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6th December 2019, 13:15 | #1 |
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MOT fail
Gutted today as I have spent £130 on my O/s projector headlamp - it wouldn't fit the female part of the power supply, so had to be sent back. The original was put back to see if it would get through its MOT, but it failed. I have spent so much time faffing around with blown bulbs and struggling with the bumper etc etc - I'm in two minds whether to sell the car. Our headlight are a crappy design and can't be fixed once the internals break!
down in t he dumps now, as the car is off the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a happy bunny at all- having spent £1300 this year on the car! Last edited by robbrooks; 6th December 2019 at 13:22.. |
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6th December 2019, 14:29 | #3 |
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Don’t know if many headlamp assemblies that can be stripped down and repaired.
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I have swapped bits from standard lights into projectors on a few occasions to make a good set, it’s quite easy to do if you have a working donor headlight.
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Go to a scrap yard and get two headlights regardless of type and fit them (or speak with one of the traders on here, Mickeyboy would be my first stop). Send a picture of the plugs you have (I didn't realise they were different) to make sure you have no issues. Getting both lights at a scrap yard, mean you have a matching pair if you cannot get projectors, but it means you will get it through mot and some.breathing space. If you change your car you could end up with another where you have to spend another 1300 on , at least with this one you know the work is done. Sent from my SM-A600FN using Tapatalk
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Hi Rob. Sorry to hear you have this problem. Have you been in touch with Big Russ? He lives in Leeds and may be able to help you. I know you have spent a lot on your motor this year, and it has let you down big time, but after speeding that amount of money on it, there can not be much else to go wrong now. Keep your pecker up and ask Big Russ if he can help you out.
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Im intrigued by the difference in plugs I've changed reflectors for both halogen and xenon and the plugs were the same.
Can you post a picture? What was the problem with the headlight on the MOT?? Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk |
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6th December 2019, 15:32 | #9 |
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There isn't any difference in power supply plugs to our headlamps. I was unlucky with the allegedly new O/s headlamp I bought. I believe the pins were s lightly misaligned. I didn't want to force and get blamed for damaging it, so it went back today.
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