New bulb required or ballast?

[yosin]

i noticed last night when filling up petrol that 1 of my main beam lights on the driver side was temperamental. I switched it on and off and kinda fizzed on and off until it wouldnt fizzback on no more.

I was just wondering what bulb is required for this. i have searched it on the forum but its confusing me somehow.

If not, may it be the ballast? is there a ballast for each side of the car?

The passengar lights are all working perfect, so if it was just 1 ballast for both lights then i assume it is just a bulb problem.

Thank guys

[Bepe]

could be your headlight fuse as daft as it sounds, was on my old one, it kept blowing bulbs, turned out to be a dodgey fuse lol

[Mouse_GTI]

I've been through 2 bulbs in 3 years at a cost of £180

[alexperkins]

Sounds like the bulb has had it. Get a new set from HIDS4U.co.uk 6000k D2S recommended

There is a ballast each side, but these rarely fail to be fair.

[joe2612]

Or you can do it on the cheap..... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT I believe Tim shared that link a while back....

[alexperkins]

indeed you can, but you dont get phillips OEM quality that way

[yosin]

May look and check incase it is a fuse! save myself a few pennies!.

So the bulbs that your recommending me, are they the same ones that came on the car from factory. ? If not, what are the difference?

[joe2612]

The phillips ones will most likely last longer than the ones in the link.. but i haven't tested either so couldent be sure!

[alexperkins]

Same fitment as factory, just more blue. It looks nicer than the milky white that the originals go!