Changing Xenon bulbs

[Cadams1979]

I have recently purchased a new xenon bulb for my 03 plate clio 172 as the offside one has stopped working, i have had a quick look and it seems very dificult to get your hand in to get the power pack and bulb out! is there an easy way to do this job? someone told me i will have to take all the front bumper off to get access to the light is this correct?

 

[s88urd]

to be honest mate that would be the best way, you can take the whole headlight cluster out that way and then you have got alot more room to fiddle about with
Out of interest how much did the bulb cost?

 

[Cadams1979]

Got the bulb from halfords for £14.99 but was buy one get one free!

 

[s88urd]

im a bit confused, are we talking about HID xenons, or the bulbs just filled with xenon gas?

 

[bmh.01]

I'll guess that he's bought the bulb thinking its a HID xenon one when it isn't, the HID bulbs are about £90.

To change the bulbs its a bumper off, headlight out job really. Thats not as daunting as it sounds btw.

 

[Cadams1979]

I have just bought the bulb! was told this was the correct one! what is HID i'm not being stupid, just don't know about these things!

 

[s88urd]

I'll guess that he's bought the bulb thinking its a HID xenon one when it isn't, the HID bulbs are about £90.

To change the bulbs its a bumper off, headlight out job really. Thats not as daunting as it sounds btw.

Thats what i thought, i thought renault had to supply and fit them themselves as the wattage of the bulbs are mega high

 

[s88urd]

HID are high intensity discharge, does your car have headlight washer jets on the front bumper?

 

[bmh.01]

I'll guess that he's bought the bulb thinking its a HID xenon one when it isn't, the HID bulbs are about £90.

To change the bulbs its a bumper off, headlight out job really. Thats not as daunting as it sounds btw.

Thats what i thought, i thought renault had to supply and fit them themselves as the wattage of the bulbs are mega high

No you can get them from quite a few places on the net etc, there D2S fitment bulbs so as long as there D2S bulbs they'll fit. The wattage of a hid xenon bulb is actually quite a bit lower than a normal halogen bulb as well just for a bit of trivia.

 

[Cadams1979]

Yes it has headlight washer jets!

 

[bmh.01]

I have just bought the bulb! was told this was the correct one! what is HID i'm not being stupid, just don't know about these things!

Nope its the wrong one if you've got a FF with the Xenon lights, you need a 4300k D2S HID bulb.

 

[GR172]

As you've mentioned the power pack I'm assuming you do have the 172 not a 172 Cup. The bulbs should look like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Philips-D2S-H...oryZ9895QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
and I've never seen Halfords selling them.

Maybe they've given you the wrong thing?

 

[bmh.01]

http://www.xenonmaster.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=2

Thats what you need. Assuming its the bulb.

 

[GR172]

http://www.xenonmaster.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=2

Thats what you need. Assuming its the bulb.

That's a good point, when the bulbs fail they usually flicker for a while first. The ballast and starter might be at fault if it just suddenly stopped.

Have you checked the fuses? And we are talking about the dipped beam not the full beam?

 

[Cadams1979]

Thanks everyone for your help! i will take them back to halfords and get the correct ones!

 

[s88urd]

i have just spoken to renault mate, they said usually it is the ballast which goes on them, also there is a relay in the passenger footwell which can pop loose and cause the lights to fail

 

[bmh.01]

Yeh thats usually the case, swap the bulbs over before you buy a new one.

 

[s88urd]

Yeh thats usually the case, swap the bulbs over before you buy a new one.

Sounds simple but to be honest i completly forgot that you could do this!! lol
Whatever you do dont electroconicute yourself, they have lots of volts n stuff

 

[Cadams1979]

Nice one i will try this first! thanks again!