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blacklr

Member Since: 30 Jan 2011
Location: West
Posts: 110

Needs advise!!

is this the correct model for the low beam?

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/hid-xenon-bul...p-451.html

as for high beam, mine is H11 not H7 for 2011 HSE model. Can this one fit the high beam & fog light?

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-xenon-up...p-395.html

28th Mar 2011 1:51 pm

blacklr

Member Since: 30 Jan 2011
Location: West
Posts: 110

blacklr wrote:
Needs advise!!

is this the correct model for the low beam?

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/hid-xenon-bul...p-451.html

as for high beam, mine is H11 not H7 for 2011 HSE model. Can this one fit the high beam & fog light?

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-xenon-up...p-395.html

I m confuse, the manual stated high beam is H11 but on the headlight cover indicated H7!! Is the foglight H7 too?

29th Mar 2011 4:26 am

druand

Member Since: 07 Sep 2009
Location: south ayrshire
Posts: 825

2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto Fuji White

2011 models with bulbs. All levels.
Owners handbook for bulb specification is WRONG

Dip beams are H11
Main are H7

Handbook states ALL are H11 All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

29th Mar 2011 12:24 pm

blacklr

Member Since: 30 Jan 2011
Location: West
Posts: 110

druand wrote:
2011 models with bulbs. All levels.
Owners handbook for bulb specification is WRONG

Dip beams are H11
Main are H7

Handbook states ALL are H11

thanks for the reply. I took out the headlight cluster to solve the mystery. Indeed the high beam is H7 & the foglight is H11. The crap manual gives the wrong information.

29th Mar 2011 12:39 pm

blacklr

Member Since: 30 Jan 2011
Location: West
Posts: 110

My D1S xenon bulbs has arrived. Need advise on how to replace them. Based on manual say removes two screw on both sides but couldn't locate these screw. Is it by twist & turn & pull out the existing bulb out?

Thanks

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11th Apr 2011 5:58 am

blacklr

Member Since: 30 Jan 2011
Location: West
Posts: 110

blacklr wrote:
My D1S xenon bulbs has arrived. Need advise on how to replace them. Based on manual say removes two screw on both sides but couldn't locate these screw. Is it by twist & turn & pull out the existing bulb out?

Thanks

problem solved.

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14th Apr 2011 1:25 pm

stownrow

Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Harlow
Posts: 461

2015 Freelander 2 SD4 Metropolis LE Auto Indus Silver

hi all! just started having issues with the hid direct bulbs I got....

sometimes when the lights come on only one headlight works?! but by switching them off and on again they both fire up? anyone had this? thinking about changing for these -

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/Osram-xenarc-D1S-U...44CBI.html

osram are a bit more trusted and I'm not sure the cheap ones are that bright?

has anyone tried these led sidelight?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280664781984?ssP...435wt_1228

cheers

24th Sep 2011 11:39 pm

blacklr

Member Since: 30 Jan 2011
Location: West
Posts: 110

stownrow wrote:
hi all! just started having issues with the hid direct bulbs I got....

sometimes when the lights come on only one headlight works?! but by switching them off and on again they both fire up? anyone had this? thinking about changing for these -

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/Osram-xenarc-D1S-U...44CBI.html

osram are a bit more trusted and I'm not sure the cheap ones are that bright?

has anyone tried these led sidelight?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280664781984?ssP...435wt_1228

cheers

I am on hid bulbs too & at times only one light working after installed. But now the problem is gone after I took it out & reinstalled it back by ensuring the connector sit in firmly.

25th Sep 2011 4:25 am

taztastic

Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
Location: North West
Posts: 8652

I have led sidelight, from Hid4U, the problem is that the led lamps are very directional and don't use the reflector very well, in daylight they are barely visible from some angles, much better when it's dark.
If you are not getting the required brightness, it may be worth checking if the reflector is the same for HID and filament lamps, I doubt it is and that may be the issue, reflectors are quite precise in how they get the light through the projection lens, if the filament/arc is in the wrong place it will dramatically affect the light output.

Taz

25th Sep 2011 8:32 am

stownrow

Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Harlow
Posts: 461

Top Tip don't but the cheap xenon bulbs! The new ones from osram are so much better!

£112 with a discount code. worth every penny!

9th Oct 2011 3:06 pm

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