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04 mondeo zenon bulb alternative

  • 31-12-2017 1:03pm
    #1
    marzic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭


    I'm looking to see if there is a standard alternative to the zenon dipped beam bulb!
    Its €68 in motor factors, about £25 on ebay - but will any standard bulb work?
    there is an inner lens over the dipped bulb
    thanks

    marzic


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  • #2
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    marzic wrote: »
    I'm looking to see if there is a standard alternative to the zenon dipped beam bulb!
    Its €68 in motor factors, about £25 on ebay - but will any standard bulb work?
    there is an inner lens over the dipped bulb
    thanks

    marzic

    No a standard bulb will not work. Buy the bulb on eBay, £25 isn’t exactly expensive for a HID bulb.

    Your car is obviously a higher end model for it to have HID’s in 04 so why would you want to fit a standard halogen bulb in it?


  • #3
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,729 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Xenon replacement all the way, what your looking at doing would be like replacing your lighting in your house with candles.


  • #4
    marzic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭marzic


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    No a standard bulb will not work. Buy the bulb on eBay, £25 isn’t exactly expensive for a HID bulb.

    Your car is obviously a higher end model for it to have HID’s in 04 so why would you want to fit a standard halogen bulb in it?

    You are correct, its a ghia 1.8 sci. I will be testing it and trying to flog it in a few weeks so if I could avoid spending near 10% of the car value (£25=€30 approx, car not worth much above 300 quid) on a bulb - by using an effective alternative, that would make sense. If theres no alternative so be it.
    Thanks


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