Hi John, I've recently fitted a set of the halfords xenon bulbs to my old mazda and have been very impressed so far, only marginally* hotter than the original halogen bulbs but give a very bright and clear blue/white light and have the bonus of looking slightly blue in the headlights when off, hope this is of help Liam (* i used a thermometer so i didn't risk melting my headlights but no guarantees! :) --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jchapelhow" <chapelhow@xxxx> wrote: > Martin. > > Tahnks for your response. Since the car is MOT'd to November I can > afford to put off the fog light rewire whilst I attend to other > matters. > > My local Halford's were less than helpful when it came to anything > involving the word 'relay', they did however point me towards the > new 'plug and play' Xenon headlight bulbs. These apparently plug > straight in instead of the existing halogen ones. Since my car > already has the replacement Audi 80 lights there is even a handy > chart telling me which ones to fit. > > Any comments why this is/isn't a good idea? OK it is not original, > but neither is my new fan fail system! > > Hopefully I can get to see the fog light wiring from other cars at > the events before attempting it myself, I am trying to source the > switch from a Renault Clio as suggested in one of the club magazines.. > > > John > > > > --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> > wrote: > > Hi John > > > > Sorry for the delay in replying - I've just got back to my PC and > am in > > the middle of downloading 593 emails. > > > > jchapelhow wrote: > > > > >I am looking for the part number for the both the 7 'general > relays' > > >and whatever is in the rear of the engine bay. All of mine have > > >corrosion/residue on making the numbers unreadable. > > > > > These are standard DIN relays and available in Halfords. The > original > > ones aren't the highest quality to start with so just buy whatever > looks > > nice. Halfords do a nice black plastic one with integrated fuse > which is > > perfect for things like the engine bay relay. > > > > >On a side note I would like to arrange to have you do the mod on > my > > >car to wire the fog lights. I am currently looking for a on/off > > >switch, rather than the spare, unwired window style unit which is > > >currently sitting in my centre console. At the same time I would > like > > >help to put right the side repeater lights, they have beeen wired > as > > >indicators but do not come on otherwise. Yes, I know this should > be a > > >simple job but I am not particularly keen to experiment with my > new > > >car, I would rather give you a donation and have someone with > > >experience do it! > > > > > No problem at all mate. Houston sell a duplicate defrost switch > without > > an emblem which can be used, or just get one from Maplin for £1 - > they > > do a nice flat black rocker which can be fitted into one of the > blank > > plugs very easily. Make sure it's a DPDT switch. I did > #2292 "Flopsy"'s > > foglights over the weekend - it now lights up its Lambda light when > the > > fog lights are on. As to the side marker lights - I would be happy > to > > have a look, but it _may_ depend on how the modificatins have been > done > > before. It's also ten times harder with the front fascia on! > > > > > > > >I am trying to get the car ready for the filming meet Boeing has > to > > >be made waterproof before I will contemplate it. If this can be > done > > >could the mods be done on the day, it might even give them an > option > > >of filming a car without the bumpers on? > > > > > I would rather not be bogged down working on any particular car for > any > > length of time - it takes me about 2 hours to do the foglight > wiring but > > much of that's tedious threading of wires through grommets and down > the > > centre console etc. It's also a good idea to solder up your tail- > light > > boards to make them reliable. Having said that however, I'd be > happy to > > "direct" the work if you'd like to do it? It's just a case of "take > that > > wire, put a crimp on it, attach to that screw which you've drilled > > through the board to mount blah blah blah" > > > > Martin