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by **miss-enzo** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:12 pm

ok so i have a small prob wit my lights..... ok the battery thats in the car is a bit shagged cuz it was totally flat once or twice and b4 ne1 says it yes i am gettin another one but i wanna get an warnin alarm fixed first!
neway prob is that my dims are pure crap! i mean reaaly really bad cant see feck all with em at nite! brighths are sound, changed the dims bulbs to 30% stronger ones and no change! ne ideas whats goin on? is it battery related possibly??
cheers

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:22 pm

DIMs are crap as standard - I replaced my dims with a set of heads (HB3s) and just modified the bulb to suit - used the philips bluevision bulbs.

See here - http://www.fto-ireland.com/forum/phpBB2 ... hlight=hb3

But def change battery asap -the standard is similar to a micra so they're very reasonable.

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:18 am

Aye! Dimms are crap as standard.. you can do the "modded" bulb thing. - Alternatively get a set of the "ultra bright" bulbs - but they'd still be pretty weak.. I didn't do the modded bulb thing yet - but I will..cause it's borderline dangerous driving in the dark..

by **miss-enzo** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:27 am

ya i changed to ultrabrites still crap!!! but i just found out that my spots work so problem is sorted!! they give enuf light to make up for the crap dims!!! cheers tho!!

by **Dave** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:03 am

you could always get a set of HID's from Ricerocket!!

by **kevinod** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:03 pm

I went the HID route, much better than standard. I remember asking myself on several occasions whether the dims were actually on or not when they were.

I was informed by a member of the Garda Siochana once that having your front fogs on when its not foggy is an offense :roll:

Ricerocket does them as Dave says, and I think alloywheelsinternational did HIDs at one stage too, if I have the right person? They're easy to install, the only awkward bit is working out where to mount the ballasts.

by **rsg** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:28 pm

How much is a set of them HID's, more or less?

by **kevinod** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:25 pm

rsg wrote:How much is a set of them HID's, more or less?

Last price I remember was a special offer of £199 stg, as against ~£230 normally iirc, but they appear to be a decent quality set.

by **rsg** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:34 pm

kevinod wrote:
rsg wrote:How much is a set of them HID's, more or less?

Last price I remember was a special offer of £199 stg, as against ~£230 normally iirc, but they appear to be a decent quality set.

Hmmm, thats not too shabby - where was that from?

I've left my FTO behind in SA with my pops, so I might consider this in a couple months.

by **kevinod** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:22 am

That was from Ricerocket.

by **miss-enzo** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:32 am

kevinod wrote:I was informed by a member of the Garda Siochana once that having your front fogs on when its not foggy is an offense

taut that was only if the rear fog lite was on???? mine doesnt have a rear one!!! feck it if they stop me ill turn em off....for a while!!!! :lol:

by CJ » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:43 am

miss-enzo wrote:taut that was only if the rear fog lite was on???? mine doesnt have a rear one!!! feck it if they stop me ill turn em off....for a while!!!!

Legality aside, its a serious pet hate of mine when other drivers use their foglights in the wrong conditions, folks don't seem to realise that they're temporarily blinding oncoming drivers!

CJ

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