OT Grumpy old man. Moan mutter grumble ...

On 17/03/2012 01:54, Arfa Daily wrote:
So how did you realise in the end
that you had got the bulb in wrong ?

Arfa
When people started flashing me :-/.....
 
"Mike Tomlinson" <mike@jasper.org.uk> wrote in message
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En el artículo <7Jn8r.24001$ya.23529@newsfe03.ams2>, Arfa Daily
arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

UK Ford Mondeo Zetec 2000 plate

I hope you used the right bulbs, or you'll find the plastic lenses going
yellow in short order.

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Wife picked 'em up from Halfords. They were the recommended ones, and looked
exactly the same as the ones that came out. Standard output 55 watters from
what I recall, rather than "Super Enhanced up to 80% more light output !!!!
" types ...

Arfa
 
En el artículo <f84ar.7890$2y.4556@newsfe26.ams2>, Arfa Daily
<arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

Wife picked 'em up from Halfords. They were the recommended ones, and looked
exactly the same as the ones that came out. Standard output 55 watters from
what I recall, rather than "Super Enhanced up to 80% more light output !!!!
" types ...
It's not that, they need to be the UV-filtered ones, 'cos that's what
makes the lenses go yellow. You'd be wise to get the 'proper' ones from
a Ford dealer.

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"Mike Tomlinson" <mike@jasper.org.uk> wrote in message
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En el artículo <f84ar.7890$2y.4556@newsfe26.ams2>, Arfa Daily
arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

Wife picked 'em up from Halfords. They were the recommended ones, and
looked
exactly the same as the ones that came out. Standard output 55 watters
from
what I recall, rather than "Super Enhanced up to 80% more light output
!!!!
" types ...

It's not that, they need to be the UV-filtered ones, 'cos that's what
makes the lenses go yellow. You'd be wise to get the 'proper' ones from
a Ford dealer.

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I've never bought a genuine Ford bulb in my life, and I know I have replaced
several over the time we have had that car. The only place that they are
going to have come from, is Halfords, as there is one a couple of miles from
me. Just as a matter of interest, which 'lenses' are you referring to that
are plastic ? The actual fronts of the headlamp units are glass ... ??

Arfa
 
En el artículo <elQar.27293$mV2.26170@fx07.am4>, Arfa Daily
<arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

Just as a matter of interest, which 'lenses' are you referring to that
are plastic ? The actual fronts of the headlamp units are glass ... ??
The inner lenses are plastic, which you would have discovered if you'd
bothered to google it:

<http://www.fordwiki.co.uk/index.php?title=Yellow_Headlight_Lens_-_Fixin
g_%28Mondeo_Mk1%29>



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"Mike Tomlinson" <mike@jasper.org.uk> wrote in message
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En el artículo <elQar.27293$mV2.26170@fx07.am4>, Arfa Daily
arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

Just as a matter of interest, which 'lenses' are you referring to that
are plastic ? The actual fronts of the headlamp units are glass ... ??

The inner lenses are plastic, which you would have discovered if you'd
bothered to google it:

http://www.fordwiki.co.uk/index.php?title=Yellow_Headlight_Lens_-_Fixin
g_%28Mondeo_Mk1%29



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OK my friend. No need to get snotty about it. There is actually no text on
that page anyway. I thought you might be referring to the bit at the front
which is what I would normally consider to be the headlamp 'lens'. On our
Mondeo, that is glass. On our Focus, it is indeed plastic, and I was
thinking that perhaps it was plastic on a later Mondeo, and that's what you
meant.

Arfa
 
En el artículo <oB9br.32467$U02.22328@fx10.am4>, Arfa Daily
<arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

OK my friend. No need to get snotty about it.
Well, I just feel like I'm leading you by the nose. I'm saying there is
a well-known problem with yellowing headlights on Mundanos and you're
having none of it. I'm trying to help you out here, you know, and the
information may be useful for other Mundano owners.

There is actually no text on
that page anyway.
There is, actually. Your crappy news client has broken the URL cos it's
too long for it to cope with. Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/88pfeaq

it even gives you the Ford part numbers you need for replacement lenses
and the UV-filtered bulbs.

You're welcome, by the way.

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"Mike Tomlinson" <mike@jasper.org.uk> wrote in message
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En el artículo <oB9br.32467$U02.22328@fx10.am4>, Arfa Daily
arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

OK my friend. No need to get snotty about it.

Well, I just feel like I'm leading you by the nose. I'm saying there is
a well-known problem with yellowing headlights on Mundanos and you're
having none of it. I'm trying to help you out here, you know, and the
information may be useful for other Mundano owners.

There is actually no text on
that page anyway.

There is, actually. Your crappy news client has broken the URL cos it's
too long for it to cope with. Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/88pfeaq

it even gives you the Ford part numbers you need for replacement lenses
and the UV-filtered bulbs.

You're welcome, by the way.

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Whatever ...

Arfa
 
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:07:32 +0000, Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk>
wrote:

En el artículo <f84ar.7890$2y.4556@newsfe26.ams2>, Arfa Daily
arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

Wife picked 'em up from Halfords. They were the recommended ones, and looked
exactly the same as the ones that came out. Standard output 55 watters from
what I recall, rather than "Super Enhanced up to 80% more light output !!!!
" types ...

It's not that, they need to be the UV-filtered ones, 'cos that's what
makes the lenses go yellow. You'd be wise to get the 'proper' ones from
a Ford dealer.
Dawgs, we do not need any more "dealerism".

?-)
 
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:43:47 +0000, Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk>
wrote:

En el artículo <oB9br.32467$U02.22328@fx10.am4>, Arfa Daily
arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> escribió:

OK my friend. No need to get snotty about it.

Well, I just feel like I'm leading you by the nose. I'm saying there is
a well-known problem with yellowing headlights on Mundanos and you're
having none of it. I'm trying to help you out here, you know, and the
information may be useful for other Mundano owners.

There is actually no text on
that page anyway.

There is, actually. Your crappy news client has broken the URL cos it's
too long for it to cope with. Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/88pfeaq

it even gives you the Ford part numbers you need for replacement lenses
and the UV-filtered bulbs.

You're welcome, by the way.
FUD.

?-)
 

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