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by iwanagofast » Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:53 am
The day before I left one of the xeons stopped working, do I have to get a replacement off mini or can I get one in the local motor factors?
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by irlmin » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:25 am
Rob , You need to check the problem out 1st , is it a bulb or other problem , just swap bulbs to check , I would say it will be bulb , expensive from MINI but there are alternatives
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by 1lightningd » Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:52 pm
I thought the big selling point of these is that they dont blow
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by irlmin » Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:51 pm
They do blow but not very often .
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by iwanagofast » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:13 am
Cheers lads, I'll check when I get back next week. Oh and here's a shameless plug check out the new show on virgin one in a few weeks time "the north sea" Same guys who did deadlyist catch, we're going to be one of the features on it
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by Owen » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:25 pm
They do blow, but they last a lot longer than ordinary bulbs. The main selling point about Xenons is that the light they emit is closer to daylight than standard halogen bulbs.
Swap the bulb Rob (With the ignition off, there's 25000 volts in the Xenon circuit), and take it from there.
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by iwanagofast » Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:27 pm
It was the bulb, bloody hell those things are expensive!
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by bluueyee » Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:54 am
Hey
The bulb is intact but the kind of nipple thing at the top has snapped off and the bulb itself looks kind of smokey.I tried them in my car and the broken one is just as bright as the other. Is there any harm in using the broken one, if it still actually works
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by irlmin » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:13 am
I think its lifespan will be reduced if its damaged , at this time of year especially I would replace as you may get bulb failure some night a long way from home and as you know its dodgy enough on our flooded roads without having a headlamp fail , replace it !!
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by iwanagofast » Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:11 pm
Look online for a replacement, they're damn expensive yokes
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by mini2012 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:56 pm
Post deleted and user banned. If you want to advertise, do so properly, don't pretend to be a customer who just happpens to rant and rave about a product and post links to the site selling them as your only post.
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