Thread: D2 blown headlights

Originally Posted by B92 8NW

I must be sounding like the headlight Nazi, but I don't think they have ADR approval for on road use. ...

Joel

Why can't modern globes last like globes of about 10 years ago. In the first 20 years of owning this vehicle, I would have replaced the globes no more than 3 times, in the last 3 to 4 years I rarely get more than a few months out of a pair, in fact one night I even lost both globes in the length of the Southern Cross Drive in Sydney.

Up till now I always replaced both globes at the same time as one failed, my reasoning that there is a filament life and it should be about the same for both globes. With them failing so frequently, it's not worth the expense.

I wouldn't mind paying extra for quality globes, double or triple the price even, however no matter what the brand none of them seem to last and price is no measure of quality.

Is it possible to get road legal, quality globes and where do you get them?

Diana

P.S. If you noticed the error, mine is an '84 build, '85 model with an '86-87 grill. So yes 23 years of ownership is about right.

I have an 03 d2 which ive owned for a year and have blown both headlights in the last 6 weeks, the 97 d1 is still on original globes

Hi lotz, yep, still like them and when I bought my latest RR, the first thing I did was to replace the H7 high beam globes with the Philips Crystal Vision globes.

I haven’t checked lately but Bursons were the cheapest by far for the Philips globes.

Cheers

Think the headlight globes are the only thing I haven't replaced in the last three and a half years.

Watch what happens now.

Cheers
Simon

Check your voltage at the battery motor running lights on lights off etc I think from memory 14 and above is to much May be a problem with your voltage regulator Don"t worry new falcons do it as well
went to pick my work car up from after a service. Telstra dude complying as all they did was change the globe again popped bonnet reading 16 volts most embarrassed service manager . Work shop foreman said I had a faulty meter I said get knotted .