Just the two 10mm bolts to remove and pull the little lever at the back, not before marking where where the headlight is so it will not upset the beam height when you refit.

gDallasK wrote:

I started by mounting the bulbs in the holders and then tried to clip the assembly back into the unit. WRONG!! It's much quicker and easier if you drop the bulb into the light unit and them attach the holder / connector unit.

Just fitted Halfords + 90% bulbs, both beams, with H7's and H 11's. Have to say I am very disappointed as I cannot say I notice much of a difference compared to the originals. To cap it all, despite the fact that I marked the position of the headlight brackets before I removed them, the main beam seems very low. Anyone got any tips on how to restore the main beam height?

new bulbs rarly have the same spread pattern as the old one, you should get your lights re-aligned to suit the new bulbs,
this is there are mixed reviews of these brighter bulbs, some get lucky others end up with bright bulbs pointing the wrong way At work
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GeorgeG, take the lights off and recheck you have them clipped into the bracket, then when you screw the bolts back in, push them back until you allign the old marks where the original bolts tightened.

yes but the difference is in the bulbs themselves, source- an auto express test, they found the bulbs didn't always give a great improvement unless they where professionally re-aligned.

I repeat i got lucky and they worked fine without any extra alignment At work
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GeorgeG wrote:

Just fitted Halfords + 90% bulbs, both beams, with H7's and H 11's. Have to say I am very disappointed as I cannot say I notice much of a difference compared to the originals. To cap it all, despite the fact that I marked the position of the headlight brackets before I removed them, the main beam seems very low. Anyone got any tips on how to restore the main beam height?

Thanks all for replies. Razman, I think you may be right. I will try re-seating the main beam bulbs.

You were right RazMan. Main beam bulbs were not located properly. Now at least they are as good as the original bulbs!

GeorgeG wrote:

You were right RazMan. Main beam bulbs were not located properly. Now at least they are as good as the original bulbs!

This is very odd; mine are still performing brilliantly. When I drove the loaner from my dealer a couple of weeks ago, the standard bulbs were completely unacceptable in comparison. I wonder why we've achieved such different results?! Infact, I pulled up outside a friend's house last night, just as he was pulling up in his X Type and he commented that my headlamps seemed bright and he didn't even know that I'd changed the bulbs (and yes, they are correctly aligned!)

get the alignment checked if your not happy, as tigger says the bulbs should give a vast improvement, I moved from a xenon Audi to a halogen fl2 and regretted it until I upgraded the bulbs, still not as good as the xenons but not bad never the less.

I used the philips bulbs


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mcphersonstrut wrote:

LED's are + and - sensitive so before you put them in the bin try rotating them through 180 degs

Having recently read all the above posts relating to whether its H7 or H11, I can offer the following:-

I have a MY11 SD4 GS, with projector lamps, put together in May 2011.

I was standing in front of the car and noticed some raised letters moulded on the base of the headlamp units.

Under the dipped beams is H11, and under the main beams is H7.

So now I know for certain the correct replacements (despite my handbook stating different facts) for my car.