My lights are cursed - please help!!!!!

BeezaDave

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Jul 29, 2009
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ok i seem to be cursed when it comes to changing my lights. i bought a set of red sidelights off ebay and soon discovered that one was much much brighter then the other. i contacted the seller and after a quick exchange it was all sorted.

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but thats not the problem. about 10 days ago i bought a set of white xenon headlights (fake). when i got them i saw that there was no blue on the bulb. after i contacted the seller they said that they accidentally sent me clear, standard headlights. they offered to send me the correct bulbs and let me keep the standard lights as a spare.

my new bulbs arrived today and i fitted them. very difficult to see in the daylight so i looked at them just there and one of them had a very dull yellow glow off it while the other was a powerful white.

i decided to give it a quick look with a torch and when i leaned in i could have sworn i smelled smoke. that was enough to give me a **** attack so i removed the faulty bulb. on inspection it looked perfrectly normal. i decided to plug it in again to clarify that it was the bulb and not the connection.

when i put the bulb halfway in it made a buzz until i quickly removed. what should i do?
all my lights seem to be working correctly so i think my electrics are fine?

can anyone please tell me if i should be alarmed with the smell of sm,oke and if i should contact seller again. i realise you get what you pay for but i dont think paying to get your car damaged is fair.

PLEASE HELP!!:cry:
 

vetec

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hi,sorry is it the complete hid kit or just xenon bulbs?as i fitted xenon bulbs off ebay and the 3 contacts were all touching due to bad soldering and poppin the headlamp fuse.if its ebay stuff i have had various parts that have been dodgy.:)
 

Neo

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Mar 24, 2009
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Sounds like a dodgy bulb... and a dodgy seller!

Try the working bulb from the other side (or one of your old bulbs), if that is ok I would bin both the "new" bulbs and find another seller!

These are good for a xenon effect, had many off here: clicky
 
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BeezaDave

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Jul 29, 2009
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Limerick/Dublin Ireland
ya its a dodgy bulb. tried the old bulb and it worked fine. so i tried the faulty one again and took some pics. doesnt look that good but you get the idea.

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iv never had a problem with ebay but this seller is obviously shite.
 

BeezaDave

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Jul 29, 2009
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got a third set of bulbs and they worked..... finally.

cant get any decent pics with my camera but theyre very bright but not too bright and im happy with them for £10.:D
 
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