hi, just wondering if its ok to use 100w main beam bulbs with these poly-whats- it plastic lens's. i've just fitted them and they seem to generate quite a bit of heat, just dont want the lens melting.

any advice welcome :(

I believe Roo has some better bulbs in his fabia vRS with no problems, wether they are 100w though I can't say for sure but they are alot brighter.

Sorry for being dumb here (hey you should be used to it by now ) but are the Xenons only for dipped main beam then and you still have a separate 'normal' bulb for high beam then?

Sorry for being dumb here (hey you should be used to it by now ) but are the Xenons only for dipped main beam then and you still have a separate 'normal' bulb for high beam then?

Yep - not bi-xenons, so dipped is xenon and the main beam is an H7 halogen bulb

Chris

Sorry for being dumb here (hey you should be used to it by now ) but are the Xenons only for dipped main beam then and you still have a separate 'normal' bulb for high beam then?

yep

Suppose I'd better get those bulbs changed then

Kinda used to having decent bulbs for dipped & undipped now. The rover has H4 fitting and I bought some Philips jobbies for that. Good investment, especially when taking into account how much crud you get on them during a normal commute (near-50 miles).

Thanks for feedback - little wiser again now

Yep - not bi-xenons' date=' so dipped is xenon and the main beam is an H7 halogen bulb

Chris[/quote']

actually there H1 bulbs though powerbulbs originally sent me H4 as suitable for the octavia through there online car configurator inever bothered checking

actually there H1 bulbs

Fair enough Does the manual say H7, or have I completely imagined it?

Chris

The manual is WRONG!

I spent

Yep - not bi-xenons' date=' so dipped is xenon and the main beam is an H7 halogen bulb

Chris[/quote']

On the Fabia -

Dipped Beam is H7.

Main Beam and front Fog Lamps are H3.

We always seem to be getting confused about which ones to use

H3s for main beam & fogs - noted

IIRC, Jon (taviars) spent ages taking the light apart on his SDI octy with xenons (didn't know you could get them as an option :confused: ) to fit some uber bright main beam bulbs without any trouble. Still running them and has now covered 50k or so miles...

On the Fabia -

Dipped Beam is H7.

Main Beam and front Fog Lamps are H3.

We always seem to be getting confused about which ones to use

That's on the non-xenon ones The manual says H7 for main beam on the xenon ones, whereas it seems it should be H1!

Chris

H3s for main beam & fogs - noted

As you've ordered xenons, you'll want H1's for main beam and H3 for fogs Is anyone else getting confused?

Chris

Dunno yet :confused: :confused:

- I will probably wait till I take delivery first anyway, I've already got to fit the tax disc holder, the Furby beanies I bought and hopefully the vRS key ring(s).

LOL

I now feel really bad about all this bulb mallarky. After lots of cursing (see here) and asking Jon to modify his post here, I think Colin is right with H1

I can't figure out where I got H7 from, but looking at picks of H7 bulbs, IIRC, the ones in my ex-xenoned-fuby looked different :confused:

:O :O

Could I have a confirmation about what a Fab vRS 2005 WITH Xenons needs for it's main (undipped) and fogs please? I believe it's H1 main, H3 fogs based on a previous post ?

Yours confusedly

Could I have a confirmation about what a Fab vRS 2005 WITH Xenons needs for it's main (undipped) and fogs please? I believe it's H1 main, H3 fogs based on a previous post ?

Fogs are definitely H3

Chris

Tnx Fogs H3, what about the mains H1 based on a prev post ?