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29th October 2018, 16:27 | #11 |
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I must have been pretty fortunate then. It was almost four years before I lost the first nightbreaker, the other was still in there when the tourer went. I'm country lanes all the time so I'm ok with swallowing the cost if they blow. The extra light is worth the trade off as dodging the wildlife is routine here, deer, rabbits, grouse and other suicidals.
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I think part of the issue is the way the bonnet tends to be closed on the R40 though, and I've taken to closing the bonnet in the standard fashion, rather than dropping it down. You don't end up with a row of dents in the bonnet either if you press with thumbs on the very leading edge of the panel Brian |
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30th October 2018, 19:49 | #14 |
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I have night breakers in mine. Three years old now. And I never just let my bonnet go down on its own when I shut it. I put the palm of my hand on the centre fold point at the front of the bonnet, and just push it down. No dents where I push but a couple on the bonnet before I took it on, very slight. Muckaniks shutting the bonnet after servicing is my guess.
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30th October 2018, 20:51 | #15 |
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I've replaced loads of H7 dipped beam headlight bulbs in my ZT. Lost count over the 5.5 years I've had the car, but probably 15-20 of them. Nightbreaker Unlimited I've used loads of... good light output but rubbish lifespan. I've now switched to Ring Xenon 130 which are an improvement in light output and lifespan. They still blow more often than I'd like, but an improvement nonetheless. I hate doing them, especially the offside bulb as that requires left-handed changing.
I've thought about the longlife bulbs (dimmer), but most of my driving is dark, twisty country roads and the increased light output from my projectors is most welcome. As for LED bulbs, they seem ideal, but last time I checked I thought seemed to be a grey area in terms of retrofitting and legality... but I may be wrong. By contrast, in the 10 years we've had Nissan X-Trails, not one blown headlight bulb. Last edited by BigAde; 30th October 2018 at 21:12.. |
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