Member Since: 17 Jul 2012
Location: Dudley
Posts: 153
Headlights different colour
Hi, just a simple question, can anyone tell me why my headlights are a different colour. One looks blue white the other looks yellow in comparison... I haven’t changed any bulbs since ownership
27th Sep 2019 10:36 pm
Sea Raider
Member Since: 01 Nov 2016
Location: None
Posts: 4450
when you say headlights do you mean when the lights are switched on or are you referring to the glass?
If when the lights are on then possibly the bulbs are passed their best and need replacing, xenons tire after a period of time and need replacing
27th Sep 2019 10:54 pm
Gornalhills
Member Since: 17 Jul 2012
Location: Dudley
Posts: 153
Hi, yes when they are on, not the glass, it’s a 14 model XS
27th Sep 2019 11:13 pm
Sea Raider
Member Since: 01 Nov 2016
Location: None
Posts: 4450
possibly just new bulbs needed
make sure you're sitting down when you view the price
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27th Sep 2019 11:14 pm
Gornalhills
Member Since: 17 Jul 2012
Location: Dudley
Posts: 153
27th Sep 2019 11:37 pm
urhunden
Member Since: 15 Jan 2010
Location: Stockholm
Posts: 773
I have the same.
Changed xenon bulbs but one still have a brown auite big centre spot.
Can something be burnt inside?
Would it be possible to clean or is it a new headlamp tha will solve the problem?
28th Sep 2019 8:14 am
marsie
Member Since: 28 Feb 2010
Location: Sheffieldish
Posts: 1804
If its got Xenons the bulbs are knackered. My old sport did it a few years ago and within a couple of days the bulb blew closely followed by the other one
Regarding cleaning ... I had a halogen bulb explode inside the unit. Never got all the glass fragments out but the projector lens seems fine. If the brown coloration is from burnt reflector then I suspect you're going to have to get a new headlight unit as, unlike D3, they can't be pulled apart..
Dean
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28th Sep 2019 10:01 am
urhunden
Member Since: 15 Jan 2010
Location: Stockholm
Posts: 773
Hi, should have said that mine is a D3 with adaptive Xenon.
Nothing have exploded just the that the light have the brown spot.
Lens or reflector?
Does the projector xenon have a reflector?
I think it must ... otherwise light would be lost to the rear. the lens only directs light forward, so the rearward light must be "pushed" forwards, hence why I think there is some reflector part within the design.
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