battery to do the passenger side full beam. Both drivers side bulbs and the passenger side dipped beam can be done without any tools or messing. Pass side dipped is a bit fiddley but doable.


  • #33
    Walter2016
    Closed Accounts Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Walter2016


    newacc2015 wrote: »
    . I know someone who had xenons in their Renault, that had to be changed by the garage at €500 a bulb. I personally would live with a few cuts and scratches than pay €500 to a garage for changing a bulb.

    Sorry, but I'm calling this post as complete and utter bullsh1t


  • #34
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,302 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    Renault aren't alone in this regard... the bumper has to come off the MK7 Golf GTI/R if (unlikely hopefully) you ever need to replace a xenon bulb. Tossy on here had the same problem with his S3 recently.

    350z is the same :(


  • #35
    martinr5232
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    Walter2016 wrote:
    Sorry, but I'm calling this post as complete and utter bullsh1t

    Its not out of the question xenon bulb for my car is three hundred euro its a ford.


  • #36
    grogi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,618 ✭✭✭grogi


    martinr5232 wrote: »
    Its not out of the question xenon bulb for my car is three hundred euro its a ford.

    What bulb is it?!


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  • #37
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,597 ✭✭✭tossy


    Audi wanted 217 plus vat for one bulb, got the same bulb on line for 50 lids.


  • #38
    theshaggyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭theshaggyone


    HID's (commonly called Xenons) need to be replaced in pairs, due to a fairly noticeable colour difference. As the "bulb" gets older, the gas burns a different colour. The cost of 1 of these can vary from €60 to €130, so double it and then add your labor on top of that. Some cars can be a right pig of a job so that charge (seeming a bit high) wouldnt be a million miles away. And for anyone wanting to change their own HID, be very careful. On start up, the ballast kicks out about 20,000 volts to create the arc. I personally either disconnect the headlights wiring loom, or remove the fuse before hand just to be safe.


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