2005 S40 Headlights

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Originally Posted by T5R92011

It's because the reflector bowls (behind the glass projector lens inside the headlamps) are burnt out.

You can buy these exact projector units (with reflector bowls) as a bolt in replacement inside your original headlamp units. They bolt straight into V50, S40, C30, C70 headlamps.

https://retrofitlab.com/collections/...non-headlights




You unbolt the old ones, via the rear access cover, and bolt these ones in (3x torx screws).

When ordering, you can untick all the stuff related to "D1S HID bulbs" if you want to save money and use regular Halogen H7 bulbs, which you already own, and which I recommend, because aftermarket HIDs can be a pain to install and arent worth the hassle. Just keep it with H7 bulbs.

Dont worry about all the red wires and HID bulbs in the center of that image either.... you only need the two big silver projector units. The rest of the stuff is just that website trying to upsell you to HID... you dont need HID, just stick with H7 halogen. However I think they force you to order the D1S bulb holders with that pack...it's a 'required' tick box...

And make sure you pick LEFT HAND DRIVE option for UK.

Then, when you fit them, you'll probably need to turn the height adjustors on the Volvo units to get the beam level. This is what they look like when adjusted:

The beam is narrower that stock, but has good long distance and crisp cut-off, which (if you stick with Halogen H7 bulbs) isn't too harsh on the eye.

There are guides on here by LizardofBodom for adjusting etc as he has done this setup (including HID etc) before. Search the forum for "Retrofitlab".

exactly that for "fixing" poor light output. Bin the "led H7" bulbs unless they are the ones ian linked to

as for the "frosted" lense covers,,
simple to refurb.
you can Either
Use wet and dry sand paper, Fine to Super fine, then polish them with a polishing compound/machine polisher
Autoglym headlight restoration kit *sub £30 , a battery drill and far less arm ache after




[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSSEvskgHE[/YOUTUBE]

which Ever you use you WILL need to add a UV coating back to the lenses once they are crystal clear
C4 Permanent Trim Restorer will do that for you, 2+ years per application, ok it Wont stop chips/scuffs etc but the degradation by UV it Will stop .