headlight bulbs

There's a shop in Bristol called Automan or something which sells a variety including a generic type of bog standard bulb for not huge amounts of money (£5 or so). Maplin (I think) also sell bulbs and CPC and even my local farmers store. AFAIK if you stick with a known make eg. Osram or Phillips you'll get decent quality. I can't honestly say I've been that impressed with these 50% more light bulbs, they don't seem that much brighter in my headlamps.

Wilkinson's - £3.99 for Ring. Most popular sizes.

Matt

I keep forgetting about Wilkinsons, good cheap stuff there.

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I've had a set of Ring 100/55 bulbs for nearly seven years now. They've been in three different cars and are obviously still going!

It's a Ring that I got from an Esso Shop and it's lasted 7 months.

I think thats just bad luck, i read somewhere that Ring make the bulbs for Halfrauds who then knock them out at £8.99 each!

Matt

Probably a duffer. I've used Ring H4's many times and had a couple of years from each one.

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I know they are probably not the best but poundshops often sell bulb kits including headlight, interior, indicator, number plate bulbs and a couple of fuses for £1. People ofter resell them on ebay for a bit more;

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It's almost worth wasting as much time of theirs as you can manage. I wonder how long you could string 'em along.

Apparently my car takes H7 bulbs but they seem rather pricey. Can you use H4 in their place?

I dunno. Two out of three right is not too bad. Mike.

But they make up for it with their exemplary photography.

No, different kettle of decaying fish.

H7 are single filament as well ISTR so that may make the inital problem something different

Any local independent motor factor should be able to supply the required bulbs and the national chains of Partco or LSUK (Lucas) should have a reasonable range to choose from

John