+50% bulbs buy one get one free

Halford didnt seem to stock any bulbs apart from their own brand and Bosch. You think they would have a wider selection the size of their shops.

Mark (Mark S) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Yeh, right.

As the printer who prints the packaging for Halfords own brand bulbs I can tell you who actually supplies them, Ring Lighting. Whether Ring make the bulbs themselves or buy them in cheaply from abroad I don't know unfortunately.

Dave

I bought some halogen sealed beam conversion headlights from ring and they were made in india

If you look closely you will find this on the "branded" stuff as well - you might want to have a look at some of the original components on your car - and other things you buy - it can be quite enlightening.

very witty - snip = it can be quite enlightening. ho ho ho!!

Another top-posting and unnessary quoting witty (not) twit to add......

Also sprach "Dave" :-

And worse - claiming to have snipped the original - but not actually deleting it!

I have tried all of Halfords range of lightulbs (H4) for my 91 Clio, and found that not one of them made a difference, even the +30% extra brightness.

What I did find made a difference was a pair of Sportz Blue 100/80 bulbs.

Now I can drive down the country lanes with confidence.

and brake the law

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

Also sprach Mr.Nice. :-

Nice though. I prefer 55/100s 'cos then dip ain't a problem and used properly there's no one to see full beam.

Although an OEM customer might insist on tighter QC than the manufacturer's "standard" offerings.

Lee

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Lee saying something like:

Or even less tight tolerances...

That's the way I see it.

Just out of interest, I get blinded by most new car lights these days, the lights seem to be so bright, even on dip. I take it that these are all HID?... and don't get me started on the fools who take several seconds to realise that there is a car coming in the opposite direction before they dip.

/Heds

yep, that's fair enough. I used to use those myself but switched to some fancy silver thingys by osram and I have found that I can see better with those than with the 55/100's or even 80/100's.

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

Way back in the old days, one of me mates rode a lovely Ducati, can't remember which model. But, he was fed up of car drivers not dipping coming towards him. He worked for Hawker Siddley at the time and managed to procure a landing light, which I think was 500 watt. He wired that to the bike with a separate button and gave a quick flash to the full beamers. Worked quite well apparently. I do not condone such behaviour etc.etc.

Jesus. 40-odd amps. Hefty current drain.

Cue the IBM story.

I'm *fairly* sure that it is an urban legend.

IBM bought a load of EEPROM chips or some such off the shelf component from a Japanese/Eastern chip fab plant and specified that they would only accept a 1% failure rate. The shipment arrived in two part. The second part was labelled up with some note to the effect that this was the 1% failure rate requested.

Warwick -- it's in the smallprint

Also sprach "Taz" :-

My uncle did the same with a Marina - landing light hidden in the grille.