alexb123 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 For a while now one or the other headlight has been blowing. I've then gone to Halford for them to fit a new one. So last time I was there I had a brilliant idea (that's probably stupid) to have the Xenon +30 HID style bulbs fitted. This cost a staggering £50 plus about £12 to fit. In effect this doubled the value of my 04 KA. My thinking was that they are LED Bulbs and less likely to blow. However, both these blew almost straight away, much quicker than normal and two have never blown at once. I have a few questions that would be great to know the answer to :) Are Xenon bulbs LED, it doesn't say so on the packet? Is there any guarantee that can be enforced with a bulb? Should they last longer than a few hours (esp for £50)? Or is this something wrong with my car that makes the bulbs blow and therefore the cars fault? Any help here would be great. I'm sick of paying so much money to Halfords and would dearly love to stop. Thanks Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 sounds like you have a dodgy earth connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexb123 Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 You trying to say I don't recycle? :) Is this something easy to sort? Thanks for the quick reply :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 take the light bulb connector off and have a look at the terminals to see if there is any corrosion and check the wiring has not been damaged. i would put in regular bulbs until you find the fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexb123 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Cheers will get it looked at :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 it maybe a earthing fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerFlame Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Chances are they aren't true "xenon" or HID bulbs and they've just fitted halogens with a blue tint. Even if they were Hids they are just discharge bulbs which can still blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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