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Sep 30th, 2012, 20:05 | #1 |
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Bulb upgrade?
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I would like to upgrade all the front bulbs on my V50 to Osram night breakers. I have been looking on ebay and they always vary in price and wondered if they were all the same i:e, are all H7 dipped, HB3 high beam & H11 fogs compatible as some of the ads are for certain makes! Basically, is a HB3 just a HB3 if that makes sense? Many thanks as always for any replies.
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Sep 30th, 2012, 20:09 | #2 |
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As long as it's the same bulb type (H4, H7, H3 ect...) you'll be fine
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Sep 30th, 2012, 20:52 | #3 |
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Many thanks dew1911, i thought it must be but sometimes they try to confuse people by saying they are for certain makes! Thanks again.
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Oct 1st, 2012, 10:44 | #4 |
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Your better off replacing the H11 fog light bulbs with modified H9 bulbs as the H11 are 35w and the H9 are 65w
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o.../H9toH11_1.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o.../H9toH11_2.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o.../H9toH11_3.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o.../H9toH11_4.jpg
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Oct 1st, 2012, 18:18 | #5 |
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Thanks for that, think i will defiantly do that as will make it more worthwhile upgrading! thanks for pics showing how to do this also.
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Or try buying 55w H11 bulbs instead, saves any messing around and butchering of bulbs
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MTEC-H11-1...item33519fd19f |
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The bulbs say they draw 55W but output 100W, does this mean they will get very hot as worried about the plastic headlamp lenses?
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Any advice?
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Yes, they are talking **** about 100w output.
As for getting a H11 55w, it still won't have great output as they have a cap on the end of the bulb.
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Oct 1st, 2012, 20:39 | #10 |
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Ok thanks guys for the advice, gonna go with nightbreakers in my main head lights ie: dipped & main/high for the moment. couldn't find nightbreakers with H9 fitting so may experiment with the 2 types mentiond (H9 adapted & Mtec) to see how they fair? Many thanks again.
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