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Xenon bulbs
Anyone replaced the standard headlight bulbs with Xenon bulbs in an alfa 156
2002 (old style exterior, new interior)? Any problems? Ebay are listing a pair for £11 with delivery. |
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"GT" > wrote in message
ng.com... > Anyone replaced the standard headlight bulbs with Xenon bulbs in an alfa > 156 2002 (old style exterior, new interior)? Any problems? Ebay are > listing a pair for £11 with delivery. Same question about the sidelights - anyone replaced these with Xenon or LED bulbs? Any trouble? In fact, are Xenon bulbs really that much brighter / better? |
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GT wrote:
> "GT" > wrote in message > ng.com... >> Anyone replaced the standard headlight bulbs with Xenon bulbs in an alfa >> 156 2002 (old style exterior, new interior)? Any problems? Ebay are >> listing a pair for £11 with delivery. > > Same question about the sidelights - anyone replaced these with Xenon or > LED bulbs? Any trouble? > > > In fact, are Xenon bulbs really that much brighter / better? Personally I wouldn't bother. I replaced my repeaters with clear lenses and amber bulbs. Only slight fiddle is when I dropped the socket into the wing...... -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2 Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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"GT" > wrote in message ng.com... > Anyone replaced the standard headlight bulbs with Xenon bulbs in an alfa > 156 2002 (old style exterior, new interior)? Any problems? Ebay are > listing a pair for £11 with delivery. These are *not* Xenon discharge lamps which come standard on a number of cars now. They are merely ordinary halogen lamps tinted to look like them. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net |
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"Simon Mason" > wrote in message
... > > "GT" > wrote in message > ng.com... >> Anyone replaced the standard headlight bulbs with Xenon bulbs in an alfa >> 156 2002 (old style exterior, new interior)? Any problems? Ebay are >> listing a pair for £11 with delivery. > > These are *not* Xenon discharge lamps which come standard on a number of > cars now. They are merely ordinary halogen lamps tinted to look like them. > > -- > Simon Mason > http://www.simonmason.karoo.net They are advertised and described as Xenon bulbs... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...&rd=1&tc=photo http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...5333 670&rd=1 Look like xenon bulbs, or is it just clever wording to con us? |
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"Simon Mason" > wrote in message ... > > "GT" > wrote in message > ng.com... >> Anyone replaced the standard headlight bulbs with Xenon bulbs in an alfa >> 156 2002 (old style exterior, new interior)? Any problems? Ebay are >> listing a pair for £11 with delivery. > > These are *not* Xenon discharge lamps which come standard on a number of > cars now. They are merely ordinary halogen lamps tinted to look like them. > Xenon is one of the halogen gases that can be used to fill halogen bulbs, and there is no reason to assume that these aren't xenon filled. But it is true that they aren't HID (high intensity discharge) lamps as they would require different electrics including ballasts, but I don't think the poster was thinking they were. ss. |
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But they are not !!!!!!!!!!!!
You can buy after market Xenon conversion kits for Alfa's though. 500-600 euro incl. mounting. Just Google with "xenon conversion" -- Ciao from Holland AlfistaGJ (Gert-Jan) Now: Rosso Radicofani GT 2.0JTS (2005) Golden Montreal 1428700 (1973/4) And former owner of: 156SW / 2 155's / 75 / Giulietta / 2 33's / 3 Sud's / Alfetta GT / Montreal / 2000GTV / 1300GTJ / 2 Giulia Super's "GT" > schreef in bericht g.com... > "Simon Mason" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "GT" > wrote in message >> ng.com... >>> Anyone replaced the standard headlight bulbs with Xenon bulbs in an alfa >>> 156 2002 (old style exterior, new interior)? Any problems? Ebay are >>> listing a pair for £11 with delivery. >> >> These are *not* Xenon discharge lamps which come standard on a number of >> cars now. They are merely ordinary halogen lamps tinted to look like >> them. >> >> -- >> Simon Mason >> http://www.simonmason.karoo.net > > They are advertised and described as Xenon bulbs... > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...&rd=1&tc=photo > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...5333 670&rd=1 > > Look like xenon bulbs, or is it just clever wording to con us? > |
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:54:06 +0100, "Simon Mason"
>, wrote: >These are *not* Xenon discharge lamps which come standard on a number of >cars now. They are merely ordinary halogen lamps tinted to look like them. Exactly. They are Not Xenon. If you want to know about Xenon www.XENONDEPOT.com The FAQ page is useful if you want to know about Xenon and what and how different headlights work. It might be handy to read before shopping elsewhere. Pete -- > 156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso |
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alfistagj wrote:
> But they are not !!!!!!!!!!!! > You can buy after market Xenon conversion kits for Alfa's though. > 500-600 euro incl. mounting. > Just Google with "xenon conversion" Erm, yes the *are* Xenon bulbs, in as much as they are halogen style bulbs filled with Xenon gas. What they are *not* is Xenon *discharge* bulbs which work on a totally different principle. HTH -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2 Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk |
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"Pete" > wrote in message
... > On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 17:54:06 +0100, "Simon Mason" > >, wrote: > >>These are *not* Xenon discharge lamps which come standard on a number of >>cars now. They are merely ordinary halogen lamps tinted to look like them. > > Exactly. They are Not Xenon. > If you want to know about Xenon > www.XENONDEPOT.com > The FAQ page is useful if you want to know about Xenon > and what and how different headlights work. > It might be handy to read before shopping elsewhere. > > Pete If I may conclude - these bulbs are Xenon filled, so technically can be called Xenon headlight bulbs, but they are not what we generally refer to as Xenon headlights. Xenon headlights require replacement clusters, different wiring and give a HID look. These ebay advertised Xenon bulbs are just ordinary halogen bulbs filled with Xenon gas. You get what you pay for - £12 on ebay for Xenon filled bulbs, which are brighter than the normal bulbs and give a HID look. Some are tinted, but not all. However for about £300-400 you can get a Xenon *discharge* conversion kit to give a true HID light (High Intensity Discharge). |
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