Poor Headlamps

[PeterGAH]

Hi All

My dipped lamps are poor and a colleague thinks the earth may have corroded as the car is 11yrs old.

Does anyone know the location of the earth for the circuit that includes the lamps.

PeterH

[mbames]

Octy headlamps with stock bulbs are rubbish.  Get some Osram Nightbreaker bulbs.  Not sure where the earth is supplied for the headlights, but I would doubt it was bad (not a common fault anyway)

[littleade]

Try these. I have the main beam h1s in mine for over 12 months and they do make a difference, but probably won't last as long as normal bulbs would.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BREAKER-UNLIMITED-halogen-headlamp-64210NBU-HCB/dp/B00EPLCPRG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413928621&sr=8-1&keywords=nightbreaker+unlimited

[devonutopia]

Definitely not the lens' started getting sunbleached?

[kanu1and]

Try these. I have the main beam h1s in mine for over 12 months and they do make a difference, but probably won't last as long as normal bulbs would.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BREAKER-UNLIMITED-halogen-headlamp-64210NBU-HCB/dp/B00EPLCPRG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413928621&sr=8-1&keywords=nightbreaker+unlimited

Would these be compatible with my octi l&k 2005?

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[littleade]

Would these be compatible with my octi l&k 2005?

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If you click on the link you can either enter your reg number or your model and engine size and it will tell you. I don't have a pre fl mk2 so couldn't say for sure. I bought mine off amazon, making sure they were from amazon themselves rather than use ebay and risk them being fakes.

[mushtafa]

I personally wouldn't bother with the nightbreakers. My headlamps were pants so bought some nightbreakers, only to find it already had some fitted.

I went for a HID kit, it's the best solution in my opinion. Kits can be picked up from as little as £40.

[PeterGAH]

Thank you all for all your replies.

 

The above link covers H7 bulbs - mine are H1 but only for main beam and dipped is  the problem

 

No one  has yet been able to advise the location of the earth point.

 

I have a feeling HID, although certainly very bright, are not legal in my Mk1 Octavia as it does not have automatic headlamp levelling.

(The manual levelling doesn't work either).

 

I will try changing the Dipped bulbs, which are H4

 

PeterH

[peter3197]

H4 bulbs are twin filament bulbs, main and dip.

[PeterGAH]

Thanks and yes - you are right and I know this!

Must have suffered a mental aberration!

 

So I cleaned the Left side headlamp with T cut

 

Significant improvement.

 

Then I changed the LH headlamp bulb which was the 11 year oldoriginal. (I have had the car from new)

 

I just fitted a standard H4 - not Xenon or Nightbreaker. This was because I had a new H4 in the garage.

 

Huge improvement.

 

 

So my conclusion is that Bulbs wear out as well as everything else.

 

 

Now I will do the Right Side

 

PeterH

[peter3197]

You get transfer from the filament on to the glass envelope over time, so if it doesn't blow the light output will diminish.