What Bulbs??

**Guyver1** · 31st August 2008, 13:25

Just looked in my owners manual to see what type bulbs i need, and their not listed........great owners manual!!!!

what type do i need please guys, im gonna replace all the headlight bulbs with xenon, including the small sidelights bulbs too, ive seen kits on Ebay but im not sure which i need

**Matty H** · 31st August 2008, 13:30

H7s for the main headlight.

Do you have full canbus? If you do I would be very wary of retro fitting HIDS

**Guyver1** · 31st August 2008, 13:34

Originally Posted by Matty H

H7s for the main headlight.

Do you have full canbus? If you do I would be very wary of retro fitting HIDS

No half canbus, not gonna fit HIDs, i just wanna get rid of the manky yellow headlights and get nice white light off xenon bulbs

these are what im looking at

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OPEL-...713.m153.l1262

or these

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OPEL-...713.m153.l1262

**Matty H** · 31st August 2008, 13:42

Ah right. My opinion would be go for PIAA Extreme Whites. I had them in my old car and they were very good compared to the original crap. Not even close to HIDS though, but that's obvious

The PIAAs are quite expensive. I think I payed around 70 quid for a pair at the time

**Guyver1** · 31st August 2008, 13:46

Originally Posted by Matty H

Ah right. My opinion would be go for PIAA Extreme Whites. I had them in my old car and they were very good compared to the original crap. Not even close to HIDS though, but that's obvious

The PIAAs are quite expensive. I think I payed around 70 quid for a pair at the time

£70

**** that idea,

I only wanna be able to see in the dark, not xray the whole road

**Matty H** · 31st August 2008, 13:54

LOL

You do get what you pay for though.

Having said that I would never go back to non HID again. It's something I will insist on having on every car I buy from now on.

If you have half canbus and can afford it then maybe looking into HID is an option? I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole on full canbus, but some people have had success on half, although there are still reports of some having shutdown issues.

I guess it's just down to what you want

**Guyver1** · 31st August 2008, 13:55

Originally Posted by Matty H

LOL

You do get what you pay for though.

Having said that I would never go back to non HID again. It's something I will insist on having on every car I buy from now on.

If you have half canbus and can afford it then maybe looking into HID is an option? I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole on full canbus, but some people have had success on half, although there are still reports of some having shutdown issues.

I guess it's just down to what you want

I did look into fitting a HID kit, but after reading the VOSA website, it says its illegal to use them on the roads, unless you have specific headlight units fitted too, robbing gits

**Matty H** · 31st August 2008, 14:03

Originally Posted by Guyver1

I did look into fitting a HID kit, but after reading the VOSA website, it says its illegal to use them on the roads, unless you have specific headlight units fitted too, robbing gits

Ah, but those units are fitted on the veccy. It's projector headlamps.

There is a grey area over having headlamp washers fitted, but someone dug out a piece once that said they only need to be fitted on factory fit from new. I know several have sailed through MOTs with them