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bobdent Omega Lord Offline Drives better than an Omega Posts: 6705 A pub in Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: 2002 3.2 MV6 Irmscher Estate	HID headlight bulbs 10. Feb 2011 at 09:38 Anyone know the part No. and best place to get these from. Last year I had one replaced and it cost a whopping £76.00 inc. fitting! I'm sure they must be cheaper online.
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Old Fella Newbie Offline Posts: 17 Bristol Gender: Drives: Facelift Omega Elite 2.5TD Estate	Re: HID headlight bulbs Reply #1 - 10. Feb 2011 at 09:45 Hi Suggest you try www.Hids4u.co.uk. HTH
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: HID headlight bulbs Reply #2 - 10. Feb 2011 at 09:47 always best done in pairs....guess you know why now Osram or phillips off the above or ebay avoid the chinese lamps
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Re: HID headlight bulbs
Reply #3 - 10. Feb 2011 at 09:55

Jimbob wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 09:47:

always best done in pairs....guess you know why now Thumbs Up!

Foresight is a wonderful thing James! Roll Eyes

Well I'm not forking out to replace both as one of them is still fairly new.

Jimbob wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 09:47:

Osram or phillips off the above or ebay Thumbs Up!

avoid the chinese lamps

What type, or are they all standard? Undecided

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Re: HID headlight bulbs
Reply #4 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:05

bobdent wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 09:55:

Jimbob wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 09:47:

always best done in pairs....guess you know why now Thumbs Up!

Foresight is a wonderful thing James! Roll Eyes

Well I'm not forking out to replace both as one of them is still fairly new.

Jimbob wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 09:47:

Osram or phillips off the above or ebay Thumbs Up!

avoid the chinese lamps

What type, or are they all standard? Undecided

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bobdent Omega Lord Offline Drives better than an Omega Posts: 6705 A pub in Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: 2002 3.2 MV6 Irmscher Estate	Re: HID headlight bulbs Reply #5 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:21 Assumong these are the correct bullbs, these seem incredibly cheap at £9.99 per pair! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Estate-1-HID-XENON-D2S-BULB-6000K-/16041732... Anyone had any experience with them?
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Re: HID headlight bulbs
Reply #6 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:29

remind me, where did you get the 1 last time?

iirc it was a dealer, so will be 4300k temperature

that is 6000, so will be a very different colour to the one you have.

The chinese ebay specials like that - I have seen reports of not working at all, working for a short time, taking minutes to come on, flickering, or just causing fires.
And if none of those happen....your just left with poorer illumination than the proper lamps.

I bought a pair of chinese ones for my old car, and to be honest, they were ok, the old ones illuminated better, but the different colour masked it.

in your position, it would be 1 x new lamp from phillips or osram, cheapest online source I can find

such as

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Osram-Xenarc-66040-D2S-bulb-bulbs-new-/320650738115?pt=UK_...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Philips-D2S-85122-HID-35W-Xenon-Bulb-NEW-UK-4300k-/270...

I would be tempted to look at the one you replaced, and order the same brand, although I guess you will be getting your garage to fit so may not be an option?

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: HID headlight bulbs Reply #7 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:32 http://www.hids4u.co.uk/d2s-bulbs/ do look a good source with a wide range of lamps etc
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Shimmy Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 347 Middlesbrough Drives: '01 3.2 Elite	Re: HID headlight bulbs Reply #8 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:34 http://www.hids4u.co.uk/philips-d2s-bulb-xenon-hid-bulb-85122.html Just get one of them, cheap enough and are OEM. I got a pair recently for my car, work great.
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Re: HID headlight bulbs
Reply #9 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:41

Jimbob wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 10:29:

remind me, where did you get the 1 last time?

iirc it was a dealer, so will be 4300k temperature

that is 6000, so will be a very different colour to the one you have.

The chinese ebay specials like that - I have seen reports of not working at all, working for a short time, taking minutes to come on, flickering, or just causing fires.
And if none of those happen....your just left with poorer illumination than the proper lamps.

I bought a pair of chinese ones for my old car, and to be honest, they were ok, the old ones illuminated better, but the different colour masked it.

in your position, it would be 1 x new lamp from phillips or osram, cheapest online source I can find

such as

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Osram-Xenarc-66040-D2S-bulb-bulbs-new-/320650738115?pt=UK_...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Philips-D2S-85122-HID-35W-Xenon-Bulb-NEW-UK-4300k-/270...

I would be tempted to look at the one you replaced, and order the same brand, although I guess you will be getting your garage to fit so may not be an option?

My garage got the last one from Europarts and I seem to remember it was 4300K.

The dealer on the e-bay link I posted above also do the 4300K at the same price. Made under licence from Philips so they can't be bad can they? Undecided

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Re: HID headlight bulbs
Reply #10 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:46

bobdent wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 10:21:

Assumong these are the correct bullbs, these seem incredibly cheap at £9.99 per pair! Shocked

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Omega-Estate-1-HID-XENON-D2S-BULB-6000K-/16041732...

Anyone had any experience with them?

Hi Bob

Have a pair of them laying around ....no good at all, when i did have them fitted found that most of the time one or the other would not strike up....was a pain Angry

. Got a pair of Philips and had not had a problem at all Thumbs Up!

. The ones on hids4u look good and at a good price for HID think there the Osrams Thumbs Up!

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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: HID headlight bulbs Reply #11 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:47 up to you Bob, but I take that advert with a pinch of salt and wouldnt personally put those lamps in anything. Given the damage they could do to your car, I wouldnt risk it. If it seems to good to be true....it usually is.
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Re: HID headlight bulbs
Reply #12 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:52

Shimmy wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 10:34:

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/philips-d2s-bulb-xenon-hid-bulb-85122.html

Just get one of them, cheap enough and are OEM.

I got a pair recently for my car, work great.

When i got mine which where Philips 6000k they where £70 each Shocked

a few years back now.
http://www.cargym.com/philips-6000k-ultinon-d2s-xenon-bulbs-pi-57.html?image=0.

But happy with them

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bobdent Omega Lord Offline Drives better than an Omega Posts: 6705 A pub in Hertfordshire Gender: Drives: 2002 3.2 MV6 Irmscher Estate	Re: HID headlight bulbs Reply #13 - 10. Feb 2011 at 10:53 Fair enough, I'll take the advice from you and SP_3.2 and stick with an original Philips or Osram
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Re: HID headlight bulbs
Reply #14 - 10. Feb 2011 at 13:17

Jimbob wrote on 10. Feb 2011 at 10:29:

remind me, where did you get the 1 last time?

iirc it was a dealer, so will be 4300k temperature

that is 6000, so will be a very different colour to the one you have.

The chinese ebay specials like that - I have seen reports of not working at all, working for a short time, taking minutes to come on, flickering, or just causing fires.
And if none of those happen....your just left with poorer illumination than the proper lamps.

I bought a pair of chinese ones for my old car, and to be honest, they were ok, the old ones illuminated better, but the different colour masked it.

in your position, it would be 1 x new lamp from phillips or osram, cheapest online source I can find

such as

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Osram-Xenarc-66040-D2S-bulb-bulbs-new-/320650738115?pt=UK_...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OEM-Philips-D2S-85122-HID-35W-Xenon-Bulb-NEW-UK-4300k-/270...
I would be tempted to look at the one you replaced, and order the same brand, although I guess you will be getting your garage to fit so may not be an option?

Just ordered from here, £28.50 + £2.50 delivery.
Cheers for the link James. Thumbs Up!

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