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18-03-11, 12:11 PM
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Feeling stupid - wrong bulbs.
Right then, here's the funny fact of the day: i'm dumb as hell...
What happened: I wanted new headlight bulbs for my curvy. So, instead of heading out to the bike, taking the rubber bit out and having a look at what kind I should order, I googled it... and Google said H4 (or rather some blokes in a long forgotten thread somewhere...)... So I ordered myself a pair of Philips x-treme Vision.. for ~22quid. I go out to the bike and to my (bitter) surprise it's H1 So, let this be a lesson to myself: in the future, get off my own butt and go see for myself |
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18-03-11, 12:14 PM
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Re: Feeling stupid
You have the euro style lights!
 H4 fit UK spec SVs fine and dandy.
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18-03-11, 12:15 PM
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Re: Feeling stupid
Oi! That explains a fair bit....
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18-03-11, 12:21 PM
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Re: Feeling stupid
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18-03-11, 12:24 PM
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Re: Feeling stupid
H4 is dual filament & has a different body all together from the H1, which is single filament
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18-03-11, 12:27 PM
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Re: Feeling stupid
 Euro style light from a curvy. Note the projector style dipped beam (I think). The projector part will be fixed focus and unable to cope with the dual filament of a H4. EDIT: quite hard to find photos of standard lights, but here is a UK curvy head on to show the difference in the lenses.. 
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Last edited by Luckypants; 18-03-11 at 12:38 PM. |
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18-03-11, 01:35 PM
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Re: Feeling stupid
Ah cool, thanks for the info!
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19-03-11, 05:11 AM
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Re: Feeling stupid - wrong bulbs.
FYI Europe drive on the other side of the road.
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