Front Lights on a 172 (51 reg)

[Vishka]

Hopefully someone can answer this for me.

How the hell do you get rid of the sick yellow lights that Renault decided to put in the headlight units along with the blue Xenons? Went past an RS today and only the Xenons seemed to be turned on - can you just take the old style bulbs out and leave the Xenons in? Or is there something really stupidly simple that i'm not thinking about?

Just want to get rid of the yellow lights and have pure Xenons..........Please help.

Cheers,

 

[Pettsi]

You can buy new sidelight bulbs if thats waht your talking about?

 

[FlameR]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=269662

led lights mate

 

[Vishka]

Which sidelight bulbs would you recommend? Are they easy to fit?

 

[DrR]

Just take the sidelights out, job done. I found LEDS just stop working after a while.

 

[Vishka]

Is this what most people do then? Just take out the side light bulbs?

Are there any really good Xenon replacement sidelight bulbs out there?

 

[bmh.01]

I'd had LED sidelights for over a year and still going strong. Thats what i'd go for, theres ultraleds.co.uk if you wanted a massive selection or you can get them from halfords as well.

 

[DrR]

I've had 3 set from ultraleds, always break, but my car does destroy everything.

 

[Vishka]

smashing, cheers.

Which ones fit the clio, quite a big choice on the site!!

 

[bmh.01]

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/motorbike-bulbs-10mm-wedge-bulbs-c-101_44_55.html

Although the ones you want aren't one there for some reason?

Could get some from halfrauds if you came down to it.

 

[cgap]

Philips Bluevision W5W bulbs will be an improvement on the standard yellow bulbs.

They're not as blue as the name suggests, they're quite white.

They're not as bright as LEDs though.

http://www.powerbulbs.com/product_detail.asp?prod=31

£9.99 or free with any order over £10. Free superquick delivery too

 

[Vishka]

Smashing - so are these Phillips what everyone would recommend as a good replacement? Are they gonna look good when just having sidelights on?

Also how easy are the bulbs to fit - can you open up the headlight unit easy enough etc?

cheers guys

 

[cgap]

They're not much brighter than the standard bulb, just a nicer colour.

You'll need small hands to fit them, especially if you have aircon pipes in the engine bay, I ended up getting my girlfriend to do it for me haha.

Just open the bonnet and remove the rubber cap on the rear of the headlight unit to get to the bulbs.

Good luck.

 

[Vishka]

ha ha - i've got smaller fingers than the mrs!! - she's got sausages for fingers!! :lolup:

 

[Alan]

Take them out...its the only way..

When i had my 182 i just took the sidelights out..

Looks far better...LED sidelights are a bit hmmm chav..

 

[AmDaMan]

The frosted white LED from UltraLED is superb, couldn't be happier. Got a set off ebay too but they had a slight blue tint so chucked em.