67Rob · Mar 18, 2015

My RR has Xenons fitted by the previous owner and they're a pain. The driver's side radomly decides not to work and I get the constant bulb failure warning on both sides.

Looking at it I think it's a 'plug and play' system.

So my question is, can I just unplug it and go back to regular bulbs or is there more to it?

2.0_hippo · Mar 18, 2015

Just unplug the harness and remove ballast then refit halogen lamps

67Rob · Mar 18, 2015

2.0_hippo said:
Just unplug the harness and remove ballast then refit halogen lamps

Scuse the ignorance, is/are the ballast the metal box fitted each side where the wiring for the Xenons come out of or is it something else/

wammers · Mar 18, 2015

67Rob said:
Scuse the ignorance, is/are the ballast the metal box fitted each side where the wiring for the Xenons come out of or is it something else/

Yes that's what they are. Depends how much butchery of original wiring has been done, how much work it is.

67Rob · Mar 18, 2015

wammers said:
Yes that's what they are. Depends how much butchery of original wiring has been done, how much work it is.

Ok, thanks.

Rob Edge · Mar 18, 2015

Mine had them. Fitted only to the OS wiring plug which gave the usual bulb warnings. Fitted the 100W halogen white replacements as suggested on here. Bought off ebay AP Performance. No more light warnings and updated all the front bulbs.

The Mad Hat Man · Mar 18, 2015

100W are illegal on the road

2.0_hippo · Mar 18, 2015

The Mad Hat Man said:
100W are illegal on the road

+ gotta be carefull you dont melt your wiring, headlight housing or feck the BCM

dogsbody · Mar 18, 2015

2.0_hippo said:
+ gotta be carefull you dont melt your wiring, headlight housing or feck the BCM

No problems for the last couple of years

so I'm led to believe

Rob Edge · Mar 19, 2015

Plenty of people on this forum use them without issue. Do a search.

Datatek · Mar 19, 2015

dogsbody said:
No problems for the last couple of years

so I'm led to believe

But they will push the MOSFET's to near the limit and put much more heat into the BECM. A stupid risk IMO

wammers · Mar 19, 2015

Datatek said:
But they will push the MOSFET's to near the limit and put much more heat into the BECM. A stupid risk IMO

I suppose you could run them through a relay, but don't know what that would do to bulb warnings. But don't know why people think it's required, the standard lamps are more than adequate.

Datatek · Mar 19, 2015

wammers said:
I suppose you could run them through a relay, but don't know what that would do to bulb warnings. But don't know why people think it's required, the standard lamps are more than adequate.

+1 to that and if night vision is poor, Nightbreakers do the job without the risk to the BECM.

ukadamwest · Mar 19, 2015

Datatek said:
+1 to that and if night vision is poor, Nightbreakers do the job without the risk to the BECM.

+2

Nightbreakers are excellent!

wammers · Mar 19, 2015

Datatek said:
+1 to that and if night vision is poor, Nightbreakers do the job without the risk to the BECM.

Have those fitted to mine, only thing i would say is wrong with standard lamps is they are a little weak on dip.

ukadamwest · Mar 19, 2015

Funnily enough wammers, after using nightbreakers, everything seems weak on dip now !! i just put nightbreakers in the wife's MX5.. she can see where she's going now rather than using the force.

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