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D2 - Lights Headlights, xenons, foglights. Everything outside the car that glows |
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front fog lights
i want to change my front fog lights to HID. does anybody know what type i should get and recomend a good place to get them from ?
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Got some eBay ones in the A8. £60 or so, lasted over a year and still going strong...
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2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM 2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car 1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds |
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is it H4 bulbs i require ?
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Not sure mate, I was talking about the A8s headlights, but its the same concept. James will know.
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2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM 2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car 1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds |
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H3 bulbs for FL and H3 12V55W for PF
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. |
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I thought HID lighting was high intensity discharge, as in plasma. Plasma lighting being very white, bright and illuminating (unlike me) Wheras H stands for Halogen as in the old style Halogen lighting, less white and illuminating than HID.
When people talk about Xenon lights I thought that they were referring to Gas discharge (HID) lights and not H for Halogen. |
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well the mrs phoned me earlier today to tell me the postman had woke her with a parcel from china for me. i knew it would be the new hid lights that i ordered from ebay a few days ago. worked my butt off today just so i could finish work early and get home to fit my new lights. got home and opened my parcel to see a nice new set of hid lights just as ordered. got all my tools out and started to pull bits off the car so i could find a suitable place to fit the metal ballasts. these are for my front fog lights so i had to take off the lower front grills and remove the hole of the fog light assembly. the glass on the front is badly scatched but i will have a go at pollishing the glass later. i just wanted to get the new bulbs in so i could see what they looked like. it was just at that point when i had the fog light in my hand i noticed the bulb did not look the same as the new ones in the box. it shouldnt be a problem as i have already asked what type to get and had been told to get "H3" and as stated on the box i did have "H3". so i decided to remove the bulb from the fog light and check the numbers only to find a big black number saying "H7". So the question is does anybody want to buy a brand new set of "H3" hid conversion lights "cheap" ?
back to ebay now to order a pair of "H7" |
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Don't worry Darren. You should be able to pick up some H3 bulbs on Ebay for not a lot. The current ballast should still work. If you want them fast make sure you are dealing with a UK seller and not one from China. I know the feeling though mate, you must be gutted.
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2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM 2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car 1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds |
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Whoops,
Sorry darren. I just checked and I should have read on..... 4 N 0177622 halogen bulb / to be used for: YC12V55W H3 4D0 941 699 4D0 941 700 / (4) N 10320102 halogen bulb 'longlife' / to be used for: 12V55W H7 8D0 941 699 B 8D0 941 700 B / It could have been either.....
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. |
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This may seem a bit weird but I was in TK Maxx (yes shopping with the missus) yesterday and they have H7 blue bulbs for the grand price of £2.99.
I think they had about 3 sets. Let me know if you're interested I'll pick them up for you. |
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