What I did today thread...

[Maccmike]

The whole road legal and mot thing really bores me!
Compared to these new cars or vehicles with headlights higher off the ground like trucks - they utterly blind you.
These 100w wont be a patch on newer cars and so long as the beam is good mot will be just fine!
However, yes I would be concerned about the heat generated.
Iv fitted 80w and they are great, brighter and whiter with really well defined beam. No one has flashed me - again because most other cars on the road including new volvos - are ridiculously bright.
So good on you for fitting these, hopefully they wont melt anything. If your worried, fit 80w.

[Longhouse21]

Originally Posted by Maccmike

The whole road legal and mot thing really bores me!

It might well do but the Construction & Use Regulations are there, whether you like them or not, and should be complied with whether you agree with them or not. People have merely pointed this out and the possible consequences of non-compliance. I have no problem with freedom of speech or action and I do think that there are unnecessary, and sometimes apparently restrictive, Regulations in place, but they are there.

Edit: Just looked again at the OP's photograph of his car and it's carrying a French plate so presume the local CT applies to this particular car and I've no idea what the French do regarding testing lights.

[gingerbiscuit69]

today i built a *ahem* leak back test kit and gave it a bash, total cost = £4. Annoyingly the results weren't too far off each other (pass) - have permanent faults logged on injectors 1&3, hoped this would confirm it!

[Paul240480]

Edit: Just looked again at the OP's photograph of his car and it's carrying a French plate so presume the local CT applies to this particular car and I've no idea what the French do regarding testing lights.[/QUOTE]

Indeed I am in France. Got the bulbs from Amazon.fr. Sold as straight swap with many top (French) reviews. Plus one standard bulb in a local Halfrauds type was 14,90 euros. I got these in a pack of 4 for 11,50 euros, lol.

[Maccmike]

I bought Osram 80w £20 for a pair. Bargain I though until I sore your price lol.

[Paul240480]

These were them.

Mintice™ 4 X Véhicule de voiture Lumineux 9005/HB3 6000K Xénon Gaz Halogène Ampoules de lampe de projecteur blanc 100W https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B01MY2A23Z/..._dG1gEbZ2Y6A6S

[ASt85]

Originally Posted by Paul240480

Passat, plastic lenses, I wonder.. I may have made a mistake, but doubt if they’d melt glass? Or would they?

Probably not..........However the plastic lamp/bulb connectors are a known weak point in the S80 '98-'06 / S60 '00-'09 / V70 & XC70 '00-'07 and are usually fried/broken down by the standard OEM 55W lamps......your variants will cause the copper wires to become brittle and fracture at the internal spades within the connector plug.

NB Beware the excessive current draw which will eventually cause the dipped beam fuse(s) to blow.

[Darlo 1]

Got round to fixing my heated seat with a temp/perm repair, need to eventually replace the seat as it has split seams but for now warm backside and back on cold mornings.

[Georgeandkira]

Just an oil change, transmission drain and fill and air filter.
I'm leaving the snow tires on.

[Discombobulated]

My S60 sailed through its MOT today, it’s only done 1400 miles in the last year so I was hoping it would be an easy one