11-09-2019, 07:27 AM | #1 |
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Changing headlight bulbs ? Easy or hard
Hi I bought some h7 led as a replacement for the halogens on my car which I find horrible to see out some days. How hard is it to change them and is their anyone based in the West Midlands who can ?
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11-10-2019, 04:02 AM | #3 |
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The low beams are very fiddly
You access them from a door in the wheel arch liner. I actually took the wheel off when I last changed one so I could see what I was doing. There's a bit of a knack, I think you have to pull them down and outwards or something like that. It is all explained in the manual though If you put LEDs in you will have to code the car to not do bulb checks otherwise you'll constantly get errors on the dash |
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Buy the bulbs THEN ask how to do it
Did you buy a car THEN learn how to drive? Why post something that makes you look dumb? |
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and you then post a pseudo threat well done hypocrite
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11-10-2019, 07:07 AM | #12 |
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Lol It was a tongue in cheek post simply aimed at the type of person you clearly are. Comparable to making a comment like “it’s only a matter of time before they crash” towards a reckless dangerous driver.
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11-10-2019, 07:33 AM | #15 |
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It’s very tricky, I went to Halfrauds and they were good at it.
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11-10-2019, 07:39 AM | #16 |
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11-10-2019, 09:39 AM | #18 |
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Not particularly hard to do but it's a faff and a bloody fiddly fucker of a job.
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11-10-2019, 02:04 PM | #19 |
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Tbh. It’s not that difficult. I dud it on my last f30 which had the standard halogens, when I upgraded to higher output bulbs.
If I recall right with the halogens there’s a simple screw cap accessible from the top of the car. Takes about 10 mins or so Hope that helps.
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11-30-2019, 11:10 AM | #20 |
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Finally changed them
As the bulbs I bought were just sitting , I thought let's change them and see. Big difference straight away brighter than halogens.
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11-30-2019, 11:41 AM | #21 |
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Check the beam pattern (scatter) with the LED bulbs , i recently fitted a set to my Subaru and although the light was much brighter the spread of the beam was all over the place causing oncoming cars to flash thinking that i was on constant high beam.
I removed them yesterday and refitted higher spec halogen bulbs. Maybe the BM headlights are more forgiving to the LED bulbs but the older projector headlights in the Scooby are certainly not. K |
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