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Old 10-24-2017, 02:01 PM
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My drivers side (passenger side to you guys....) low beam went off today.
Now, I'm not keen on the yellowish light of the standard bulbs, so.......been looking at these..

H7 OSRAM Cool Blue Intense Bulbs (pair)

Has anyone tried these?

Also,
Are they a sod to replace?
Are all 4 bulbs the same? - inner and outer.

Finally,
Does anyone have the size / recommendation for replacing the sidelight bulbs for something more bluish?

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Old 10-24-2017, 06:18 PM
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I use only SilverStar Ultras in my cars (Sylvania and Osram are linked). Was faily easy to switch the low beans but have to be careful to get in properly (only seats completely one way).
 
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Old 10-28-2017, 12:25 PM
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Christ - were these designed by a moron?
Just went to change them and gave up - especially the small 5w parking lights!!

I've ordered some 90 deg long nosed pliers and one of those flexy mechanics mirrors. I'll have another go tmrw providing they don't arrive too late.
 
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Old 10-29-2017, 11:24 AM
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And done - phew!!.......

The sidelights were a breeze tbh, I used the 10mm spanner trick.
The others were a bit of a pain. In the end I used pliers, 90deg pliers and a flexi mechanics mirror. About 1.5 hours to do the lot....
 
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Old 10-29-2017, 01:04 PM
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Default Re: Time for new headlight bulbs?

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And done - phew!!.......

The sidelights were a breeze tbh, I used the 10mm spanner trick.
The others were a bit of a pain. In the end I used pliers, 90deg pliers and a flexi mechanics mirror. About 1.5 hours to do the lot....
Yea, if your going to take on that task...might as well do'em both....or you get one in an say,"forget that other one, dangit..I'm bleeding!"....lol
 
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Old 10-29-2017, 02:56 PM
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Yea, if your going to take on that task...might as well do'em both....or you get one in an say,"forget that other one, dangit..I'm bleeding!"....lol
Ha ha,

Yeh.
The dark mornings and evenings are here now, so I just changed the bloody lot and was done with it.
Tmrw, I'll be able to see if these "cool blue" ones are any better than the standard items.
 

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