Spare Bulbs

[snarf]

What with Le Mans and holidays coming up I thought I would put together a spare bulb kit which is compulsory in a few EU countries and recommended in most others. For anyone interested the table below gives details for the C2S and C2s with the Bi-Xenon headlights.

 

[robert997]

Well done Allan. Do they do a kit at the OPC, or do you have to buy them separately ? How have you bought yours..?

 

[snarf]

ORIGINAL: robert997

Well done Allan. Do they do a kit at the OPC, or do you have to buy them separately ? How have you bought yours..?

Unfortunately neither Halfords (last time I checked they did not even list the 997) nor the OPCs do a kit so bulbs have to be purchased individually. Russell Freeman at Solihull provided the part numbers for the bulbs needed and he did a great job of packing and posting them to me but he was unable to match-up the numbers with the bulb's function. Some were obvious, e.g. the Bi-Xenon, but most had to be identified by cross referencing with the handbook. However, be warned, some people have bought cars for less than the OPC price of the Bi-Xenon bulb [&:].

 

[garyw]

I wasn't aware it was necessary to carry a spare headlamp lamp if it was a HID..[&:]

garyw

 

[snarf]

ORIGINAL: garyw

I wasn't aware it was necessary to carry a spare headlamp lamp if it was a HID..[&:]

garyw

As I said in most countries its only a recommendation so it's not always necessary to carry any. For those countries where it is compulsory the AA advice is not specific as to bulb type.

 

[Mark_Bennett]

The AA has a downloadable doc which says:

"On some cars it is inadvisable or impossible for anyone other than a qualified technician to change a headlamp bulb unit e.g. high intensity discharge (HID) headlamps and carrying spares is not an option"

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/overseas/compulsory_equipment.html

 

[snarf]

ORIGINAL: Mark Bennett

The AA has a downloadable doc which says:

"On some cars it is inadvisable or impossible for anyone other than a qualified technician to change a headlamp bulb unit e.g. high intensity discharge (HID) headlamps and carrying spares is not an option"

Thanks for the link - not seen that before. However, reading the handbook it looks a reasonably straightforward task, just need to take care not to touch the glass.