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Title: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: danishmkvgti on February 05, 2010, 08:32:06 am
 :sad1:

Don't know exactly what went wrong, but the lock that pushes the wires out when removing starter from bulb went tits up. Just ordered a new one  :fighting2:
Title: Re: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: JPC on February 05, 2010, 08:34:14 am
Eeak. I bet that cost a fair bit!
Title: Re: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: danishmkvgti on February 05, 2010, 08:37:43 am
50  :sad1:
Title: Re: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: danishmkvgti on February 05, 2010, 08:42:58 am
the worst part being i had replaced the defective bulb, an d then i wanted to replace the other bulb so they would match, so it broke while replacing a bulb that worked  :sad1:  :stupid:
Title: Re: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: micky 32 on February 05, 2010, 11:42:57 pm
It's rare for them bulbs to blow, what happened did it just go out or does it try to light? I have seen xenons on 10 year old cars and i have noticed as they age they dim and go a pinky red blue colour.
Title: Re: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: danishmkvgti on February 06, 2010, 06:16:54 am
i have replaced the left front light casing resently, and maybe the bulb didn't like it's new home  :wink:
it lit up and then went off when i unlocked the car.
i found an ebay seller that wanted 47euros for 2 bulbs  :happy2:
Title: Re: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: golfman on February 06, 2010, 09:11:04 am
Quote from: danishmkvgti on February 06, 2010, 06:16:54 am
i found an ebay seller that wanted 47euros for 2 bulbs  :happy2:
Hi jake were these original vw bulbs or aftermarket ones?
if they were vw ones please pm me  :wink:

cheers

scott
Title: Re: Broke xenon starter when replacing bulb
Post by: danishmkvgti on February 06, 2010, 10:44:59 am
Quote from: golfman on February 06, 2010, 09:11:04 am
Quote from: danishmkvgti on February 06, 2010, 06:16:54 am
i found an ebay seller that wanted 47euros for 2 bulbs  :happy2:
Hi jake were these original vw bulbs or aftermarket ones?
if they were vw ones please pm me  :wink:

cheers

scott

Nope, cheap aftermarket ones  :laugh: