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Originally Posted by wpoll
Yep - failed bulb in the halo fitting. Rather a common issue (at least on my car...). As I'm a fan of OEM lighting on these cars I've been replacing just the lamp in the OEM fitting ( after making a tiny modification to allow this) - any 12v 10W BA9s halogen lamp will do, such as the Osram 64113, Philips 12082 or Flosser 4010.
Make sure you clean the halogen lamp after fitting it or use gloves - your skin oil can damage a halogen lamp once it heats up.
Many folk have used the LED units available from many vendors with success. The higher wattage units are intended to increase the halo brightness (obviously) but there is a limit to how bright these halos can get and yeah, I figure and 80W LED in the housing is asking for trouble... both for the housing and the LCM.
If you go down the path of replacing the OEM halogens with LED, I recommend coding out the hot and cold monitoring on the halos and NOT using the resistors often included with the LED units. This may require a small rewire job on the LEDs to arrange the connectors so they fit the car but it's worth taking the time to eliminate the resistors, which offer no real benefit and can also cause heat issues.
I have been looking for a suitable LED replacement for the 12v 10W BA9s bulb - no joy so far so I just keep buying the halogens (about 2-3 per year). Just fitted a higher quality Flosser 4010 bulb - let's see how long these last.  |
Wpoll you are the man, even included a video how to, cheers will give it a spin after I get hold of a couple of the 12v 10w bau 9's you refer too...either way re the LEDS, if i get hold of a set that are 10w rated each and have no 'extra' cable which i gather is some sort of resistor to trick X into thing correct bulb is fitted reckon still get overheat issues? I want a pair to have on the side in case I botch up dismantling the cover of the OEM case ...on checking video again not sure is there a clear lens on the housing above bulb or is it my imagination?