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Pink xenon?
« on: December 10, 2014, 04:37:09 pm »
Hi all, one of my xenons has gone pink! Is this a sign it is on its way out? Just got the car back from having the gearbox done and they have had the battery disconnected could this have caused the xenon to do this? Also will this deffinately my be the bulb and not the ballast? It doesn't seem to flicker at all just a colour and brightness change.

Any information on this would be much let appreciated!

Problem solved now, here is a pic for anyone else who may come across this problem and want to confirm the solution (I had doubts as to whether it was the bulb or ballast after speaking to friends)


Thanks

Sam
« Last Edit: December 22, 2014, 07:53:44 pm by ed30sam123 »
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2014, 04:55:51 pm »
Yes, if you do a search it comes up. It will no doubt fail soon.
Buy a pair of new D2S bulbs.

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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2014, 05:08:30 pm »
You can choose Osram Xenarc D2S for OEM brightness or Osram Xenarc Night Breaker Unlimited for OEM+. Prices are accordingly. :wink:
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2014, 05:47:18 pm »
Excellent thank you guys, so it's deffinately the bulb? I did a few searches but didn't manage to find anything solid, sorry!
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2014, 06:00:35 pm »
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XENARC-BREAKER-UNLIMITED-headlamp-66240XNB-HCB/dp/B00FQ8AVHS

Are these the correct bulbs? Was unsure on the HCB after the normal product code?

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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2014, 06:38:11 pm »
Yes, that's correct. Not sure if you can find them cheaper on ebay.
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2014, 06:42:32 pm »
Quote from: Shoduchi on December 10, 2014, 06:38:11 pm
Yes, that's correct. I think you can find cheaper bulbs on ebay, though.

Cheaper osrams? I figured now it's broken I might aswell upgrade instead of replace! Aslong as those ones are correct I will probably go for those. Do you know what the HCB is about?

Thanks again

Sam
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2014, 06:50:57 pm »
I tried to find a cheaper store on ebay but I couldn't. Searched for HCB and didn't find any good result. Maybe it just means "hard case box". :confused:
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2014, 06:57:19 pm »
Quote from: Shoduchi on December 10, 2014, 06:50:57 pm
I tried to find a cheaper store on ebay but I couldn't. Searched for HCB and didn't find any good result. Maybe it just means "hard case box". :confused:

Haha yeah maybe! So your confident they are the correct ones?
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2014, 07:03:14 pm »
Yeap! :happy2:
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2014, 07:06:52 pm »
I'm going to save the link since I might need it in the future. :wink:
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2014, 07:08:15 pm »
Quote from: Shoduchi on December 10, 2014, 07:06:52 pm
I'm going to save the link since I might need it in the future. :wink:
The Amazon link? Thanks for your help mate, appreciated  :happy2:
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2014, 07:15:48 pm »
Quote from: ed30sam123 on December 10, 2014, 07:08:15 pm
The Amazon link? Thanks for your help mate, appreciated  :happy2:
Yes. No problem mate. I've also read that those bulbs might not be that easy to fit... I hope you can fit them easily. :smiley:
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2014, 07:29:15 pm »
Quote from: Shoduchi on December 10, 2014, 07:15:48 pm
Quote from: ed30sam123 on December 10, 2014, 07:08:15 pm
The Amazon link? Thanks for your help mate, appreciated  :happy2:
Yes. No problem mate. I've also read that those bulbs might not be that easy to fit... I hope you can fit them easily. :smiley:
Ordered!  :smiley: yeah so I've heard, I'll let you know how I get on, I'll take some snaps and write up bit of a guide for others aswell, as far as I'm aware there isn't a guide on here for fitting xenon bulbs
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Re: Pink xenon?
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2014, 10:07:28 am »
One of mines went pink last week, failed the next day.

I replaced them with Philips X-Treme vision

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2xGENUINE-PHILIPS-D2S-XENON-Bulb-85122-XV-XTREME-C1-BRAND-NEW-24h-DISPATCH-/281445702742?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4187789c56

They claim 50% better output than OEM, but the best thing about them IMO is they are 4800k rather than OEM's 4300k - the light output is much more effective on cats' eyes, signposts etc without being blue enough to affect output  :happy2:
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