no dipped beams??

[mazza]

As i was just leavin work to come home i realised my dipped beams werent comin on, on both sides, yet all my other lights were fine?? was working fine this morning, anyone got and clues as to what might have gone wrong. ive looked at the bulbs and they havent blown, i would appreciate any help, cheers guys and girls.

 

[mazzerati]

checked your fuses? one might of blown

 

[mazza]

checked your fuses? one might of blown

got to dark so didnt get the chance to but both sides arent working and according to the manual they have their own fuses, surely both fuses wouldnt have blown at the same time? had rediculous rain today tho massive puddles everywhere wasnt sure if that was a cause?

 

[BKR]

i had this on my 1.2 the bulbs looked like they hadnt blown but replaced them and worked again

 

[mazza]

i had this on my 1.2 the bulbs looked like they hadnt blown but replaced them and worked again

oh, well still got the originals so will put one in tomorrow and see if it works, drive from eastbourne to brighton n back everyday early starts and late finishes so never usually much daylight, so my headlights are rather vital lol.

 

[RUM4MO]

Are you sure that its not just the old case of "one bulb goes" and you don't notice - then a few days or weeks later the other one goes - then you are really are in trouble? This almost happened to my wife's car, I thought "need to clean the lights" (too mean to waste a gallon of washer fluid) - and was genuinely shocked to find that only one bulb was lit - I had been driving it quite a lot and at night so I'd reckon that being an astute driver I would have spotted that - not so!! I think that it was the O/S one that had failed, so the kerbside was still getting lit up.

 

[mazza]

im positive they were both workin this morn, your puttin doubts into my head now lol, but leaving for work my lights couldnt had been any brighter so surely werent just the 1 light, was workin fine yesterday for defo as picked alota mates up and 1 of them woulda said something as u pulled up? There shall b light tomorrow i shall solve the problem somehow, watch this space

 

[Dave 77]

This happened to my current car (Fiesta Zetec S) a few months bk. Both dipped beams went at the same time. All it needed was 2 new bulbs and it worked fine.

 

[mazza]

is a bummer as they were some ultra bright white ones and had been on the car less than a month will put the standards back in. now the question is do i go back to some xeon or halogen bulbs again, theres loads of talk on here as to whats best, ive heard loads of makes and brands and that just totally confuses me as nobody can seem to decide on 1 really good set lol

 

[Dave 77]

is a bummer as they were some ultra bright white ones and had been on the car less than a month will put the standards back in. now the question is do i go back to some xeon or halogen bulbs again, theres loads of talk on here as to whats best, ive heard loads of makes and brands and that just totally confuses me as nobody can seem to decide on 1 really good set lol

i no wot you mean

 

[RUM4MO]

Maybe try sticking to Philips or Osram and get their brightest ones, currently I've got the "best" - forgotten their name - from Philips via powerbulbs, I'd expect "bright" bulbs to last at least a couple of years with normal use when used as dipped beams - otherwise it gets a bit expensive and dangerous to say the least.

 

[mazza]

This happened to my current car (Fiesta Zetec S) a few months bk. Both dipped beams went at the same time. All it needed was 2 new bulbs and it worked fine.

i changed both bulbs and their working fine now?? although im glad their working im a bit that the bulbs i had in there barely lasted a month. I will look into some more bulbs again soon but got voices in my head in peed off mode sayin is there any point if they blow after a month lol.

 

[Dave 77]

Glad to hear you got it sorted out
Bit crap they went after only a month of use

 

[mazza]

Glad to hear you got it sorted out
Bit crap they went after only a month of use

stroke of luck, got on to the company i bought them off and theyve sent me some more for nothing! good times will put them in soon and hopefully will last a little longer this time lol.

 

[Dave 77]

stroke of luck, got on to the company i bought them off and theyve sent me some more for nothing! good times will put them in soon and hopefully will last a little longer this time lol.

Well thats not a bad result then

Hope they last abit longer this time