R34 Headlamps...

[ontheranch]

Hey,

Just wondering what sort of globes people are using for Standard beam on the R34s. I am currenlty using H7's but I have to trim the metal base to make it fit, which is annoying.

Cheers!

Penny

[Madaz]

You sure your meant to be using H7's

It says on top of the light what your meant to use

[ontheranch]

Does it? I havent seen that...

I have had to use cut H7s since I have had it.

I have googled it and most say H1s but they have a total different plug end to H7s...

[KRIMINL]

Does your car have the xenon headlights or the normal halogen globe headlights?

Edited April 6, 2010 by KRIMINL

[Madaz]

Well you shouldn't have to cut anything i would of said H1's also maybe Damo can clarify with his

[Damo_R34]

i have aftermarket HID's, so im no use, lol.

[ontheranch]

It doesn't have xenon headlights but it has all the gear there like it may have had them before? its got the switch thing inside my car also. Unless they all have that?

[Madaz]

Yeah sounds like it had them easy way to tell go outside and look in the front of your lights it will say xenon if they were

[KRIMINL]

if you have the xenon housings then they definately run a h1 globe

if its had them replaced with the non xenon headlights (this happens alot during compliance) then it will probably use a different size globe.

they look like these right?

[Damo_R34]

Have you tried D2R bulbs Penny?

[ontheranch]

Nah they dont look like that ^ and they say Xenon but you cant see it in this pic.

I have only ever had Cut H7s in it, and thats what was in it when I purchased the car.

[jrm]

Nah they dont look like that ^ and they say Xenon but you cant see it in this pic.

I have only ever had Cut H7s in it, and thats what was in it when I purchased the car.

Trimmed H7's is what I used when I did a dodgy conversion job to pass Regency (as I run D2R xenons - that's what came with the car when I bought it - freshly complied).

(Side note: I'm sure I already replied to this earlier with pretty much above - but my post seems to have gone missing...)

[ontheranch]

So looks like I gotta get some D2Rs then!

Thanks! :-)

[Evil34]

I have the non xenon compliance light and they run H1s.

[ontheranch]

This is what I have been using.

Dont H1s have a different plug thing?

I want to buy some new bulbs tonight hopefully. Just not sure what to ask for.... do the D2R lights come in all different sizes or do I just say D2R?..

[jrm]

D2R xenons are very expensive over the counter; You could be talking $200-300 for a pair, easy. Getting them online is a lot cheaper.

However - this assumes you still have the xenon ballast, cabling, plugs, etc to hook it all up to.

A D2R bulb looks like this:

... totally different plug to what you have now. But the base (with trimming), and the light source of the bulb is about the same as a H7 bulb (which is why they're sometimes used for compliance purposes, I believe).

[ontheranch]

Ill have to check if I still have all the stuff to plug them into. Not sure I do... will check tonight.

Might have to do the trimmed H7s again for now! I hate driving with one headlight. Make my car look pov. Hahaha