Headlamp bulbs -no aim

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Post by peachy on Dec 1, 2015 20:06:48 GMT 1

So a guy fetched his car in other day for test , I came for 9 after the daughter at school and the tyre fitter says the guy with the 9.00 am test mentioned snow tyres but when I told him the price he said he was just going to get them when "he goes back to Germany this weekend ", so I pulls the car on the ramp, he's left last year's ticket so I can quickly check the details and test it ,notices advisory last year of both rear tyres 2.0 mm. So I tested it all four tyres below , headlamp aim none existent and a couple of advises he may be interested in for "travelling back to Germany "
Phones im up, hello unfortunately your car has failed on a few items that require putting correct. Explains what on and he says oh yes the headlamp aim i meant to mention that the bulbs rattled loose from the clips while in Germany I think they just need re - clipped.

Headlamps out and on desk they've only both had a role of insulating tape put on because he didn't know how to fit them correctly (2009 focus) ha ha i didn't know weather to laugh or ring him then laugh louder !!!!!!

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Post by baldrick on Dec 2, 2015 20:09:00 GMT 1

Do you mean incorrect beam image rather than no aim ?
Lost count of the number of vehicles I have failed on beam image . If somebody is stupid enough to fit dodgy aftermarket HID bulbs , or fit the correct bulbs upside down them I am daft enough to fail them .

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Post by Gaz on Dec 2, 2015 20:16:45 GMT 1

I don't get why so many people have difficulty fitting a headlamp bulb correctly. It only goes in one way! I've had a boy fit two new bulbs into his golf. He couldn't get them to clip back in as the "clip was to tight to put back on". So he took the clip off the back of the headlamp, turned it round and put it back on! Now the bulb sat in just about tight enough but only because it was sitting at an angle.

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peachy MOT tester smile when you leave for home !!!! Posts: 45 Class tested: 4 Last Online: Mar 6, 2022 21:37:58 GMT 1 Likes: 12	Headlamp bulbs -no aim Dec 3, 2015 0:40:51 GMT 1 via Tapatalk Back to Top Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by peachy on Dec 3, 2015 0:40:51 GMT 1 baldrick it had no pattern at all no kick to left And I had to remind him I had to take his head light converters off while back in the UK
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Post by Dynamo on Dec 3, 2015 21:50:53 GMT 1

Had a Punto in today for repairs and retest, retest did not get done. I failed it the other day on beam images affected, looking at the bulbs from the outside of the lamps I knew they had been fitted incorrectly. Today I removed the rubber cover of the rear of the offside headlamp, card board was the first item to fall out, followed by the 472 headlamp bulb and clip.

The bulbs had been fitted upside down. The offside headlamp clip retainer that sits in the headlamp housing at the top was missing, nowhere to be found, hence I could not secure the bulb when fitted correctly, so a new headlamp tomorrow.

Nearside headlamp just required the bulb fitting the correct way up, the retainer was installed so I guess the mechanic

who fitted the bulb was not as destructive on that side.

Turned out a very costly exercise for a couple of headlamp bulbs to be fitted.

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Post by Dynamo on Dec 3, 2015 21:57:17 GMT 1

Dec 3, 2015 0:40:51 GMT 1 peachy said:

baldrick it had no pattern at all no kick to left
And I had to remind him I had to take his head light converters off while back in the UK

If I am singing here from the same hymn sheet

those mask converter kits that stick on the front of the headlamp glass (or plastic) in this day and age providing they produce a flat beam without the kick up, should allow the headlamp beam pattern to pass the mot test, yes they are a temporary device while in the UK, but they should pass the mot test if fitted correctly. I apologize if I have misunderstood.

You can't "unbreak" the broken,you can only break the unbroken to break the break of the unbroken, for me, you cannot unbreak me, for I am already broken,so you have no need to break the break because I am not unbroken.

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Post by phaetonott on Dec 4, 2015 10:29:23 GMT 1

Dec 3, 2015 21:57:17 GMT 1 Dynamo said:

Dec 3, 2015 0:40:51 GMT 1 peachy said:

baldrick it had no pattern at all no kick to left
And I had to remind him I had to take his head light converters off while back in the UK

If I am singing here from the same hymn sheet

those mask converter kits that stick on the front of the headlamp glass (or plastic) in this day and age providing they produce a flat beam without the kick up, should allow the headlamp beam pattern to pass the mot test, yes they are a temporary device while in the UK, but they should pass the mot test if fitted correctly. I apologize if I have misunderstood.

and how often do you find stick on converters in the wrong place doing bugger-all?

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Post by Dynamo on Dec 4, 2015 10:52:04 GMT 1

Dec 4, 2015 10:29:23 GMT 1 phaetonott said:

Dec 3, 2015 21:57:17 GMT 1 Dynamo said:

If I am singing here from the same hymn sheet

those mask converter kits that stick on the front of the headlamp glass (or plastic) in this day and age providing they produce a flat beam without the kick up, should allow the headlamp beam pattern to pass the mot test, yes they are a temporary device while in the UK, but they should pass the mot test if fitted correctly. I apologize if I have misunderstood.

and how often do you find stick on converters in the wrong place doing bugger-all?

Most of the time

Dec 4, 2015 10:42:10 GMT 1 lampy said:

I have not found any that work yet...........

Maybe a YouTube is in order to show us how to fit them so they work

You can't "unbreak" the broken,you can only break the unbroken to break the break of the unbroken, for me, you cannot unbreak me, for I am already broken,so you have no need to break the break because I am not unbroken.

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