Took the plunge haveing had H7,S H11,S then HB3 ,s on this Hse ..
got O E M xenons s/h

took to local place had car config file sorted (via Auto Logic )

Jobs a good one ...

no cutting no soldering worked fine and has done for 3 weeks now .....happy days


Had a petition last week from sheep on other side of the mountain asking to keep high beams off at night as they now think its daylight when I come in at night and the cant get back to nibbling the grass .....
 Wales
Were the mud is thicker, and the ruts are deeper.
(And we have the water to wash it off, and more on the way..! )
Sd4 and chrome Ar*e piece, Auto box for best fun
09 Xs Gone
12 xs Gone
HSE with Leather seats and 4 years warrenty.. staying for now !

Had a petition last week from sheep on other side of the mountain asking to keep high beams off at night as they now think its daylight when I come in at night and the cant get back to nibbling the grass .....
Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter

Oh that's what I saw worrying them......  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

After reading this thread, am I right in assuming my headlight bulbs are HB3 and to avoid Halfords as these bulbs can get trapped and break in the shutter? My headlight units have HAL stickers on the top and have the led signature malarkey.

Been some talk about Halfords taking them off shelf/ If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

daveml wrote:

After reading this thread, am I right in assuming my headlight bulbs are HB3 and to avoid Halfords as these bulbs can get trapped and break in the shutter? My headlight units have HAL stickers on the top and have the led signature malarkey.

They were HB3 bulbs/lamps as I thought....after reading this thread...so thanks for the info.

My user guide and ebay/Halfords compatibility tools were useless.

Almost £1700 for a pair of new bi xenon headlights  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

daveml wrote:

After reading this thread, am I right in assuming my headlight bulbs are HB3 and to avoid Halfords as these bulbs can get trapped and break in the shutter? My headlight units have HAL stickers on the top and have the led signature malarkey.

Every after market bulb ive tried (GE, Bosch, Hellfrauds branded, Phillips etc) have all blown/exploded in a very short space of time with minimal usage.

Hellfrauds refused to serve me a set so went to LR who supplied me with some obscure brand name pair of bulbs which so far have been ok, but they are so dim I may as well have a bloke with a torch walking in front of me.

This is apparently being looked into by LR as known issue, but LRCS on here have yet to acknowledge my question regarding confirmation of this on their forum thread.

I have been using Osram for a while now which seem to last around 9 months, depending on time of year etc. I never travel with less than two spares in the glovebox!!

I had been using Halfords which lasted anything from a few weeks to a few months. I have never had any of the overheating damage to headlights which has been reported by some

Steve

Back in 2009 we bought a new Golf with bog standard halogen lights. Before delivery I joined a Golf forum and some were talking about bulb changes to improve lighting. I bought a selection of bulbs from our supplier and tried them out on a car using our MOT headlamp tester which measured the light output. You’d be surprised at the results. Things may have moved on since then but here’s a post I did on it at the time. http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=151363

You could try these at £175 a pair but they’re not road legal! https://www.powerbulbs.com/product/philips...eadlamp-h7 Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

road legal ??.... good job we drive off road vehicles then

that £175 set is H7 where as the MY13> on are HB3

I went to buy some spare LR HB3 bulbs from a LR indie on Saturday. I showed him the old box with the code on and the first thing he asked was -- Freelander ?? I said yes and he said there was some sort of fix because so many were going quickly - something to do with a wire and shorting ? I told him my first set lasted 2 years, as has one of my second set so far, so he said its unlikely that my car is affected. Maybe something to look into for others ?

Bibendum wrote:

If you have the final incarnation halogen headlights with the round LED DRLs then the headlight bulbs are HB3

They seem to last a very short time (about 6 months / 12k miles in my case) which could be caused by the shutter overheating the bulbs.

I my case I have replaced 6 bulbs so far and two have shattered - both were 'GE' bulbs from Halfords

I've been using Osram standard ones which don't last any longer but so far haven't shattered! My next set (I always have a spare set and a 10mm spanner in the car) are Phillips - I expect them to be fitted around March!

Deano64 wrote:

I went to buy some spare LR HB3 bulbs from a LR indie on Saturday. I showed him the old box with the code on and the first thing he asked was -- Freelander ?? I said yes and he said there was some sort of fix because so many were going quickly - something to do with a wire and shorting ? I told him my first set lasted 2 years, as has one of my second set so far, so he said its unlikely that my car is affected. Maybe something to look into for others ?