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Old 06-05-2007, 11:36 PM   #1
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Default Globes, need a little help.

Went to the footy tonight to see Richmond get smashed.

Anyway after returning to the train station dejected to pick up the trusty ED GLi, I noticed I couldn't see the road a little more than usual.

At the traffic lights, got out and had a look and the driver's side headlight was just on the parker globe.

Now that my driver's side headlight is out, my car is unroadworthy, so I need to get it replaced by night-time tomorrow.

My question is this: Is it just the two E-series cars I've had or do all stock standard headlight globes suck? I mean, I can hardly see the road when both headlights work.

My second question is: If the headlight globes do suck, what can I get to make them brighter?

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Old 06-05-2007, 11:58 PM   #2
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Replace the globes with heavy duty ones maybe? If they are the same globes that came with the car over a decade.
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Old 07-05-2007, 12:09 AM   #3
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Get Narva +50s. They are a little (!) more expensive than standard replacements (around $30 a pair compared to $15), but are well worth it.

And yes, all E series lights suck, except the XRs. The lights in the AU, both XR and standard, are the best lights I've had on any car, though the twinlight XR style lights I had on the EB Fairmont Ghia were a close second to the AUs.
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Old 07-05-2007, 06:54 AM   #4
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Am I the only one who read the thread title & mistakenly pictured Bathurst Globes?
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Old 07-05-2007, 04:19 PM   #5
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Am I the only one who read the thread title & mistakenly pictured Bathurst Globes?
I thought someone was looking for Bathurst globes to go on an E-series...
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Old 07-05-2007, 06:00 PM   #6
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i use those xeon globes the ones they use in bmw's
they are nice n bright and white.....side question....are your len's nice n clean or have they gone that crappy ford yellow

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Old 08-05-2007, 05:19 PM   #7
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just wondering the legallity of changing to say a xeon globe... i thought you couldnt use them if the car didnt initially come with them.
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Old 09-05-2007, 12:29 AM   #8
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Well I went and got the Xeon globes and fitted them.

Nice bright globe at 150 watts.

I think I may have the yellow tint around the lenses, so I will have to polish them up using the ideas from the thread that I read the other night.

As for the legalities of the globes? I don't know, but I'm endeaovuring to find out.
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Old 09-05-2007, 07:18 AM   #9
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Am I the only one who read the thread title & mistakenly pictured Bathurst Globes?
nah not the only one mate ;)
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Well I went and got the Xeon globes and fitted them.

Nice bright globe at 150 watts.

I think I may have the yellow tint around the lenses, so I will have to polish them up using the ideas from the thread that I read the other night.

As for the legalities of the globes? I don't know, but I'm endeaovuring to find out.
Hmmm 150 not Illegal in Vic ?
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