sidelights (not the usual geting them problem)

[sontino]

just putting in my LED sidelights from ultraleds.co.uk. anyway i easily got the drivers bulb holder out as i only have a 1.2 and an engine bay full of air...anyway i have the bulb holder and the bloody bulb wont come out, its stuck good.......ur just supposed to pull and they come out right??

 

[sontino]

can i have a quick answer please

 

[Rob's172]

i'm sure mine did! try twisting them:dapprove:

 

[-Leigh-]

Twist

 

[sontino]

ahh this is really annoying me. i cant see any twisting parts...im trying tho.....this is the bulb holder part....i have it infront of me right now

 

[sontino]

just took the other bulb holder out aswell (and got soaked), same problem... im gonna take a pic and show ... wait a sec

 

[sontino]

here it is...i have to take out the bulb at the end and replace with led right? well here is a hone pic of the bulb holder.... this is the part i put the led in right??

 

[Faxo]

Pull, they just push in

They'll just be corroded in, so a little gentre persuasion with a screwdriver will do the trick

When you get them out, make sure just to rough up the contacts before you put your new ones in!

 

[sontino]

its like theyre super glued in or something lol......im still stcuk and getting red mist ! i will smash em in a min....that will showthem!

 

[Faxo]

Haha, thats your main beam bulb mate

Have another look further towards the edge of the headlight, int the same section though, the sidelight is plugged into a little thing that pulls out, its kind of a yellowy colour, with two wires going into it!

You pull it out and then pull the bulb out

That bulb is all one, you aint pulling that apart!

 

[-Leigh-]

PMSL, thats the headlight bulb mate, and you would have fucked it by touching the glass!!

 

[cooks189]

ye totally wrong mate,just below that one,or use your manual

 

[sontino]

what a bell end... back in a min

 

[JclioD]

hahaha, made me laugh, yeah thats main headlight mate, that shouldnt be coming apart

 

[-Leigh-]

what a bell end... back in a min

lol don't worry, we've all been there.

 

[andy-footitt]

when i had my 1.2 i had the same problem. I pulled it so hard it fucked whatever holds it back in and the bulbholder kept falling back out and melted that chrome plastic stuff

 

[Faxo]

We will obviously want to see a pic of the finished product, just to redeem yourself!

Its all a myth about touching the glass ruining the bulbs, im a techy and ive never bothered

 

[-Leigh-]

We will obviously want to see a pic of the finished product, just to redeem yourself!

Its all a myth about touching the glass ruining the bulbs, im a techy and ive never bothered

I accidentally touched the glass of a headlight bulb once, and it lasted 3 days. So I'm always careful now.

 

[sontino]

bleeding finger and still havent got sidelights out....am i turning clockwise or anticlockwise??

 

[sontino]

I accidentally touched the glass of a headlight bulb once, and it lasted 3 days. So I'm always careful now.

i have had my hands all over these, does the greese make them overheat?

 

[sontino]

right thanks everyone for the help and correcting my r****d self.....here is the end result, cant find my camera so sorry bout phone pics.

i would say to any1 changing sidelights, twist until sidelisght holder as viewed from engine bay looks vertical (no more than quarter turn) use small needle nose pliers if u have, then give them a good yank, they may be quite stiff.

 

[sontino]

o and should i give my main beam bulbs that i accidentally touched with my hands a clean with some white spirit on a tissue, to get off the greese and that. im assuming they break cus they get greese on them and get so hot.

u think these sidelights are bright enough, they look brighter in the pic than to the eye.

When i turn on the old halogens it really shows how crappy and yellow they are... i now want some xenon looking bulbs to fit my current fitment. All i want is for them too look really white, and the same brightness. I hear powerbulbs.co.uk is good... can any1 recommend any and do they give a discount to cs members??

 

[Da]

yes, clean them or they will blow.

 

[ditz]

i've never actually seen them blow because of touching them it just ruins the beam pattern put out by them, wipe it off and it should be fine

 

[sontino]

cheers for all the help, i cleaned them with some degreaser stuff and wiped with a new dry j cloth, just put them back in, tested worked, hopefully they wont blow anytime soon...

can anyone reccomend some bright white headlamp bulbs from powerbulbs.co.uk to fit the standard headlight. i found a thread ages ago but cant find it anymore.

 

[sontino]

here is the final night time phone pic....... u like??

 

[JclioD]

the "ultrablue" bulbs from Halfords work very well, not blue, they give off a very white beam, will match sideys well, promise you

 

[murcod]

Just wipe it clean with a clean cloth and some metho.

(The grease from your fingers on the glass causes it to overheat.)