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taztastic Member Since: 03 Feb 2011 Location: North West Posts: 8652 |
I totally agree with you on this, the washers are effective with "mud" but traffic film simply builds up, many older cars had small wipers, albeit a little gimmicky, they were more effective.
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10th Jan 2012 8:54 pm |
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Pegleg Member Since: 15 Apr 2010 Location: Deep in mid Wales Posts: 3114 |
Taz,
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10th Jan 2012 8:59 pm |
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Landynut Member Since: 01 Jan 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 49 |
I upgraded the bulbs in the projector lights and had a worse beam than with standard bulbs. Took the car to my friendly dealer and identified the bulbs were not correctly seated and hence out of focus. The dealer refitted them FOC and I now have better than standard lights, but not as good as the Evoque's Xenons. Might be worth checking your bulbs are seated properly. 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury Corris Grey
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10th Jan 2012 9:16 pm |
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MartynB Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: Currently Rootless ! Posts: 1776 |
Yes, I can remember having a Cavalier Sri, and a Sierra GLS and both had little headlight wipers that cycled when you pulled the washer switch 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership 2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned ! 2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto . |
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10th Jan 2012 10:13 pm |
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RazMan Member Since: 18 Nov 2011 Location: Essexshire Posts: 336 |
It might be worth trying a bit of plastic polish (PlastX is good) on the headlight lense. This will make them a bit more non-stick and prevent the build up in the first place. Cheers,
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10th Jan 2012 10:39 pm |
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druand Member Since: 07 Sep 2009 Location: south ayrshire Posts: 825 |
Landynut,
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11th Jan 2012 12:08 am |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
druand i put osram nightbreakers in mine made them a lot better a lot cheaper than HID lamps rainy-city
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11th Jan 2012 7:51 am |
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engineer22 Member Since: 31 Oct 2011 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 12 |
Wipers cannot be used on plastic lens such as FL2 due to scratching when dry wiping resulting in permanent light diminishing, thats why all manufacturers are fitting powerwash...a well designed powerwash system works well, but too many systems are influenced by stylists regarding jet position and look...unfortunately so long as the light recovery meets VCA regs then its good enough...no real attempts are made to obtain 'best in class' cleaning...same theory applies to the headlight output itself, the 2011 projectors are not as good as the 2010 open reflector but they meet VCA regs so it all OK so far as vehicle approvals.... |
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11th Jan 2012 9:26 am |
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freefrom Member Since: 13 Nov 2011 Location: around the east Posts: 68 |
Hi
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11th Jan 2012 12:00 pm |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
nick do you mean 100watt bulbs if so i would be worred that the heat build up may effect the plastic lens and cause it to warp rainy-city
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11th Jan 2012 12:26 pm |
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Hicksy Member Since: 29 Apr 2011 Location: Nr Oxford Posts: 355 |
Halfrauds + 90's work well for me |
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11th Jan 2012 9:07 pm |
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freefrom Member Since: 13 Nov 2011 Location: around the east Posts: 68 |
Hi
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11th Jan 2012 9:29 pm |
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druand Member Since: 07 Sep 2009 Location: south ayrshire Posts: 825 |
And even more reasonable if you have a Halfords Trade Card. Oil prices up to 50% cheaper for card holders. All FL2's (3) Gone
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11th Jan 2012 11:10 pm |
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JST Member Since: 01 Nov 2011 Location: Lizant Posts: 1098 |
I think the lights (non projector) on mine are superb as they are.........but then I am more used to my old TD5 Defender which had lights courtesy of Lucas Prince of Darkness! John
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12th Jan 2012 12:33 pm |
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